The Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, brings together world-renowned experts in the fields of pediatric and adult congenital and structural heart diseases. The physicians, surgeons, nursing and supporting staff of this center build upon the long history of excellence in cardiovascular medicine at Rush. The Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease offers advanced medical and surgical care, and advances medicine through cutting-edge research in repairing heart diseases through minimally invasive techniques.
Faculty members of the Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Diseases are leaders in clinical care, teaching and research. The center provides the full spectrum of care in all subspecialty areas of pediatric cardiology and structural heart diseases in adults.
The interventional cardiology team, led by Ziyad Hijazi, MD, MPH, has an international reputation for innovation and research in the field. Hijazi and his interventional team have set the standards of care in this field for the past several years. They continually explore, through research and academic endeavors, new and better ways to help patients with congenital and structural heart disease through nonsurgical procedures. Hijazi, who currently serves as president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI), is known throughout the world as a leader in the field.
Rush Medical College, a cornerstone of Rush University Medical Center, is one of the oldest medical colleges in the Midwest. The institution has a long and distinguished history in medical education, fostering many preeminent medical educators. The Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Diseases continues this mission through its educational initiatives. Rush University Medical Center houses the editorial office of Pediatric Cardiology; the leading journal in the field, edited by Ra-id Abdulla, MD, who directs the educational efforts of the center.
The center's services include all diagnosis and treatment for the full spectrum of patients with congenital and structural heart disease, including neonates, children and adults. The center provides state-of-the-art care for congenital heart defects in children and adults, including minimally invasive procedures for:
The center also treats adults suffering from structural conditions, such as leaky or narrowing heart valves. And, because many of the repairs can be done by threading catheters through blood vessels, many patients don't require major surgery — or even stitches.
Services include:
Headed by one of the world’s leading interventional cardiologists, Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, the Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease brings together a range of pediatric and adult specialists — including interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, pediatric intensivists, heart surgeons, anesthesiologists, transplant cardiologists and echocardiologists — who collaborate to provide the best care possible.
Leadership of the Center
Faculty of the Center
- Ra-Id Abdulla, MD
- Zahid Amin, MD
- Sawsan Mokhtar Mostafa Awad, MD
- Qi-Ling Cao, MD
- Joan Frances Hoffman, MD
- Clifford Kavinsky, MD, PhD
- Anastasios C. Polimenakos, MD, FACS
- David G. Ruschhaupt, MD
- Barbara Santucci, MD
- Richard G. Trohman, MD
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Pediatrics
