Michael Charles Slack, MD

Michael C. Slack, MD, is director of Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiology at the University of Maryland. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at the Children’s National Medical Center. There, he served as director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories. He also established the Adult Congenital Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

Dr. Slack completed a pediatric residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This was followed by a tour of duty as a pediatrician in Germany. He continued his training with fellowships in pediatric cardiology and congenital interventional cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. He then served as faculty at Walter Reed. At the end of his Army service, Dr. Slack entered private practice in Arizona, serving as director of Congenital Interventional Cardiac Catheterization at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Medical Center.

Dr. Slack’s clinical interests are numerous, including intravascular stents and occlusion of complex septal defects, as well as pediatric cardiovascular thoracic surgery. An avid researcher, he has been principal site investigator on many device trials and continues to study the use of MRI imaging over ionizing X-rays.

Appointments can be scheduled at 410-328-4348.