Houston Methodist's Adult Congenital Heart Program Successfully Renews Accreditation
Houston Methodist's Adult Congenital Heart Program is now reaccredited by the Adult Congenital Heart Association as an ACHA Comprehensive Care Center. This accomplishment reaffirms the program's unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional care to individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD).
In 2020, Houston Methodist joined an elite group of 52 adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) programs across 26 states to achieve ACHA accreditation. Notably, this milestone positioned Houston Methodist as the sole accredited ACHD program nationwide, operated exclusively by a standalone adult hospital. This distinction reflects the program's innovative approach to meeting the increasing demand for specialized care for high-complexity ACHD patients.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, congenital heart disease affects about 1 million children and 1.4 million adults in the U.S.
Established in 1998, the Adult Congenital Heart Association is dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by congenital heart disease and advancing the standard of care available to this community.
Situated within the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, the Adult Congenital Heart Program combines state-of-the-art resources with leading experts specializing in treating adults with congenital heart disease. From the program's inception, its mission has been to address the unique healthcare needs of these patients, monitor and treat long-term complications of congenital heart disease, integrate comprehensive care for acquired heart conditions that may manifest in adulthood, and offer advanced therapies such as heart and multiorgan transplantation.
The program's multidisciplinary team of physicians comprises board-certified invasive and non-invasive ACHD cardiologists, congenital and transplant surgeons, specialized cardiac anesthesiologists, electrophysiologists, heart failure and transplant cardiologists, sonographers, imaging technologists, obstetricians, and maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
About Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. The health system consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the Texas Medical Center; six community hospitals; and one long-term acute care hospital throughout the Greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes a research institute; a comprehensive residency program; a physician organization; international patient services; freestanding comprehensive care, emergency care and imaging centers; and outpatient facilities. Houston Methodist employs approximately 30,000 people and has had more than 1.9 million outpatient visits and more than 138,000 admissions in 2022. U.S. News & World Report has named Houston Methodist Hospital the Best Hospital in Texas (*In a two-way tie) for 12 years in a row and recognized on the Honor Roll seven times.
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