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Yale Adult Congenital Heart ProgramData valid for 2008 | |||
| Address | 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208064 New Haven, CT 6504 | Website | View Website |
| Phone Patient Inquiries | (203) 785-2022 | Phone Appointments | (203) 785-2110 |
| Affiliations | |||
| Hospital (Adult or Pediatric Hospital?) | Yale-New Haven Hospital (Both) | Hospital (Adult or Pediatric Hospital?) | Backus, Lawrence & Memorial, New London (Both) |
| Medical School | Yale Medical School | ||
| Care Setting | |||
| Half Day Sessions (per week) | 1 | Outpatient Site | Adult Hospital and Ped Hospital |
| Inpatient Procedure | Adult Hospital and Ped Hospital | Is there a formal transition program between pediatric and ACHD clinics? | No |
| Medical Director | |||
| Medical Director | John Fahey, MD | Board Certifications | Ped Card |
| Years in ACHD | 27 | Percentage of Time Dedicated to ACHD | 20% |
| Additional Contributing Cardiologists | |||
| Staff Cardiologists who attend ACHD clinics | |||
| Additional cardiologist #1 | Daniel Jacoby, MD | Board Certified In | IM, IM Card |
| Additional cardiologist #2 | Board Certified In | ||
| Additional cardiologist #3 | Board Certified In | ||
| ACHD programs include NP and/or PA | Yes | NP/PA Name (and Degree) | Alice Ruszkowski (MSN, APRN) |
| Total NP/BSN/RN/PAs in ACHD program | 1 | ||
| Services Offered | |||
| Diagnostic Catheterization | Yes | Interventional Catheterization | Yes |
| Diagnostic Electrophysiology | Yes | Interventional Electrophysiology | Yes |
| Cardiac MRI | Yes | Multi-Slice Cardiac CT | Yes |
| High Risk Obstetrics/Perinatology | Yes | Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist | Yes |
| Contraceptive Counseling | Yes | Geneticist/Genetic Counseling | Yes |
| Cardiac Rehabilitation Service | Yes | Financial/Medical Insurance Counseling | Yes |
| Patient & Procedure Distribution | |||
| Total ACHD Patient Visits | 255 | ||
| Total Pediatric (< 18 y.o.) Operations Performed | 117 | Total ACHD (> 18 y.o.) Operations Performed | 16 |
| All Cardiac Transplants Performed | 13 | Interventional Catheterizations Performed on ACHD Patients | 116 |
| Number of Interventionalists | 2 | ||
| Number of EP Studies, Interventions, Pacemakers/AICDs? | 42 | Number of surgeons (performing more than 75 CHD or ACHD operations annually) | 3 |
| Training & Research | |||
| ACHD Training for Fellows | Yes | Does your program undertake ACHD Research? | Yes |
| Year of program's last publication | |||
| Director's Description | |||
| Year Formalized | 2004 | ||
* = Number of Patients visits per year ** = Total number of ACHD Operations per Year