Children's Heart Program
The pediatric cardiology and surgical specialists at MUSC Children's Hospital provide inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and follow-up services for a full range of pediatric cardiovascular disorders.
Our Children’s Heart Center also serves as the tertiary referral center for the highly respected Children's Heart Program of South Carolina. The Children's Heart Program is a network of pediatric cardiology providers and outreach centers throughout the state, offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular care to all South Carolina children and surrounding regions.
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The mission of the Children's Heart Program is to provide the best possible coordinated cardiac care to this patient population. Clinical evaluations for problems ranging from the more common occurrences of chest pain, murmurs, fainting and palpitations to complex forms of congenital and acquired heart disease are performed at offices located throughout the state.
In addition to the Children’s Heart Center at MUSC, primary Children’s Heart Program offices are located in Columbia, Greenville and Florence, with weekly to monthly outreach clinics in Anderson, Beaufort, Greenwood, Murrells Inlet, Myrtle Beach, Orangeburg, Spartanburg and Sumter. All invasive procedures, including catheterizations and surgeries, are performed at the MUSC Children's Heart Center. At MUSC, each clinical laboratory, inpatient unit and operating room is dedicated to pediatric cardiology patients, with specially trained professionals and state-of-the-art equipment designed for the pediatric patient.
We also provide care for infants in our state-of-the-art Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), as well as heart health and preventive cardiology through our Heart Health Program.
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Our Team
- Andrew Atz, M.D.
- Hamilton Baker, M.D.
- Rani Bandisode, M.D.
- Scott Bradley, M.D.
- Geoffrey Forbus, M.D.
- Eric Graham, M.D.
- Dieter Haemmerich, Ph.D.
- Melissa Henshaw, M.D.
- Tony Hlavacek, M.D.
- Kyo-Ho Lee, Ph.D., M.D.
- John Reed, M.D.
- J. Philip Saul, M.D.
- Andrew Savage, M.D.
- Mark Scheurer, M.D.
- Girish Shirali, M.D.
- Sinai Zyblewski, M.D.
Location & Contact Information
New patients: 843-792-1414
Established patients: 843-792-3300
Downtown Charleston
MUSC Children's Hospital
169 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29403
Our goal is to provide coordinated cardiac care to all the children of South Carolina via a network of pediatric cardiologists and outreach clinics throughout the state.
Pediatric Cardiology Practices
In addition to the division of pediatric cardiology at MUSC, pediatric cardiology practices are located in:
- Columbia
- Greenville
- Florence
Outreach clinics
Outreach clinics are located in:
- Anderson
- Beaufort
- Greenwood
- Hilton Head
- Lancaster
- Murrel's Inlet
- Myrtle Beach
- Spartanburg
- Sumter
Together, the program provides local pediatric cardiology services to hundreds of children in South Carolina.
