Patient Care — Adult Congenital Heart Surgery

The team includes
Seenu Reddy, MD and
John Calhoon, MD.
Thoracic OR
Both of these
individuals are actively involved in all aspects of congenital (i.e.,
“born with”) heart defects and the frequent surgical needs as they are
treated and evaluated. These surgeries are most commonly performed in
the newborn or infant age groups, although older children and even some
adults may require this type of surgery. Typically heart defects can
range from simple “holes in the heart” (i.e., atrial septal defects,
ventricular septal defects) to more complex problems such as
maldevelopment of the different cardiac chambers or the walls separating
them (i.e., atrioventricular canals, hypoplastic left or right heart
syndrome) or the large blood vessels leading from the heart itself
(i.e., truncus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries). It is
not uncommon in patients with congenital heart defects to have other
problems unrelated to the heart, which may or may not need additional
care.

Dr. John Calhoon, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, is an outstanding educator, and
the major clinical and educational driving force behind the UT Health Science Center’s extremely
successful cardiothoracic surgery program.
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Our surgeons are on faculty at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. They are part of a fellowship training program in cardiothoracic surgery. Our surgeons have produced the best outcomes in the state of Texas for the past several years. In particular, the care of newborn infants with cardiac abnormalities and single ventricle physiology continues to be a source of strength and excellence. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital is home to a dedicated pediatric cardiothoracic surgical operating room, which is reserved only for the care of children with cardiothoracic surgical needs. Learn more about the Children’s Heart Program at Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital.

Patient appointments & physician referrals: please call 210-450-0999.