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Coronavirus Updates
Normal life looks a lot different these days, especially in healthcare. But there is one thing that hasn’t changed at Children’s Colorado: Your child’s health and safety are our highest priority. Kids need great pediatric care as much now as ever, and it’s for that reason that we’re reactivating services we temporarily suspended due to the pandemic. We are here to deliver safe, thoughtful, high-quality care for kids who need it. Learn what to expect – and all the ways we’re keeping patients safe.
For ongoing updates, a list of open locations and how to get care virtually or in person, please see our coronavirus resources for parents and resources for healthcare professionals. For questions about visiting our locations, such as face covering requirements, inpatient visitation and outpatient appointments, please see our visitation policies.
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Aurora, CO 80045
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If you're concerned that you or your child may have been exposed to COVID-19, please do NOT visit an emergency or urgent care location. Instead, call your doctor or our free ParentSmart Healthline at 720-777-0123 for guidance.
In life-threatening emergencies, find the emergency room location nearest you. For non-life-threatening medical needs when your pediatrician is unavailable, visit one of our urgent care locations.
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Welcome to the Pediatric Heart Institute
Children's Hospital Colorado's Heart Institute is nationally ranked for heart care and surgery by U.S. News & World Report, treating patients from across the country. Here, over 300 cardiac experts work together to provide care for all kinds of congenital and acquired heart diseases.
As a leader in pediatric heart care, our Institute is the largest in the region, treating over 20,000 patients each year. And because we're dedicated to training tomorrow's leaders, our heart fellowship program has educated more than 100 pediatric cardiologists who are changing the lives of children with heart disease across the country.
We are also one of only eight stand-alone pediatric research centers in the country and we are committed to improving the lives of all kids and families with heart disease.
Learn about our cardiology and cardiothoracic researchBetter outcomes. Better care. Complete transparency.
We're known for outstanding outcomes and for providing patients and families with the best care possible. We are recognized as one of only three programs nationally to report on all six quality measures.
598
Heart surgeries in 2019
#6
In the nation by U.S. News & World Report
TOP 10%
For heart surgery outcomes
Learn about our commitment to quality and patient safety.
Why is it important to report outcomes?
Here, we believe that every family deserves to know what outcomes to expect at a children's hospital.
That's why our team, consistently ranked among the top pediatric heart teams in the country, reports outcomes data far exceeding national reporting standards. And we're proud of what that data shows: that we consistently deliver safe, successful, high acuity pediatric heart care. Watch a video about how to choose a heart surgery program.
Pediatric heart surgery
Our cardiac surgery team is renowned for high success rates using state-of-the-art technology, making Children's Colorado one of the best choices in the nation for heart surgery. Learn about our program and watch our video on what to expect from your child's heart surgery.
See why our outcomes make us one of the top heart hospitals
The Connection Journey: Giving Hope a Heartbeat
One family comforts another through hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Watch our experienced family help answer questions for parents new to heart disease.
Get to know our pediatric experts.
Chad Stewart, MD
Cardiology - Pediatric
Richard Friesen, MD
Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics
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Jenny Zablah, MD
Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics
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Children's Colorado in the news
U.S. News & World Report
Pediatric Cardiology Clinic ranked no. 6 in the nation
June 18, 2020
Our Pediatric Heart Institute’s commitment to best practices, clinical research and tremendous survival rates following congenital and other complex heart surgeries and heart transplants contributed to our top ranking.
7News
Children’s Colorado leading the nation with 3D printer technology
October 2, 2019
When 3-year-old Olive needed a cardiac cath to treat her complex heart disease, Jenny Zablah, MD, and her team combined 2D and 3D imaging to create a life-size model of her heart. This allowed interventional cardiologists to understand the intricacies of Olive’s unique heart and to practice before the procedure even began.
Wyoming News Now
Children's Colorado provides lifetime care for people with congenital heart disease
September 27, 2019
Like 1 in 100 babies, Stanley was born with a congenital heart defect. After having heart surgery in childhood, he assumed he was healed. That’s until he began experiencing problems again in his 60s. Fortunately for Stanley, experts in Children’s Colorado’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program were ready to help.
9News
Three-year-old girl runs the Bolder Boulder
July 29, 2019
Cuy Kepler’s parents learned that her heart wasn't functioning properly when she was 3 months old. Experts at Children's Colorado's Heart Institute performed lifesaving surgery days later. Now, at just 3 years old, Cuy's training for her first 10K race.
9News
Adults find treatment for congenital heart disease at Children’s Colorado
July 3, 2019
Born with a congenital heart defect, Chris Dini now works as a firefighter in Fort Collins. Though he’s now 38, he still receives treatment at Children’s Colorado. Joseph Kay, MD, wants more teens and adults with congenital heart disease to know they need specialized care as they age.
CBS4
Minimally invasive procedure fixes hole in baby’s heart
June 18, 2019
About half of children with Down syndrome have congenital heart disease. At other hospitals, Charlie Smith would have needed open heart surgery to repair her heart. But at Children’s Colorado, Gareth Morgan, MD, repaired Charlie’s heart defect through a minimally invasive procedure called heart catheterization.
9News
Discussing life with adult congenital heart disease
February 13, 2019
Spencer Rice, a captain at the Poudre Fire Authority in Fort Collins, brought his daughter to a specialist for a heart murmur. He saw the same doctor a month later and eventually had surgery at Children’s Colorado.
9News
This boy climbed Mt. Sherman only a couple of months after a heart procedure
November 19, 2018
Beau was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta, a congenital heart defect. About three months after his procedure at Children's Colorado, he climbed Mt. Sherman: his first 14er.
9News
Baby Makes History as the First Patient in the Region to Receive Stem-Cell Therapy for HLHS
September 9, 2018
Thanks to a special partnership between Children’s Colorado and Mayo Clinic, baby Calista became the first patient in Colorado to receive regenerative therapy for a rare congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Children’s Colorado is the only hospital in the region offering access to this groundbreaking clinical trial.