About Us

Welcome to the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, the first and one of the largest facilities of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1980, 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, focused on preparing our next generation of adult congenital heart disease healthcare providers and advancing our understanding of the long-term issues and risks confronting adults with congenital heart disease. The Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center provides state of the art care to adult patients with congenital heart disease.

Expert Team

The Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center Faculty and Staff are specially trained in adult congenital heart disease with a diversity of expertise in areas including echocardiography, interventional cardiac catheterization, interventional electrophysiology, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac imaging, and complex congenital heart disease.
Meet Our Team

Research Program

In keeping with its mission, the ACHD Center maintains a dedicated commitment to its research program, resulting in numerous medical publications as well as national and international presentations. Faculty members examine the many issues in this growing field and place an emphasis on studies that can readily translate to patient care.
Research Program

Clinical Services

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

Training Program

Arrangements can be made to accommodate formal rotations that expose medical and pediatric cardiology fellows to a broad range of experiences.
Training Program