Our state-of-the-art, 17-bed Infant Cardiac Unit is dedicated to infants up to three months old who undergo surgery for complex congenital heart disease. It is the first of its kind in the world.
Physician-scientist Teresa Lee, MD, MS uses her training in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, and clinical genetics to understand the genetic causes of infantile cardiomyopathy.
Columbia's team of surgical innovators are developing and refining mini-invasive procedures, hybrid approaches, and novel ways to repair or reconstruct heart valves in children.
Christopher J. Petit, MD, internationally recognized for clinical innovation and excellence in interventional cardiology, has been appointed Director of Pediatric Cardiology.
During CPET Columbia cardio-physiologists put the pulmonary, cardiovascular, and skeletal muscle systems to work together to assess a child’s overall aerobic fitness.
Born with the rare congenital heart defect Ebstein anomaly, Mahdi Islam had a heart transplant in 2018. “We always knew our son was in good hands,” his father says.
The Targoff Lab in Pediatrics is featured with the Zuckerman Institute’s announcement of SCAPE microscopy applications in collaboration with the Hillman Lab.