Best Pediatric Cardiology Specialists in Fort Worth, TX

Ilana Zeltser, MD, is the Medical Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at Medical City Children's Hospital and is a pediatric cardiologist at Medical City Children's Cardiology Specialists.Dr. Zeltser received her medical degree from New York University (currently NYU Grossman School of Medicine) in 1997, and went on to a Pediatric Residency at Mount Sinai school of Medicine. From there, she accepted a cardiology fellowship position at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 2000-2003, and trained at CHOP for an additional year for subspecialty electrophysiology training. After completing her advanced fellowship training in 2004, she joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center as a dedicated electrophysiologist. Over the course of her tenure at UTSW, she was promoted to the position of Associate Professor of Pediatrics and was the Director of Pediatric electrophysiology services. After a productive and illustrious career at UT, she has joined the Heart Center team at Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, Texas.In her free time, Dr. Zeltser enjoys running, tennis, spending time with her husband and three children, and is a crazy sports fan (Go Stars!). She is fluent in English and Hebrew.

Carrie Herbert, MD is a pediatric interventional cardiologist who specializes in minimally invasive treatments of complex heart conditions in children. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. Dr. Herbert performs the full spectrum of interventional cardiology procedures for patients with congenital heart disease including: device closure of atrial (ASD) and ventricular septal defects (VSD) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), balloon angioplasty and stent placement in stenotic (narrowed) vessels, and transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. She has a particular interest in neonatal interventions, including PDA closure in premature infants and stenting of the PDA in patients with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow. After receiving her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Herbert completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern. She completed her fellowship in pediatric cardiology as well as advanced training in pediatric interventional cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern as well.Dr. Herbert treats all of her patients as if they were her own and is passionate about ensuring that her patients receive the best care possible, which has been the driving factor in her interest in quality improvement.In her free time, Dr. Herbert enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys, travelling, and being actively involved in her church.

Dr. Jane M. Kao has been practicing in Dallas for 23years. She completed her residencytraining in Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children'sHospital and her fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiology at UCLA College ofMedicine. Dr. Kao is board certified bythe American Board of Pediatrics and the sub-board of PediatricCardiology. She has special expertise inpediatric echocardiography and fetal echocardiography. In the Dallas area, she was the firstpediatric cardiologist to perform fetal echocardiography in the privatesetting. This imaging modality hassignificantly improved the survival of infants and newborns undergoingcongenital heart surgery. She also hasextensive experience in the evaluation of heart murmurs, chest pain, rhythmdisorders, syncope, hypertension, and lipid disorders. Dr. Kao has been consistently voted by herpeers as one of the best pediatric cardiologists in D Magazine every year since2002. She has also been selected to theTexas Super Doctors list which is listed in Texas Monthly every year since2003. She is a member of the AmericanHeart Association and has been a narrator in several of their education videoson congenital heart disease and sudden cardiac death in athletes. She is also a member of the American Societyof Echocardiography and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Kaois the medical director of the pediatric echocardiography laboratory at MedicalCity Children's Hospital and is also the medical director of PediatricOutreach. Dr. Kao serves on thePediatric Advisory Board at Medical City Children's Hospital and a member oftheir Pediatric Quality Improvement or Peer Review Committee.