For more than 50 years, Sanger has been meeting the needs of pediatric heart patients with a team approach, including Charlotte's only pediatric heart surgeons.
Our philosophy: children are not just miniature adults -- their bodies have unique dynamics and they respond differently to medicine and intervention. We believe it is critical that each treatment be designed specifically for children, not a watered down adult treatment.
Our team of physicians and nurses is skilled in using the most advanced diagnostic and surgical technology available on the tiniest patients, bringing decades of experience and expertise to each patient's case.
Our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Your Pediatric Team
Dr. A. Resai Bengur
Expertise: Echocardiography, fetal cardiology, congenital cardiac defects
Dr. Andrew S. Bensky
Expertise: Echocardiography, fetal cardiology, TEE
Dr. J. Rene Herlong
Chief of Pediatic Cardiology
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, echocardiography
Dr. Benjamin B. Peeler
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgery
Dr. Donald A. Riopel
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, preventive cardiology
Dr. Nicholas Sliz, Jr.
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, echocardiography
Dr. Richard T. Smith, Jr.
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology, pediatric heart transplantation
Dr. Larry T. Watts
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgery
Melissa Day, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute -- for more than 50 years, a proud tradition of pioneering cardiac care for infants and children.
