UPMC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program

Director's Description

Nationally accredited through the Adult Congenital Heart Association, an innovative program in Western Pennsylvania providing regionalized and specialized expertise care. The UPMC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to address the unique needs of the adult with a variety of complex congenital defects. Unique to this program is the well-developed relationship between the ACHD Program and the Heart Failure/Transplant teams at UPMC. Together this team of physicians address the growing number of patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and those requiring transplant evaluation. The UPMC ACHD program has a collaborative relationship with the maternal fetal medicine physicians to co-manage patients with congenital heart disease prior to, during, and post pregnancy. The ACHD Program is an integrated part of UPMC Children's Hospital Heart Institute which is ranked Nationally in Cardiovascular care in the US News & World Report.