UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Benjamin Wei, M.D., recently performed the first pediatric thoracic surgery utilizing a robotic surgical system at Children’s of Alabama marking a ...

Surgical correction of congenital heart defects often requires the use of valves, patches, or conduits to establish anatomic continuity. Homografts, xenografts, or mechanical prosthetic devices are ...

A study of pediatric heart surgery centers across the United States has demonstrated that, when it comes to successful surgery, it's not just the size of the program that matters in determining ...

Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin hired Charles Fraser, Jr., MD, to serve as chief of pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Fraser will also serve as a professor ...

Christian Pizarro, MD, has joined New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System as chief of congenital heart surgery and director of pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Pizarro is an internationally ...

It was an emotional day on Friday for an Oklahoma family whose young son received a heart transplant. Parker Helmerich is the first pediatric heart recipient in decades, performed at the Oklahoma ...

When an infant’s common cold spiraled into a life-threatening situation, a first-of-its-kind surgery in Louisiana led to a happy ending. Today, Mila Ryan Latiolais is a healthy 9-month-old. That was ...

Dr. Charles Fraser, the pre-eminent pediatric heart surgeon who abruptly left Texas Children's Hospital’s chief of surgery position last fall, is joining Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin.

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. Jeffrey R. Avansino, M.D., MBA,** pelvic reconstruction, congenital anomalies; ...

This article appears in print in the April 2019 issue, as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. Jeffrey R. Avansino, M.D., MBA,** pelvic reconstruction, congenital anomalies; ...