Welcome to the Website of the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, the first and one of the largest facility of its kind in the United States. The Center is a national and international tertiary care resource that provides services to the growing number of patients with congenital heart disease who reach adulthood.

In addition to its emphasis on the highest quality of patient care, the Center is a major training and research facility for medical and pediatric house officers, medical and pediatric cardiologists, and visiting cardiologists from the United States and abroad. We offer an advanced fellowship for cardiologists with a career interest in congenital heart disease in adults.

John S. Child, MD
Director of the Ahmanson/UCLA
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD


Dr. Joseph K. Perloff, emeritus professor of the Geffen/UCLA School of Medicine and founder of the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, is the 2008 recipient of the first American College of Cardiology Lifetime Achievement Award.

Widely considered the “Father” of the field of adult congenital heart disease, Dr. Perloff has served as a role model through his clinical teaching, academic publications, professional service and research.

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