OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) Adult Congenital Heart Program

Director's Description

Our Adult Congenital Heart Program is the only comprehensive care center in downstate Illinois for adults with congenital heart disease. We have a robust primary clinic in Peoria with additional regularly occurring satellite clinics to provide follow up care closer to our patients' homes. Our team includes four ACHD board-certified cardiologists, two ACHD APRN's, an ACHD nurse coordinator, and a licensed social worker in addition to other staff within the congenital heart center and pediatric cardiology division. Our main hospital site is OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois (CHOI) in Peoria, though we also admit and care for patients at OSF St. Francis Medical Center because of our “hospital-in-a-hospital” arrangement. This allows seamless care provided from both pediatric and adult based providers. We are faculty members of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. We offer congenital cardiovascular surgery, diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology services as well as additional unique resources such as the Fontan Wellness clinic and the Congenital Heart Adolescent Transition (CHAT) program. Our team collaborates with the Advanced Heart Failure team through the Cardiovascular Institute at OSF when clinically indicated. We also have several working relationships with other congenital cardiology programs within Illinois and surrounding states to provide referrals for cardiac transplantation services for our most complex ACHD patients.