Cardiologists

Sanjay R. Parikh, MD, FACC
Pediatric Cardiologist
Special Interests: Diagnostic & Interventional Catheterization
Dr. Parikh is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and its sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology.  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology.   He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Indiana University Hospitals/Riley Children's Hospital, and his senior fellowship at Children's Hospital, Boston.  He served for five years as a faculty member at Riley Hospital, where he was also associate director for Cardiac Cath Labs.  He has extensive  experience in cardiac catheterization.  Dr. Parikh performed the first stent placements in pulmonary arteries in children and coil embolization for ductus arteriosus in Indiana.   He has published more than 25 original articles and abstracts.

Ginnie Abarbanell, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Special Interests: Echocardiography and Fetal Echocardiography
Dr. Abarbanell is a diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics. She completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System C.S Mott Children's Hospital in Anne Arbor, MI. Dr. Abarbanell earned her MD at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA and completed a Pediatric Residency at Loma Linda Children's Hospital in Loma Linda, CA where she was awarded the Chul Choon Cha Award for the neonatology intensive care unity junior resident of the year  and the Hertha Ehlers Resident Award of Excellence for  Outstanding Pediatric Resident. She was involved with the Children's Heart Project and Medical Missions in Honduras managing children with congenital heart disease and bringing children to the University of Michigan for treatment and surgery during Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship. 

Anil Kumar, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Special Interests: Cardiac Transplantation
Dr. Kumar is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and its sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology. He has received fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiology in both Canada and the University of Florida at Gainesville. He served for six years as faculty member in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Texas in Galveston. He has published many articles on the genetics of various congenital heart defects and other related areas of Pediatric Cardiology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology.

Leonard A. Steinberg, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Special Interests: Pediatric Electrophysiology, Arrhythmias and Pacemakers
Dr. Steinberg is a certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and its sub board of pediatric Cardiology. He earned a MD from Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC and completed a Pediatric Residency at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN. He  completed a Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and an Electrophysiology Fellowship at The Care Group, Indianapolis, IN. He has advanced training in Pediatric Electrophysiology, arrhythmias and pacemakers. His experience with stereotaxis in pediatric patients and adults with congenital heart disease is unsurpassed worldwide. Dr. Steinberg performed the first sterotaxis procedure on a pediatric patient in Indiana.   

Cardiovascular Surgeons

V. Simon Abraham, MD
Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeon
Special Interests: Neonatal Surgery, Heart Transplantation
Dr. Abraham is certified by the American Boards of Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He completed his medical degree from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. His thoracic surgery training took place at the University of Michigan and was followed by fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His surgical training also includes a residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a biotechnology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.

He holds the positions of editorial consultant/reviewer with several publications including the New England Journal of Medicine and the American Heart Association's Circulation. He has held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins and the University of Kentucky prior to joining programs at St.Vincent Hospital and the Indiana Heart Institute. His areas of interest are neonatal correction of congenital heart defects and heart transplantation.

Sara Bodenmiller, MS, RNC, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Ms. Bodenmiller received her Bachelor's Degree in nursing from Ball State University and a Masters Degree in Parent-Child Nursing from the University of Michigan. She is credentialed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners. In addition to providing specialized pediatric care for our patients, she is coordinator of the International Charity Care Program, which provides heart surgery for children around the world.