Nationally ranked
Our pediatric cardiology program ranked nationally in Newsweek’s America’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2024 survey.
Pediatric Heart Center finds new home
A new jungle-themed clinic location for pediatric cardiology patients opened last summer in the Campus Commons neighborhood of Sacramento. Led by co-directors and physicians Frank Ing, M.D., and Gary Raff, M.D., the center offers pediatric cardiology, echocardiography, preoperative clearance, cardiac surgery pre-op/post-op care, pulmonary hypertension and the adult congenital heart disease program. The new location will also include onsite Holter monitoring services, a type of portable electrocardiogram, helping patients eliminate the need for hospital visits.
Chief of pediatric cardiology receives lifetime achievement award
Frank Ing, M.D., F.A.C.C., M.S.C.A.I., chief of pediatric cardiology at UC Davis Children’s Hospital and co-director of the UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center, has received national recognition from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). Ing was honored with the organization’s Helping Little Hearts Lifetime Service Award, which recognizes the work of interventional cardiologists specializing in the treatment of pediatric congenital heart disease.
Expert consensus statement outlines best practices for cardiac catheterization in children, adults
Ralf Holzer, M.D., director of pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization, was the first author of the expert consensus statement on cardiac catheterization to provide best practices for pediatric patients and adults with congenital heart disease. The statement was published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Interventions.
