UHealth Jackson Children’s Care
Congenital Heart Center
We offer a full spectrum of state-of-the-art cardiac services for babies in the womb, newborns and children into adulthood.
The UHealth Jackson Children’s Care Congenital Heart Center at Holtz Children’s Hospital is an internationally respected center for the comprehensive care of children and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease.
The services provided at the Congenital Heart Center focus on quality of life for our patients and their families.
Patients always come first, and our family-centered care integrates families into the healing process.
Our success is a result of the work of a multidisciplinary team of pediatric and congenital specialists, cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac nurse practitioners and nurses, cardiac anesthesiologists, and cardiovascular technicians from Jackson Health System and UHealth – University of Miami Health System who are at the forefront of groundbreaking clinical care and medical research.
In fact, our expertise goes beyond the practice of general pediatric cardiology and extends to all subspecialty fields, including advanced cardiac imaging, catheter-based interventions, electrophysiology, cardiovascular surgery, heart failure and transplantation, and ventricular assist devices (VAD) implantation. Our comprehensive program also includes fetal cardiologists who specializes in the care of high-risk newborns.
Description
The UHealth Jackson Children’s Care Congenital Heart Center at Holtz Children’s Hospital is an internationally respected center for the comprehensive care of children and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease.
The services provided at the Congenital Heart Center focus on quality of life for our patients and their families.
Patients always come first, and our family-centered care integrates families into the healing process.
Our success is a result of the work of a multidisciplinary team of pediatric and congenital specialists, cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac nurse practitioners and nurses, cardiac anesthesiologists, and cardiovascular technicians from Jackson Health System and UHealth – University of Miami Health System who are at the forefront of groundbreaking clinical care and medical research.
In fact, our expertise goes beyond the practice of general pediatric cardiology and extends to all subspecialty fields, including advanced cardiac imaging, catheter-based interventions, electrophysiology, cardiovascular surgery, heart failure and transplantation, and ventricular assist devices (VAD) implantation. Our comprehensive program also includes fetal cardiologists who specializes in the care of high-risk newborns.
Our Team
Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Cardiology
General Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
Patient Stories
After Three Cardiac Arrests and a Ventricular Assist Device Placement, 9-Year-Old Boy Receives Heart Transplant at Holtz Children’s
When Lina St. Preux, 44, was six months pregnant, her doctor informed her of devastating news – her baby had a congenital heart defect.
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Bulgarian Boy Born with Congenital Heart Defect Travels Across the World to Receive a Transplant at Holtz Children’s Hospital
Seven months ago, Maya Ilieva and Kalin Kamenov didn’t know if their 6-year-old son, Venelin Maev, would be alive today. Originally from Bulgaria, Venelin was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Baby Born with Congenital Heart Disease Receives Treatment at Holtz Children’s Hospital
Yelsi Consuelo Sosa Fermín was just 19 weeks pregnant when she was given the news all expecting mothers dread – there was something wrong with her baby. During a scheduled ultrasound, a doctor noticed the baby’s heart was beating too fast.
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