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Meet Our Team

The Cardiology Team

The cardiology team at MedStar Franklin Square is part of an integrated regional service line that spans four hospitals across the Baltimore area. Incoming physicians will work alongside an established group of cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and interventionalists, supported by experienced regional leadership and a dedicated APP team.

Regional Cardiology Leadership

Dr. Najjar oversees cardiology services at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, and MedStar Harbor Hospital, plus the system’s ambulatory cardiology practices. He is a Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and an internationally recognized advanced heart failure specialist.

Franklin Square Cardiology Leadership

Sriram Padmanabhan, MD, currently serves as Chief of Cardiology at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. His clinical focus is non-invasive cardiology with particular interest in cardiac imaging and cardio-oncology.

The leadership team at Franklin Square is expanding with recent and incoming additions:

• Dr. Karoline Kahl, incoming Chief of Cardiology at Franklin Square
• Dr. Getzway, incoming Integrative Chief for Cardiology at Franklin Square, joining in July with oversight of both inpatient and outpatient operations

Non-Invasive Cardiology

• George Dewey Bittar, MD [profile link to confirm], also Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Franklin Square
• Jonathan Gardner, MD
• Mansoor Mozayan, MD, PhD
• Federico Viganego, MD
• Rama Vunnam, MD

Interventional Cardiology

• John Chung-Yee Wang, MD, Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology for the Baltimore Region and Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Franklin Square
• Antony George Kaliyadan, MD, with subspecialty interest in valvular and structural heart disease
• David B. Peichert, MD

Electrophysiology

• Richard Paul Jones, MD
• Rajiv Ashok Kabadi, MD

Regional EP leadership is provided by Glenn R. Meininger, MD (profile), Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Baltimore Region.

Advanced Practice Providers

Five APPs support the Franklin Square cardiology team when fully staffed. They operate with approximately 80 percent autonomy within a team-based model alongside the physicians, with responsibility for outpatient panels, inpatient consult support, discharge planning, and transfer coordination to Union Memorial.

Practice Operations at Franklin Square

• Joncia Freeman-Kennedy, Practice Manager
• Mercedes Bowman, Director, EP Device Clinic