Children’s Minnesota is pleased to welcome Cam Kasmai, MD; Derek Opp, DO; Ashley Phimister, MD; Luke Schroeder, MD; and Jesse Stringer, MD, to our expanding cardiovascular program.
Cam Kasmai, MD, is a pediatric cardiac critical care physician whose research interests include post-operative chylothorax in congenital heart disease patients and nursing education. He is a current member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.
Dr. Kasmai completed medical school at Meharry Medical College and residency at Michigan State University/Spectrum Health/Helen Devos Children’s Hospital. His pediatric critical care fellowship training was completed at Medical College of Wisconsin. He then completed cardiac critical care training at Texas Children’s Hospital. When not working, he likes to play golf, cook, and spend time with his fiancé and their Bernese Mountain Dog, Benny.
Derek Opp, DO, is a pediatric cardiologist whose special interests include long-term Fontan palliation follow-up care, exercise physiology and echocardiography. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Opp attended medical school at A.T. Still University. His pediatric and adolescent medicine residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship training were completed at the Mayo Clinic.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, and participating in various outdoor activities, including running, cross country skiing, cycling, golfing and camping.
Ashley Phimister, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist whose clinical interests include echocardiography and fetal cardiology. She is currently a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Society of Echocardiography.
Dr. Phimister attended medical school and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota. Her fellowship in pediatric cardiology was at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she also completed further training in advanced cardiovascular imaging.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children along with listening to podcasts and cooking.
Luke Schroeder, MD, is a pediatric cardiac critical care physician whose research interests include the critical care of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease, quality improvement initiatives focusing on reduction of cardiac arrests, management of mechanical circulatory devices and the cardiac care of pediatric patients after chemotherapy exposure. Dr. Schroeder completed medical school and his pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota.
Both his pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac critical care fellowships were at the Medical University of South Carolina. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, fly fishing, playing beach volleyball and downhill skiing.
Jesse Stringer, MD, is a pediatric cardiac critical care physician whose most interested in building strong multidisciplinary teams in the critical care setting, allied health professional education to enhance care of pediatric cardiac patients, neurosedation, weaning protocols and delirium management in the ICU. He is currently a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Dr. Stringer attended medical school and completed his pediatric residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
He went on to complete a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Stanford University, followed by pediatric critical care fellowship back at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, watching sports, hiking and reading.
Drs. Kasmai, Opp, Phimister, Schroeder and Stringer join a comprehensive pediatric cardiovascular program, providing everything from routine cardiology care to advanced cardiac surgeries, from before birth and into adulthood. The team treats the most pediatric cardiology patients in Minnesota and has some of the best outcomes in the country. The Children’s Minnesota cardiovascular program is the only one in the region that is part of a health system dedicated exclusively to children.
