Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program
The Children’s Heart Center at the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is the state's largest, most comprehensive, and only heart center offering a complete range of diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of children with heart problems, as well as expectant mothers whose fetus may have a heart problem. Our program has aligned with Columbia University’s Pediatric Cardiac Surgery team to further expand our medical services and knowledge in the field of pediatric surgery.
Requesting an Appointment
Prior to scheduling an appointment with one of our specialists, you may need a referral from your child’s cardiologist. In some cases, you may make a self-referral. For a self-referral, please contact us or request an appointment online.
Conditions Treated
Our program is able to treat a variety of heart conditions. These include but are not limited to:
- Aortic valve regurgitation
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Atrial septal defect
- Bicuspid aortic valve disease
- Cardiac tumors
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest pain
- Coarctation of the aorta
- D-Transposition of the great arteries
- Ebstein anomaly
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Heart arrhythmias
- Heart failure
- Heart murmurs
- Heart palpitations
- Heart valve disease
- Hypertension
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- L-Transposition of the great arteries
- Marfan syndrome
- Myocarditis
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericarditis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary valve atresia
- Rheumatic fever
- Sudden cardiac arrest
- Syncope
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defects
Procedures Offered
Your child’s cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeon will decide the specific procedure based on several factors, including the type of heart disease your child has and how severe it is; your child’s age, medical history and lifestyle; and results of tests performed during the initial evaluation. Some procedural options may include:
- Arterial switch
- Atrial septal defect surgery
- Atrial switch
- Bicuspid aortic valve disease surgery
- Fontan procedure
- Glenn operation
- Norwood procedure
- Patch aortoplasty
- Patent ductus arteriosus surgery
- Resection with end-to-end anastomosis
- Subclavian flap aortoplasty
- Tetralogy of Fallot - Intracardiac repair
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return repair
- Truncus arteriosus repair
- Ventricular septal defect surgery
Meet Our Team
Instrumental to our program’s success is our passionate, experienced, and integrated multidisciplinary team comprised of cardiovascular specialists skilled in all aspects of health care. To learn more about our team members, please visit our Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Team page.
Access to the Latest Medical and Clinical Research
RWJBarnabas Health Heart, Vascular & Thoracic also prides itself in providing patients with the opportunity to have access to the latest technology and medical advancements via participation in some of the most renowned clinical studies offered. As you are aware, clinical studies help bridge research and patient care by evaluating therapies, drugs and diagnostic tools to drive discoveries into clinical practice. To learn more about our clinical trials, please visit our Clinical Trials page.