Utah Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program

Salt Lake City, UT — (801) 646-6000

There are board certified ACHD physicians at this location.

81 North Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
United States

(801) 646-6000
(801) 646-6000
(801) 662-1000
louise.jahn@hsc.utah.edu
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Affiliations

University of Utah
Adult Hospital
Primary Children's Hospital
Adult/Pediatric Hospital
Intermountain Medical Center
Hospital
University of Utah School of Medicine

Clinic Staffing

Medical Director

Daniel A. Cox, DO Professional ACHA Member
ACHD, IM, Peds, Ped Card
7
90%

Medical Co-Director

Kevin Whitehead, MD Professional ACHA Member
ACHD, IM, IM Card
14
80%

5 Additional Cardiologists attend Clinic

Ian Lindsay, MD Professional ACHA Member
ACHD, IM, Peds, Ped Card
Kelly Han, MD Professional ACHA Member
ACHD, Peds, Ped Card
Thomas Pilcher, MD
Peds, Ped Card
Susan Etheridge, MD
Peds, Ped Card
Mary Hunt Martin, MD
IM, Peds, Ped Card

Nursing & Other Staff

1
Liza Kasavana, APRN ACHD Nurse Practitioner
Laura Bennett Murphy, PhD Psychologist
Louise Jahn RN
Mava Day RN, MSN
Samantha Hill, RN Nurse Coordinator
Jocelyn Rios Coordinator

Care Setting

18
University of Utah Hospital
Primary Children's Hospital
Intermountain Medical Center
Yes
Yes
Pediatric/Adult Hospital
Pediatric/Adult Hospital
Pediatric/Adult Hospital
Yes
Yes - at age 15
Yes, weekly
Yes

Training & Research

Yes
Formal ACHD rotation for general cardiology fellows (in Peds & Adult); Individualized long-term mentoring (or informal ACHD fellowship); Formal dedicated ACHD fellowship (2 year)
Yes
2022
2022

Satellite Clinics

Data valid at 2021

Director's Description

The Utah Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program offers care under a team of experts with specialty training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Our team is available to patients at three different main hospital facilities in the Salt Lake City area and also offers outreach clinics in Southern Utah and Southern Idaho. Our ACHD accredited Comprehensive Care Center provides care to patients with simple and complex congenital heart conditions, heart disease related to genetic syndromes, disease processes associated with the aorta (Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome), and women with congenital heart conditions who are pregnant or who are considering pregnancy.