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Overview

World-class care for our smallest patients

Inova Children's Heart Program is nationally recognized and one of the largest, most successful programs in the mid-Atlantic region, providing specialized care to children of all ages from Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, and beyond.

Every year we perform more than 300 cardiac surgeries on young children, including fragile newborns facing complex, challenging health problems.

• Contact our clinical nurse specialist at 703-776-6920 if you have specific questions about the pediatric heart program at Inova Children's Hospital


• Search online for an Inova pediatric cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiac surgeon or cardiologist or call 1-855-MY-INOVA (1-855-694-6682)

Program highlights

• Review highlights of Inova's pediatric cardiovascular program


• Inova Center for Coordinated Fetal Care provides pregnant women who are at risk or suspected of carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect or other abnormalities


• Learn more about Inova's pediatric cardiovascular procedures


• Meet our pediatric cardiac surgeons, Irving Shen, MD, and Lucas R. Collazo, MD


• Prepare for your child's hospital stay

Inspiring stories

Matthew's Miracle – The pediatrician on call turned to her cardiologist husband to save baby Matthew when his heart failed. View this amazing twist of fate and other
videos 

Washingtonian Magazine article: Read "Little Hearts," an in-depth and powerful story of a local family's journey