Jared Adam Hershenson, MD

Director, Cardiac Exercise and Rehabilitation

Cardiologist

Jared Hershenson, MD, joined the Children's National Heart Center in 2021 as the medical director of Cardiac Exercise and Rehabilitation and sees general and fetal cardiology patients in our Maryland locations including Annapolis, Rockville and Hagerstown locations.

Dr. Hershenson received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis and did his Pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by his Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital/Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to joining Children's National, he had been a pediatric cardiologist in Northern Virginia and Montgomery County since 2011, where he served as the medical director of the exercise testing lab at his practice and involved in fetal and outpatient cardiology.

He is a member of the Fontan Outcomes Network Physical Activity and Education workgroup and is an editor of CHIP Journal Watch for pediatric and fetal cardiology article reviews. His academic interests include studying the impact of exercise on improving outcomes in patients with congenital and acquired heart disease, as well as past collaborative research in non-cardiac patients such as evaluating exercise capacity in children with sickle cell anemia.

Dr. Hershenson is married with five children and lives in Montgomery County. In his limited free time, he is involved with several local schools and community religious institutions. He also serves as a mentor for a program that matches college students interested in medicine with local professionals to provide guidance, teaching and support.

• Cardiology
• Heart Center