Pediatric Heart Transplant

If your child needs a heart transplant, we’re the only hospital in the state:

• That performs pediatric heart transplants
• With a dedicated pediatric transplant cardiologist
• Offering ventricular assist devices (VADs) to children with severe, end-stage heart failure who are waiting for a transplant

Young people who need new hearts have different physical and emotional needs from adults. At UVA, our medical professionals are experts in pediatric heart transplants.

If your child has a heart transplant at UVA, you can count on a care team that includes:

• Pediatric heart transplant surgeons
• Pediatric cardiologists
• Pediatric anesthesiologists
• Pediatric intensivists (doctors who specialize in the care of patients in intensive care)
• Social workers
• Nurse practitioners
• Child life specialists
• Psychologists
• Nutritionists