Facts about the Division of Pediatric Cardiology
at Columbia University Medical Center
The first successful pediatric heart transplant and the first pacemaker to be surgically implanted in a newborn.
Development of the APGAR score,
now used globally
to evaluate newborns’ health.
Consistently ranked among the top 10 Best Children’s Hospitals with
survival rates above 98%.
Facts about Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart defects are a leading cause of birth defect related deaths worldwide, accounting for more than 1 of every 5 infant deaths.
There are at least 35
different types of
congenital heart defects.
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the United States, affecting nearly 1% of or about 40,000 births per year.
Meet the doctors and patients at Columbia University Medical Center
Meet the doctors and patients at Columbia University Medical Center
Meet the doctors and patients at Columbia University Medical Center
Meet the doctors and patients at Columbia University Medical Center
Our mission is to lead the world in curing congenital heart disease
One gene…
One cell…
One heart at a time!
