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Dr. Vance checking a patient's heart beat.
Nationally-Ranked Cardiac Care for Kids

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Virginia Congenital Cardiac Collaborative, CHKD’s partnership with University of Virginia Children’s hospital, one of the best in the country.

CHKD Heart Center

Contact CHKD's Heart Center

Phone: (757) 668-8850

Refer to Cardiology

Our cardiology team cares for children from birth through 18 years old. However, patients over the age of 18 may be seen in our adult congenital heart disease clinic. Fetal echocardiography and counseling is offered in our prenatal clinic.

Refer to Cardiovascular Surgery

CHKD's cardiac surgeons provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical care for cardiac disorders in children from birth to age 21.

Meet the Cardiovascular Care Team at CHKD

Compassionate, High Quality Cardiovascular Care

The Heart Center at CHKD is committed to providing compassionate, dedicated, and the highest quality cardiovascular care for both children and adults. We are devoted to achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients and their families. From our outpatient clinics to our inpatient services we are one team with one mission: your child.

Our Services

The Heart Center treats a full spectrum of congenital and acquired cardiac disorders. Our patients range in age from newborns diagnosed before birth to adults living with congenital heart defects. We offer care through the following related services:

Our Pediatric Team

The Heart Center is led by our director of cardiology Dr. Jonathan Fleenor, cardiac surgeon Dr. James Gangemi, director of the UVA/CHKD regional collaborative for cardiac care, and our chief of cardiac surgery Dr. Philip Smith.

Our staff works closely with referring physicians, other pediatric specialists and family members to provide the best possible outcomes. Because CHKD is a freestanding, full-service children's hospital, every inch of our facility and all members of our medical team are devoted exclusively to the needs of young people, and our patients benefit from the full range of pediatric specialists and support services available only at freestanding children's hospitals.

Zoe Irby smiling at the camera. She was the first baby at CHKD to undergo the Piccolo treatment.

Healing the Tiniest of Hearts

A treatment called Piccolo is helping heal the tiniest of hearts at CHKD. Born with a congenital heart defect, Zoe Irby was the first baby at CHKD to undergo the minimally invasive procedure. Read more about the treatment and find out how Zoe is doing now.

Vital Statistics

Inside the heart center at CHKD.
12,000

Patients make nearly 12,000 visits a year to CHKD’s cardiologists.

250

Our cardiac specialists perform approximately 250 procedures a year.

97.5%

We performed 40 catheter ablations last year with a 97.5 percent acute success rate.

8,000

We perform approximately 8,000 echocardiography studies a year.

Outcomes Data

  • Data from all diagnostic and interventional catheterization procedures is submitted to the National Cardiovascular Disease Registry IMPACT database to participate in evidence-based practice guidelines for improvement of patient outcomes.
  • For benchmarking purposes, CHKD voluntarily shares its volumes and outcomes data with the Society for Thoracic Surgeons.