The Paediatric Cardiac Program located at Children's Hospital is a fully integrated program with specialized services including consultation and echocardiography, arrhythmia, pace maker surveillance, and maternal and fetal consultation including echocardiography. The program also provides support to adult congenital heart patients. The program is a component of the Ontario provincial pediatric cardiology network with cardiovascular surgery services provided through the Hospital for Sick Children.
A Nurse Practitioner clinic for care of pre-operative and post-operative surgical patients is provided as well as an anti coagulation surveillance program for children with cardiovascular disease. A limited diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization program is provided in London with more complex intervention performed in Toronto.
The Team:
Dr. Herschel Rosenberg, Associate Professor
Dr. Ralf Rauch, Associate Professor
Dr. Kambiz Norozi, Associate Professor
Dr. Eva Welisch, Assistant Professor
Liz Burrill, CNS/NP
There are four full-time paediatric cardiologists, one full-time nurse practitioner, part-time dietitian, pharmacist and social worker. The team requires a minimum of two full-time paediatric echo cardiology technicians.
The Facts:
- 3000 outpatient visits annually
- 700+ inpatient assessments annually
- 2700 echocardiograms including Transesophageal studies annually
- 3500 ECG's annually
- Outreach clinics in Windsor and Thunder Bay
- Fetal cardiology program includes 200-250 studies annually
- Active ambulatory program with clinics five days a week
- Average of 280 children seen/month
800 Commissioners Road East, Rm E6-103
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5W9
Tel: (519) 685-8129 Fax: (519) 685-8156