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Adult Congenital Heart Service

Akron, OH — 330-543-8521

There are board certified ACHD physicians at this location.

215 W Bowery St.
Suite 5200
Akron, OH 44308
United States

Patient Inquiries 330-543-8521

Appointment Number 330-543-8521

After Hours Number 330-543-1000

Patient Inquiries Email dbarber@akronchildrens.org

Program Website Visit Now

ACHD On Call 24/7 Yes

Affiliations

Hospital Akron Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Hospital

Hospital The Cleveland Clinic
Adult Hospital

Hospital SUMMA - Akron City Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Adult Hospital

Medical School Northeast Ohio Medical University

Clinic Staffing

Medical Director

Director John R. Lane, MD Professional ACHA Member

Board Certifications ACHD, IM Cardiology, Ped Cardiology

Years in ACHD 22

Time dedicated to ACHD 50%

Administrative Program Director/Manager

Name Deena Barber

Credentials ACHD Nurse Program Coordinator

3 Additional Cardiologists attend Clinic

Cardiologist Ashish Saini, MD Professional ACHA Member

Board Certifications ACHD, Ped Card

Cardiologist David Waight, MD

Board Certifications Ped Cardiology

Cardiologist John Clark, MD

Board Certifications Ped Cardiology

Nursing & Other Staff

Number of NPs/PAs 2

NP/PA Kristin Breedlove PA-C, MPAS

NP/PA Fran Feesler CNP

Social Worker/Psychologist Andrea Lever LSW

RN/LPN Deena Barber BSN, RN

ACHD RN Tina Sanzone RN, BSN, MHA

Other Staff Sheryl Jones, Office Coordinator

Care Setting

Half-day Sessions
(per week) 7

Outpatients seen at Akron Children's Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Akron General Medical Center

Do you have providers who see patients in both pediatric and adult settings? No

Do you perform invasive cardiac procedures on ACHD patients at your institution? Yes

Catheter-based procedures are done: Pediatric Hospital

Invasive EP procedures are done: Pediatric Hospital

ACHD Surgeries are done: Adult/Pediatric Hospital

Established referral relationships with other ACHD programs for needed consultation, procedures or second opinions: Yes

Formal transition program between pediatric and ACHD clinics: No

Do you offer regularly scheduled patient care conferences? Yes, weekly

Does your program provide patient/family support or education meetings? No

Training & Research

ACHD Training for Fellows Yes

Programs that Apply Formal ACHD rotation for general cardiology fellows (in Adult) Individualized long-term mentoring (or informal ACHD fellowship)

Does your program undertake ACHD Research? Yes

Program's last publication 2019

Data valid at 2019

Director's Description

We offer a unique program of continuous expert life-long congenital cardiac care to our patients, from fetus through childhood into adulthood.

Our patient-focused team members include Dr. John Lane; adult, pediatric and ACHD boarded cardiologist; Dr. Ashish Saini, adult congenital and pediatric boarded cardiologist, Deena Barber, BSN RN, a dedicated ACHD Nurse Program Coordinator with over 16 years of ACHD experience, Kristen Breedlove, PA-C and Fran Feesler, FNP. The ACHD team includes a full complement of specialists committed to caring for our ACHD patients and their complex and challenging needs.

Patients are cared for at Akron Children's Hospital for outpatient visits, cardiac testing and catheter-based procedures. Patients are cared for at our affiliated ACHD program at The Cleveland Clinic for surgery and catheter-based procedures. Once discharged our patients return to Akron Children's Heart Center for continued outpatient follow-up.

Our ACHD team is committed to seamless care for our patients transitioning from pediatric to adult congenital care. We are dedicated to providing state of the art adult congenital care for our patients throughout the lifespan.

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Adult Congenital Heart Service

215 W Bowery St.Suite 5200 Akron, OH 44308 United States