Children's Heart Surgery
Our pediatric cardiac surgery program provides the full spectrum of pediatric heart surgery care for neonatal, pediatric and adolescent cardiac patients.
Why is Children's Mercy the best hospital for pediatric heart surgery?
Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, ranks among the top three pediatric hospitals in the nation for annual volume of surgical procedures. Our pediatric heart surgery program is the only one within a 150- county region that offers cardiac surgery for newborns, and our pediatric heart surgery program also covers adults with congenital heart problems. Learn more pediatric heart surgery at Children’s Mercy; view Caleb’s Story, congenital heart defects . Click here for PDF of Caleb’s Story .
The best pediatric heart surgeons in the Midwest are at Children's Mercy.
Children's Mercy is the only hospital in the region where a board-certified pediatric intensivist is in-house 24 hours per day to provide care for children who need heart surgery.
| Gary Lofland , MD |
Section Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery The Joseph Boon Gregg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, 1999 The Joseph Boon Gregg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, 1999 Clinical Professor of Surgery |
| Richard A. Hopkins , MD, FACS, FACC |
Director, Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratories Chief, Adult/Adolescent Congenital Cardiac Surgery Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine |
| James O'Brien , MD |
Assistant Professor of Surgery |
What kind of pediatric heart surgery does Children's Mercy provide?
Our pediatric heart surgeons are dedicated to the care of children with heart disease. We provide a full range of cardiac surgery services for the treatment of congenital heart defects in children , abnormalities of the vessels and valves, atrial and ventricular septal defects as well as pediatric ancillary services for the patient's family.
What kind of pediatric heart surgery volume does Children's Mercy do?
Our Cardiovascular Surgery proficiency is maintained by its increasing surgery volume. In 2002, we performed 523 cardiac surgical procedures ranking us among the volume leading children's hospitals nationally and internationally.
When my child needs heart surgery.
Children's Mercy offers state-of-the-art heart surgery facilities specifically equipped for cardiac surgery in children . In fact, we recently expanded our heart surgery facilities. Click here to see our heart surgery pre-operation video.