Heart Center

Because Every Child Deserves Best-in-Class Care

Since 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has provided leading pediatric care and healing for millions of children across South Texas. Today, the Driscoll Children’s Heart Center continues the mission of delivering cardiac services that surpass any pediatric heart program with a team of highly skilled, interdisciplinary specialists equipped with the experience, technology and compassion to care for the most complex pediatric heart conditions.

Why Choose Us

The Heart Center at Driscoll Children's Hospital provides every patient with a treatment plan designed for their unique needs, including neonatal and maternal fetal care. With a newly established Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and accessible satellite facilities—including at-home or virtual services—we promise that any child, anywhere can have access to the care they need.

Conditions We Treat

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis
  • Aortic Valve Regurgitation
  • Atrial Septal Defect
  • Atrioventricular Canal
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Chest Pain
  • Coarctation of Aorta
  • Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
  • Ebstein’s Anomaly
  • Heart Murmurs
  • Heart Arrhythmias
  • Hypertension
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
  • Interrupted Aortic Arch
  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus
  • Pulmonary Atresia
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Truncus Arteriosus
  • Single-ventricle Heart Disease
  • Syncope (passing out)
  • Transposition of the Great Arteries
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
  • Transportation of the Great Arteries
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Ventricular Septal Defect

Heart Center Specialties and Services

Meet the Heart Center Team

Ngozi C. Agu MD
Ngozi C. Agu
MD
Cardiology
Mohamed F. Algahim MD
Mohamed F. Algahim
MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Srinivasarao Badugu MD
Srinivasarao Badugu
MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
Heart Center
Garbine Goya MD, CEPS, FACC, FAAP
Garbiñe Goya
MD, CEPS, FACC, FAAP
Cardiology
Javier Joglar MD
Javier Joglar
MD
Anesthesiology
Stephen M. Langley MD, FRCS (CTh), FETCS
Stephen M. Langley
MD, FRCS (CTh), FETCS
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Daniel E. McKenna MD
Daniel E. McKenna
MD
Cardiology
Inder Mehta MD
Inder Mehta
MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jerry T. Michael MD, FAAP, FACC
Jerry T. Michael
MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
Bao Phuong (Swen) Nguyen MD
Bao Phuong (Swen) Nguyen
MD
Anesthesiology
Alberto Paredes MD, FAAP
Alberto Paredes
MD, FAAP
Cardiology
Mary E. Porisch MD
Mary E. Porisch
MD
Cardiology
Eric Purifoy MD
Eric Purifoy
MD
Cardiology
Billy Rios MD
Billy Rios
MD
Cardiology
Rini Sahewalla MD
Rini Sahewalla
MD
Cardiology
Heart Center
Mehrdad Salamat, MD, FAAP, FACC
Mehrdad Salamat
MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
Tharakanatha Yarrabolu MD, FAAP, FACC
Tharakanatha Yarrabolu
MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
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Miracle Stories

Together, Against All Odds

Our experts put their passion to work every day, helping kids defy incredible odds on their health journeys here at Driscoll.
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