PEDIATRIC CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY The Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery service provides world-class surgical care and support to the children and adults of Connecticut born with congenital heart disease. Led by nationally renowned congenital heart surgeon, Dennis Mello, MD, our program provides state-of-the-art management of complex congenital heart defects across the entire age spectrum from newborns to adults. EXPANSION Raina Sinha, MD, congenital heart surgeon, joined our team in February 2020. NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC HEART SURGERY Our team has regularly been performing numerous complex congenital heart surgeries, including a Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, with excellent outcomes. Despite Covid-19, the surgical volumes have remained constant. Our program performed the most congenital heart surgeries of any program within the state last year. With our state-of-theart cardiac MRI services, we have utilized cardiac MRI for assessment prior to stage II palliation in place of cardiac catheterization. Jill Sullivan, PA-C, and Kathleen Kellerman, PA-C, support the operative and postoperative care, respectively, of our patients. The Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery service strives for discovery, teamwork, integrity and excellence in cardiac surgical care. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and Pediatric Cardiology work together in a strong collaborative effort to provide a uniform standard of care to patients with congenital heart disease who are seeking surgery.
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