The Heart Center team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital consists of specialists who have been specifically trained to diagnose and treat infants, children and adolescents with heart disease or congenital heart defects. The team includes:
If your child has been diagnosed with a heart murmur, abnormal heart rhythm, congenital heart defect or other heart disease, you'll be referred to a pediatric cardiologist. A pediatric cardiologist is a doctor who has completed training in pediatrics and has also received special training in the diagnosis and management of heart disease in infants, children and young adults. Heart problems in children are quite different from those in adults, and thus pediatric cardiologists receive very different training than adult cardiologists. At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, all our cardiologists practice pediatric cardiology full-time and are certified in Pediatric Cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. Our pediatric cardiologists have the training and equipment to find out if your child's heart problem requires regular checkups over a long time or for special tests, medical care or heart surgery. Pediatric heart specialists at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital include experts in:
If your child requires heart surgery, you will be referred to a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon. Our heart surgeons perform a wide array of surgical procedures, ranging from minimally invasive surgery, to the repair of complex congenital heart disease, to heart transplants. Our pediatric surgeons have been specially trained to treat heart disease in infants, children and adolescents. Again, as heart problems in children are quite different from those in adults, pediatric cardiovascular surgeons receive very specialized training. Our cardiovascular surgery team specializes in -- and has pioneered the techniques of -- minimally invasive surgery, which means fewer complications, less pain, shorter hospital stays and a quicker recovery for patients. Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons Frank L. Hanley, MD, Professor and Co-Director, Children's Heart Center
Mohan Reddy, MD, Associate Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Daniel Bernstein, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Co-Director, Children's Heart Center
Karen Booth, MD (Cardiovascular Intensive Care)
Clifford Chin, MD (Exercise and Cardiac Prevention Center) Kavin Desai, MD (Attending Cardiologist) Anne Dubin, MD (Arrhythmia Service) Jeffrey Feinstein, MD (Director, Catheterization and Interventional Service) Debra Hanisch, RN (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiology) Daniel Murphy, MD (Director, Pediatric Cardiac Clinical Program)
Inger Olson, MD (Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics)
Stanton Perry, MD (Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology)
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD (Research Director, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular)
David Rosenthal, MD (Director, Echocardiography Service) Stephen Roth, MD (Director, Cardiovascular ICU)
Norman Silverman, MD (Director, Echo Lab, Echocardiography, and Cardiac Pathology)
George Van Hare, MD (Director, Arrhythmia Service) Emily Wessler, MD (Cardiovascular Intensive Care)
Gail Wright, MD (Cardiovascular Intensive Care)
Anesthesiologists Nurses and other staff Our heart team at LPCH also has several nurses and staff who have advanced training in the treatment and care of children with heart disease. Our other team members include: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
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