*Child Cardiology Associates, several
    locations in Virginia and Maryland,
    www.childcardiology.com

    Child Cardiology Associates (CCA) is a physician
    practice dedicated to providing quality
    pediatric cardiology care in the Northern
    Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. areas.  
    CCA's physicians are highly trained, and place
    great emphasis on providing compassionate care
    to you and your child.

    Frank M. Galioto, Jr., MD

    Dr. Galioto received his medical degree from
    New York Medical College, where he also
    completed his internship and residency in
    pediatrics. He completed his pediatric
    cardiology fellowship at Texas Children's
    Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. He
    served as an exchange fellow at the Royal
    Postgraduate Medical School-Hammersmith
    Hospital in London.

    Dr. Galioto has received research grants to
    evaluate the rebreathing method of measuring
    cardiac output, to study ventilatory dynamics in
    infants and children, and to evaluate
    cardiopulmonary performance during exercise.
    Dr. Galioto is the author or co-author of over
    150 scientific papers or abstracts, and has
    presented many papers at national and
    international scientific meetings.

    At both the University of Virginia and
    Georgetown University, Dr. Galioto is a Clinical
    Professor of Pediatrics. He has served as the
    Director of Pediatric Cardiology at Georgetown
    University and is a member of the American
    College of Sports Medicine, the North American
    Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine
    (President 1992-1994), the European Pediatric
    Work Physiology Group, and is a Corresponding
    Member of the Association of Pediatric
    Cardiologists.

    Dr. Galioto is board certified in pediatrics and
    pediatric cardiology. He is a Fellow of the
    American Academy of Pediatrics and is a
    member of the Executive Committee of the
    Cardiology Section of the Academy. He is also a
    Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
    and has served as a member of its Committee on
    Coding and Nomenclature.

    Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology

    Stephen R. Shapiro, MD

    Dr. Shapiro is the senior practicing pediatric
    cardiologist in the Washington, D.C. area. A
    graduate of New York University School of
    Medicine, Dr. Shapiro completed his internship
    and residency in pediatrics at Boston City
    Hospital, where he also performed research on
    the metabolic basis of storage diseases. He
    completed his pediatric cardiology fellowship at
    the Cardiovascular Research Institute of the
    University of California at San Francisco.

    Dr. Shapiro has served as the Director of
    Pediatric Cardiology training programs at both
    Children’s National Medical Center and at
    Georgetown University, where he also served as
    Vice Chairman of Pediatric Cardiology. He is a
    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown
    University and at the University of Virginia. Dr.
    Shapiro served as Pediatric Cardiology Section
    Chief at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
    from 2000-2002. He has performed research in
    fetal physiology and is the author or co-author
    of over 31 scientific publications.

    Dr. Shapiro is board certified in pediatrics and
    pediatric cardiology. He is a Fellow of the
    American Academy of Pediatrics and a member
    of its Cardiology Section. He is also a Fellow of
    the American College of Cardiology and the
    Society of Cardiac Angiography and
    Intervention.
        
    Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology

    William C. Kirby, MD

    Dr. Kirby received his medical degree from
    Indiana University School of Medicine. He
    received his pediatric training at the David
    Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center, Travis
    Air Force Base, in California. He completed his
    pediatric cardiology fellowship at the
    University of Oregon Health Science Center in
    Portland.

    At the time of his retirement from the U.S.
    Army in 1993, Dr. Kirby was serving as the
    Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Walter Reed
    Army Medical Center and as the Director of the
    Pediatric Cardiology Section at the Uniformed
    Services University of the Health Sciences
    (USUHS). He is presently a Clinical Associate
    Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown
    University and the University of Virginia, and
    Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at
    USUHS.

    Dr. Kirby has published over 35 scientific
    papers or abstracts. He has performed original
    research on transcatheter closure of the patent
    ductus arteriosus, hemodynamic effects during
    balloon aortic valvuloplasty, and on the use of
    mechanical thrombolysis in infants.

    Dr. Kirby is board certified in pediatrics and
    pediatric cardiology. He is a Fellow of the
    American Academy of Pediatrics and a member
    of its Cardiology and Uniformed Services
    sections. Dr. Kirby is a Fellow of both the
    American College of Cardiology and the Society
    of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention.

    Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology & Fetal
    Echocardiography; Cardiac Catheterization.

    Jennifer H. Lindsey, MD

    Dr. Lindsey is a graduate of the University of
    Virginia School of Medicine. She completed her
    pediatric training at the University of North
    Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of
    Virginia. Dr. Lindsey spent one year in private
    practice as a general pediatrician in Florence,
    South Carolina, and then returned to the
    University of Virginia to perform research on
    the biology of the vascular development. She
    remained at the University of Virginia to
    complete her fellowship in pediatric cardiology.

    Dr. Lindsey has presented her research at
    national meetings. Her interests include the
    diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the
    fetus and child, with particular focus on
    echocardiography and fetal echocardiography.
    As a former All-American in women’s lacrosse
    and National College Athletes Hall of Fame
    inductee, Dr. Lindsey is also interested in heart
    disease in the athlete and athletic participation
    for children with congenital heart disease.

    Dr. Lindsey is board certified in pediatrics and
    pediatric cardiology. She is a Fellow of the
    American Academy of Pediatrics and a member
    of its Cardiology Section. In addition, Dr.
    Lindsey is a Fellow of the American College of
    Cardiology, and currently serves on the
    Breakout Group on Quality of the Pediatrics
    Section of the American College of Cardiology.
      
    Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology & Fetal
    Echocardiography

    James A. Thompson, MD

    Dr. Thompson is a graduate of the University of
    North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of
    Medicine. He completed his pediatric internship
    and residency at Children’s National Medical
    Center in Washington, D.C. In his final year of
    residency, Dr. Thompson served as Chief
    Resident. He completed his pediatric cardiology
    fellowship at the University of California at San
    Francisco in June 2001.

    Dr. Thompson's interests include interventional
    cardiology and the critical care of infants and
    children with heart disease. He is involved in
    research investigating devices to close holes in
    the heart without surgery, currently acting as
    principle investigator for the Stroke/PFO trial
    and Migraine/PFO trial He has personally
    performed more than 450 device closures, and
    has presented his research at national and
    international meetings and has had his work
    published. He currently serves as the Chief of
    the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Inova
    Fairfax Hospital (2004-2006).

    Dr. Thompson is board certified in pediatrics
    and pediatric cardiology, and is a member of the
    American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellow of
    the American College of Cardiology. He enjoys
    spending time with his wife and twin sons.
        
    Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology; Cardiac
    Catheterization     
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