
Cardiothoracic Surgery Program
The Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program provides leading-edge care to children of all ages who require heart surgery, from newborns to teens. We're considered among the best in the U.S. for repairing complex birth defects of the heart, and our surgeons have expertise in procedures such as unifocalization and the Norwood, arterial switch and Ross procedures.
Together with experts in the Fetal Cardiovascular Program, we're able to diagnose heart conditions and begin planning treatment well before birth. Our surgeons are highly skilled at working with the smallest and most vulnerable patients, including premature infants and low-birth-weight newborns.
Whenever possible, we use minimally invasive techniques that make surgery easier on our young patients. Benefits of these techniques include shorter hospital stays, faster recoveries and less postoperative pain compared with traditional open-heart surgery.
Our care is based on the latest research, and many of our treatments were developed by experts here at UCSF.
In addition to our main locations on both sides of the bay, we provide care and consultation at Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center.
The Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program is part of the Neonatal Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, which cares for premature and critically ill infants with congenital heart defects with the aim of supporting their long-term cardiovascular health and neurological development.
Our locations (3)
Our team
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V. Mohan Reddy
MD
Pediatric heart surgeon -
Claudia Benkwitz
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Nicholas Davis
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Amit Gupta
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Maurine Heard
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Irfan Kathiriya
MD
Anesthesiologist -
Peter C. Kouretas
MD, PhD
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon -
Stephen Long
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Hung Gia Nguyen
MD
Anesthesiologist -
Kathryn Rouine-Rapp
MD
Anesthesiologist -
Richard Rowe
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Vinod Sebastian
MBBS
Pediatric heart surgeon -
Daniel Sisti
MD
Pediatric anesthesiologist -
Naveen Swami
MBBS
Pediatric heart and lung surgeon -
Stephen Dwight Weston
MD
Anesthesiologist -
Malia Comstock
PNP, MS, CNS
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Katie Felix
PA-C, MS
Physician assistant -
Lucas Fogarty
PA
Physician assistant -
Genevieve Handy
PNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Sarah Kabatt
NP, MSN
Nurse practitioner -
Kun Lu
PNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Jacob Opoliner
CRNA, MSN
Nurse anesthetist -
Paula Price
PA-C, MPH
Physician assistant -
Turner Wiley
PNP, DNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Reia Zimmer
PNP, RN, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner
Awards & recognition
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Ranked among the nation's best in 10 specialties
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One of the nation's best in cardiology & heart surgery
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What to Bring
- Photo I.D.
- Health insurance card
- Insurance authorization, if required
- Doctor's referral, if required
- Recent test results related to your child's condition
- List of medications, including dosages, plus any your child is allergic to
- List of questions you may have
- Device or paper for taking notes
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