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Heart Institute

Rady Children's Heart Institute-San Diego (RHISD), an institute without walls, was created to integrate and coordinate the research and educational programs of the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Divisions at Rady Children’s. Our goal is to provide optimal care for infants, children and adults born with congenital heart defects and to advance our knowledge and understanding of congenital heart disease.

The Heart Institute, in affiliation with University of California, San Diego (UCSD) serves San Diego’s population of over 2.8 million and is a major referral center for Imperial and Orange counties, Hawaii, New Mexico, Mexico, and the Pacific Rim islands. The Institute offers satellite cardiac clinics in El Centro, Encinitas, Escondido and Murrieta. In addition, we regularly teleconference with our colleagues in Hawaii.

  • Rady Children’s Heart Institute participates in the science and evidence-based advancement of treatment modalities for congenital heart diseases.
  • Numerous cardiology and cardiovascular surgery clinical trials are underway at the Institute to advance the understanding and application of pharmacological interventions, surgical devices and catheter-delivered interventions in the treatment of children and adults with congenital heart defects.
  • Clinical data and outcomes are collected and analyzed with the assistance of a computer-based International Clinical Outcomes Database (CardioAccessTM).
  • Rady Children’s is a participating center for the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society's (CHSS) ongoing multi-institutional study of outcomes and practices.
  • Clinical pathways are continually refined to optimize efficacy and length of stay for patients undergoing heart surgery and catheter interventions at Rady Children's.
  • The Radiology Department at Rady Children’s has a state-of-the-art CT Scanner that will enable us to diagnose and treat congenital heart disease in the most accurate and efficient manner.

A multidisciplinary team of cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and social workers coordinates care and treatment.

Contact Us:

  • For more information about Children’s Heart Institute, call 1-800-HEART-18.