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We offer the most comprehensive heart care in the region for infants, children and teens. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked Seattle Children’s Heart Center one of the top medical and surgical heart teams in the country. Services available at our main campus and regional locations.

  • Whether your child has mild arrhythmia or a life-threatening heart condition, we’ll work together to find the right answer.

  • One of every 100 babies in the U.S. is born with a heart defect. Every day, we’re making giant strides to help tiny hearts grow big.

  • Next: Mending Broken Hearts
  • Next: Inside the Heart Center

Our Leadership Team

Areas of Focus

  • Cardiac Catheterization

    In 1999, 10% of our heart surgeries were for atrial septal defects — holes in the heart. Today, only 1% of our cardiac surgeries are for this defect. Our Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory has revolutionized the way many heart conditions are treated — without surgery, long recoveries and big scars. 

  • Fetal Echocardiography

    By identifying a serious heart defect before a baby is born, our cardiologists can develop the best treatment plan for birth and beyond — giving parents time to come to terms with the unexpected news and figure out how to best help their baby.

  • Hybrid Procedures

    We are pioneering less-invasive procedures as alternatives to open-heart surgery.  

Related Research

  • Fetal Heart Regeneration

    Some heart disease in humans may originate from damage in the womb, study suggests.

    Read more 

  • Non-surgical Heart Valve Replacement

    One of only five pediatric hospitals in the U.S. to offer this alternative to open-heart surgery.

    Read more 

  • Center for Clinical and Translational Research

    Clinical and translational research takes discoveries made in the laboratory and translates them into therapies that people can actually use in daily life.

  • Center for Developmental Therapeutics

    Children are not simply small adults. The primary goal of the work in our center is to identify and develop new drugs and treatments that will be safer and more effective for children.

  • Center for Tissue and Cell Sciences

    Our mission is to restore children's health after injury through repair, regeneration or replacement of tissues, cells and organs.  

Related News and Press Releases

News

Important screen time guidelines for kids
1.25.12 — KING 5 TV

Seattle Children's Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson offers screen time guidelines for kids with TVs, iPads, iPhones, game consoles & ... cont.

Seattle Children’s Hospital No. 7 in U.S.: Report
5.17.11 — Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle Children’s was named 7th in U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings of Best Children's Hospitals. ... cont.

Stamm Camp offers sick children 'a chance to be a kid'
8.24.10 — Seattle Times

Seattle Children’s Stanley Stamm Summer Camp is the legacy of cardiologist Dr. Stanley Stamm, now retired at 86. Stamm started ... cont.

Press Releases

Seattle Children’s Hospital Gains International Recognition for its Life-Saving ECMO Program

12.06.2011

ELSO Award Signifies Commitment to Exceptional Patient Care and Assurance of the Highest Quality Standards in ECMO ... cont.

Seattle Children’s Ranked 7th Among Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals According to U.S. News & World Report

05.17.2011

Children’s cancer, cont.

Seattle Children's, MultiCare Mary Bridge Collaborate to Focus on Cardiac Services for South Sound Patients

03.22.2011

Relationship brings together expertise from region's pediatric healthcare leaders

Contact Us

For appointments in Seattle, Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way, Olympia and Tri-Cities
206-987-2015

Tacoma
253-272-1812

Anchorage, Alaska
907-212-3655

Missoula, Montana
406-721-5600

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Each year, hundreds of kids like Evelyn receive the region’s most advanced pediatric cardiac care from Children’s Heart Center team. Your support makes it possible.

Dr. Gordon Cohen: I Am a Surgeon

Gordon Cohen video

Meet Dr. Gordon Cohen, a heart surgeon dedicated to offering hope to the families of patients with life-threatening heart problems.

Inside Cardiology at Seattle Children's Heart Center

Mark Lewin video

Dr. Mark Lewin, chief of cardiology at Seattle Children's Hospital, talks about working with families and caring for patients at the Heart Center.