If you or a loved one is expecting and are at risk for cardiovascular disease, we look forward to working with you and your obstetrician to provide the care and support you need to have a healthy pregnancy and childbirth.
Our program's physicians practice at either Inova Cardiology or Virginia Heart outpatient offices located in Alexandria, Ashburn, Arlington, Fairfax, Fair Oaks, Loudoun, Mount Vernon and Vienna. To schedule call 571-472-2932.
Garima Sharma, MD, is Director of Cardio-Obstetrics and Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health, a collaborative program of Inova Schar Heart and Vascular and Inova Women's services.
Dr. Sharma is a nationally recognized expert in women's cardiovascular health and heart disease prevention, and she has served as an adjunct associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Kelly C. Epps-Anderson, MD, is Associate Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health and Director of Interventional Cardiology Clinical Trials at Inova.
Dr. Epps-Anderson has a special interest in women's cardiovascular health. She is passionate about educating women about their cardiovascular disease risk, prevention strategies and early recognition of symptoms of cardiovascular disease. She also co-founded Inova's cardio-oncology program.
Dr. Paula E. Pinell-Salles received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2002. Her residency was at the University of Pennsylvania, with a training specialty of internal medicine. She served in a fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical System with a training specialty of cardiology and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Pinell-Salles is board certified in cardiovascular disease. In February 2022, she authored the blog post What You Need to Know About Cardiovascular Health During Pregnancy.
Dr. Sahu is the Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Center at Inova. He joined Inova in 2022 and has been practicing since 2003.
Dr. Jamie L. Kennedy received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2005. Her residency was at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, with a training specialty of internal medicine. She served in fellowships at the University of Virginia School of Medicine (training specialty of advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology) and University of Virginia School of Medicine (training specialty of cardiovascular disease). She is board certified in cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Sandesara is board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular medicine. He manages complex heart rhythm disorders through medical therapy, device implantation, and ablation.
Dr. Yang is board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and has been practicing since 2013. She has a special interest in management of heart rhythm disorders, including cardiac device implantations such as event recorders and pacemakers.
Christopher P. Jordan, MD, received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and served as an intern at Tripler Army Medical Center with a training specialty of pediatrics. He was fellowship trained at the National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health with a training specialty of medical genetics, and at Childrens National Medical Center with a training specialty of pediatric cardiology. He is board certified in pediatric cardiology.