Pediatric Heart Transplants at Montefiore Approved by NY State Department...(Pediatric Heart Center team includingJac...),Health

"The new pediatric heart transplant program at CHAM and its acclaimed cardiology team are important milestones for both Montefiore and Einstein, " said Allen M. Spiegel, MD, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. "Dr. Daphne Hsu and her team are outstanding clinical investigators and national leaders in the study and treatment of pediatric heart disease and transplantation. Their presence here is a tangible demonstration of our joint efforts to strengthen the links between Einstein research and Montefiore medicine."

"The pediatric heart transplant program and the addition of Dr. Hsu and her team greatly enhance our capabilities for treating any heart abnormality in children," said Philip Ozuah, MD, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center and Einstein and physician-in-chief at CHAM. "The Children's Hospital at Montefiore has become a hospital of choice for patients and families from around the world seeking excellence and innovation in specialty care. Building one of America's finest children's hospitals in the Bronx reinforces Montefiore's commitment to improving the health of its community by offering our patients access to the highest quality care and services available anywhere in the world."

A graduate of the Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Hsu was previously Associate Director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at New York Presbyterian's Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Research at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is one of the most clinically and technolo
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