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

Cardiac MRI/MRA

Cardiology

Cardiothoracic Surgery

CICU

Echocardiography

Electrophysiology

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Fetal Cardiology

Interstage Home Monitoring

Interventional Cardiology

Meet the Heart Center Team

Ngozi C. Agu, MD

Ngozi C. Agu, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Mohamed F. Algahim, MD

Mohamed F. Algahim, MD

MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Center

Srinivasarao Badugu MD

Srinivasarao Badugu

MD, FAAP, FACC

Cardiology

Heart Center

Garbine Goya, MD

Garbine Goya, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Javier E. Joglar, MD

Javier E. Joglar, MD

MD

Anesthesiology

Stephen M. Langley, MD

Stephen M. Langley, MD

MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Center

Daniel E. McKenna, MD

Daniel E. McKenna, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Inder D. Mehta, MD

Inder D. Mehta, MD

MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Center

Alberto Mendoza-Paredes, MD

Alberto Mendoza-Paredes, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Jerry T. Michael, MD

Jerry T. Michael, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Fernando Molina-Berganza, MD

Fernando Molina-Berganza, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Bao Phuong N. Nguyen, MD

Bao Phuong N. Nguyen, MD

MD

Anesthesiology

Mary E. Porisch, MD

Mary E. Porisch, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Eric T. Purifoy, MD

Eric T. Purifoy, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Billy Rios, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Rini Sahewalla MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Mehrdad Salamat, MD

Mehrdad Salamat, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

Tharakanatha R. Yarrabolu, MD

Tharakanatha R. Yarrabolu, MD

MD

Cardiology

Heart Center

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