Meet Our Pediatric Heart Team

The professional team at The Willson Heart Center offers services throughout a child’s entire continuum of care and includes pediatric heart doctors, heart surgeons and a host of supporting health professionals. We provide board-certified and fellowship-trained clinical expertise with a range of pediatric specialty care, as well as highly trained support staff for compassionate, expert care for children with heart problems as well as adults with congenital heart defects. Our team includes, but is not limited to:

• Pediatric Cardiologists
• Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons
• Pediatric Perfusionists
• Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists
• Pediatric Intensivists
• Cardiology Testing Laboratory Professionals
• Catheterization Laboratory Professionals
• Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialists
• Pediatric Nurses
• Nurse Educators
• Psychologists
• Dietitians
• Social Workers
• Translators or Interpreters
• Child Life Specialists
• Spiritual Care Providers

Multidisciplinary Services for Treatment of Heart Conditions

Our cardiovascular team takes a multidisciplinary approach to care for your child, working together with any pediatric specialists at Valley Children’s Hospital who are needed for a comprehensive, yet personalized, treatment plan. While each patient’s care is unique, the following may be a part of an individualized plan:

• Genetics:
  • Down Syndrome
  • Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  • Loeys Dietz Syndrome
  • Marfan Syndrome
  • DiGeorge Syndrome
  • Noonan Syndrome
• Pain Management
• Advanced Medical Imaging:
  • 64-slice CT Scanner, MRI, MRA, Nuclear Medicine
• Prenatal Diagnostic Center:
  • Prenatal diagnosis counseling
• Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU):
  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care with cardiac-trained intensivists
• Hospitalists:
  • Pediatric specialists who assist in the continuum of care for inpatient cardiac patients
• Charlie Mitchell Children’s Center:
  • Many of our cardiac patients receive complex primary care for chronic illnesses at our Charlie Mitchell Children’s Center.
• Emergency Department:
  • Emergency cardiac services
• ICU Pharmacists
• Minimal Blood Loss Surgery:
  • Blood Conservation
  • Bloodless Surgery
• Rheumatology:
  • Kawasaki Disease, Lupus
• Nephrology:
  • Patients identified with hypertension are seen in the Hypertension Clinic of Nephrology with cardiology consultation as appropriate