The Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center

Latest NewsEvan's Story: Heart Transplant

For weeks, Gretchen and Jason Biringer thought their 7-year-old son, Evan, had the flu because the typically energetic boy was lethargic. When Evan took a turn for the worse, the family turned to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where they learned that Evan had biventricular heart failure and would need a heart transplant.

3D Printing for Complex Heart Repair

Learn how Dr, John Thomson and the team at the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center can use 3D-printed heart models to prepare for surgery.

Clinical Connection: Pediatric Heart

Intended for physicians to discover the latest in biomedical research and clinical innovation from Johns Hopkins experts. Clinical Connection fetures educational videos and engaging peer-to peer articles, as well as information on our clinical trials and CME courses.

Dave Procaccini Named Health System Pharmacist of the Year

Congratulations to Dave Procaccini, clinical pharmacy practitioner for the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center for being named the 2024 Health System Pharmacist of the Year Award. This award, given by the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy, recognizes a pharmacist who demonstrates outstanding contributions to the practice of health-system pharmacy with an impact on Maryland citizens, health-system pharmacists, or pharmacy practice.

The 'Blue Baby' Operation

In 1944, surgeons at Johns Hopkins successfully performed the first “blue baby” operation, a procedure that increases pulmonary blood flow in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.

Learn more about this groundbreaking procedure and meet a former patient who visited the hospital 74 years after his surgery.