Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Heart Program Renamed to Heart Institute

Published on: 03/23/2021

The Heart Program at Nicklaus Children's Hospital is changing its name to the Heart Institute, a name that conveys its commitment and dedication to offering the next level of clinical care to children and families everywhere.

The transition to the new name, including a new logo, will begin during this month of March 2021.

"The Heart Institute name better captures our comprehensive range of state-of-the-art services and procedures, and supports our ongoing research goals to further the future of pediatric cardiovascular care for the patients we serve," said Dr. Lourdes Prieto, Interim Director of Cardiology for the Heart Institute.

 
"The Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children's has a longstanding history of providing world-renowned, lifesaving and compassionate care to children with congenital heart defects and heart disease. We look forward to furthering our commitment to patients and their families through continued innovation and leadership," said Dr. Redmond Burke, Director of Cardiovascular Surgery for the Heart Institute.

The Heart Institute offers the most innovative, least invasive approaches in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for the treatment of congenital heart disease. Many first-in-the-world procedures used around the world today were pioneered by the institute's renowned pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. The Heart Institute offers outpatient appointments in locations throughout South Florida spanning from Miami-Dade County to northern Palm Beach County.

For more information visit nicklauschildrens.org/Heart


About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Children Matter Most ™ (2024)

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. With more than 850 physicians, including over 500 pediatric subspecialists, the hospital and its network of outpatient centers and offices serve close to 70% of children in the Miami market. The only hospital "where your child matters most™,” Nicklaus Children's is home to the region's most advanced Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower, and its centers of excellence Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute. The Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Transfer Center, Nick4Kids, and LifeFlight are responsible for transporting and saving close to 5,000 lives a year. Our 307-bed hospital, which is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, has many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.

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