The Neonatal Cardiovascular Center of Excellence at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals is dedicated to integrated care for premature and critically ill babies with congenital heart defects (CHDs). The multispecialty team monitors and treats at-risk babies before birth as well as at delivery and during childhood. The center's comprehensive approach is designed not only to save lives but to improve the long-term cardiovascular health and neurological development of newborns with complex heart conditions.
Our team of experts includes pediatric heart surgeons, pediatric critical care specialists, neonatologists and other doctors who are specifically trained in the care of fragile newborns, including those who arrive prematurely or at low birth weight. We also have respiratory therapists, dietitians, social workers, occupational therapists and other experts to support all aspects of your baby's health and to look out for the well-being of your whole family. Optimizing all stages of treatment helps babies with CHDs to thrive and go home from the hospital as soon as possible.
Our team integrates care from doctors in our Pediatric Heart Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery Program Fetal Cardiovascular Program, Fetal Treatment Center, Healthy Hearts and Minds Program, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Single Ventricle Home Monitoring Program, allowing our patients access to every kind of expertise.
