Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Your care may include multiple team members across a variety of specialties within the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. It's how we provide whole-person, multidisciplinary care, planning, and treatment for our patients.

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons

Executive Director
Institute for Cardiovascular Health

Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Arterial switch
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Blalock-Taussag shunt
  • Coarctation of the aorta repair
  • Double-switch procedures
  • Fontan procedure
  • Norwood operation
  • Patent ductus arteriosus ligation
  • Rastelli procedure
  • Repair of anomalous coronary artery
  • Ross procedure
  • Tetralogy of Fallot repair

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiothoracic surgery

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Congenital cardiac surgery

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiologists

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric interventional cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Preventative cardiology

Medical Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac electrophysiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrophysiology
  • Fetal cardiology

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatrics

Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Physician
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric cardiomyopathy
  • Pediatric heart failure
  • Pediatric heart transplant
  • Pediatric mechanical circulatory support

Director of Cardiac MRI
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric echocardiography
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Non-invasive cardiac imaging

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Interventional catheterization of children and adults
  • Pediatric cardiology

Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Director of Cardiac Acute Care Service
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology and noninvasive imaging
  • Pediatric cardiology

Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult Congenital cardiology
  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Fetal cardiology

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Medical Co-Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Advanced cardiac therapies and transplantation
  • Cardio-genetics
  • Cardio-oncology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Preventive cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Consulting Clinician

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Echocardiography

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Advanced cardiac imaging
  • Fetal echocardiography
  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Consulting Clinician

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric electrophysiology

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology
  • Single ventricle and complex congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • General cardiology
  • Preventive cardiology

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care medicine

Associate Director of Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric critical care

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Critical care medicine

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Intensive cardiac care

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care
  • Pediatric heart disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Hospitalists

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric inpatient care

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatrics

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric hospital medicine

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care conferences for care coordination
  • End-of-life/quality-of-life discussions
  • Manage inpatient pediatric illnesses

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease


Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists

Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anesthesia for neonates
  • Management of post-cardiopulmonary bypass coagulopathy
  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesia
  • Pediatric critical care

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anesthesiology

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Medical Director
Dell Children’s Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

Pediatric Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia with PH
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
  • Complex congenital heart disease associated pulmonary hypertension
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension
  • Genetic/​familial pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung disease
  • Pulmonary vein stenosis
  • Right heart failure

Advanced Practice Provider
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Complex congenital heart disease with associated pulmonary vascualr disease
  • Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Right heart failure

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pharmacist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Perfusionists

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric perfusion

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric perfusion

Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Mechanical circulatory support/​ventricular assist devices

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Nurses and Advanced Practice Providers

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric cardiology
  • Outpatient pediatric cardiology

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Acute care cardiology

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Heart failure/​transplant

Specialization(s)

  • Single ventricle physiology
  • Heart failure/​transplant

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Critical care of infants and children with pediatric and congenital heart disease

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart surgery

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Preoperative and postoperative care

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Single ventricle heart disease

Advanced Practice Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Pediatric heart disease

Advanced Practice Provider
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care of acutely ill patients

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric cardiology
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Intensive care medicine

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pre-and post-surgery care for adults and children

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Transplantation (both pediatric and adult)

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Adult cardiology
  • Chronic pain management

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes
  • Open heart surgery

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Family Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Electrophysiology

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart surgery

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Manager
Cardiology Advanced Practice Providers

Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital cardiology
  • Pediatric transition to adult care

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric heart disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Acquired heart disease
  • Congenital heart disease

Certified Pediatric Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Patient and family education
  • Staff education and nurse preceptor

Nurse Navigator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital and pediatric cardiac critical care and surgery

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric and adolescent cardiology

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Psychologist

Pediatric Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​at Dell Children’s

Pediatric Psychologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Exposure therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PICT)
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy​(TF-CBT)

Genetic Counselor

Genetic Counselor, Cardiovascular Genetics Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Genetic counseling

Social Workers and Child Life Specialists

Child Life Specialist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Child Life Specialist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Social Worker
Adult Congenital Heart Program

Social Worker
Health Social Work

Specialization(s)

  • Adult social work
  • Case management
  • Crisis intervention
  • Medical care coordination
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Social Worker
Health Social Work

Specialization(s)

  • Child welfare
  • Pediatric cardiac care
  • Pediatric trauma services

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Social Worker
Health Social Work

Specialization(s)

  • Care coordination
  • Public health social work
  • Supporting families through a new diagnosis

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease