This week's #MondayMilestone is Catherine! Before she was born, Catherine was diagnosed with #HLHS and has had 3 open-heart surgeries. Today, she is thriving thanks to her incredible team at Boston Children's. Here she is on her first day of Pre-K! 💪❤ ms.spr.ly/6188pN4Hn

Drs. Lynn Sleeper & Kevin Daly headed to Philly for the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions to share findings of their landmark study.

Leading the study with Stanford Children's, their work is one of the 1st multi-center randomized clinical trials in pediatric heart transplant care.

Delighted to have presented our experience on #transcatheter palliation with PFRs in neonates w/ congenital🫀disease at #AHA2023 !
Simultaneous publication in CircInterventions 👉🏻ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

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Now streaming, episode 9 of the @bostonchildrens #AnswersPodcast ! Join Dr. Jennifer Arnold as she sits down with Dr. Naomi Gauthier from Boston Children’s #CardiacFitness Program to chat through #HeartHealth & the importance of exercise at every age. ❤️ 💪 ms.spr.ly/60159Cekz

Meet this week's #MondayMilestone , Ryan, who's celebrating his 23rd birthday! Ryan has a single ventricle defect and, at one point, was on ECMO. Here he is living his best life on a recent vacation to Maine with his girlfriend of 3 years. 🎂❤️ ms.spr.ly/6188pN4Hn

Chloe and her family are so happy about the care she receives for #MarfanSyndrome through Boston Children's Center for #CardiovascularGenetics that they don’t mind driving from Syracuse for her appointments. Read about Chloe’s journey. #CVGenetics ms.spr.ly/60179fJTV

A new Boston Children's study wants to learn if there are genes that cause both autism spectrum disorder and congenital heart disease. Learn what’s driving this important research and how your family can participate. #CHD #Autism #ASD #Heart #Research
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Happy three year #Heartiversary to this week’s #MondayMilestone , Arabella! 🎉 Her family describes her as a loving, beautiful, intelligent, strong, determined, empathetic, feisty, and funny 4-year-old. Enjoy your heartiversary, Arabella! 💓ms.spr.ly/60189Ti3r #CHD

Mason Sweat, Yangpo Cao & colleagues show that the transcription factor TBX5 is needed for heart cells to maintain atria-specific properties — perhaps someday informing better treatments for #atrialfibrillation . ms.spr.ly/60199v0Bb #Afib Nature Cardiovascular Research

This week’s #MondayMilestone is Abby! Throughout her life, she’s undergone 6 #openheartsurgeries ! Today, she is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Vermont and a bedside nurse on a cardiology unit. You’re an inspiration, Abby! 🥰 🩺 ms.spr.ly/60119T9C5 #CHD

Our #CardiacSurgery team has a packed schedule for this year's #CongenitalHeartSurgeonsSociety meeting, starting tonight. 🫀🗓️ Check out the program schedule, plus our full list of e-poster sessions, here: ms.spr.ly/60169s7WE #CHSS2023 Boston Children's

What gives our heart chambers their distinct identities? Having found factors governing ventricular identity, Mason, Yangpo Cao, William Pu et al. now find a transcription factor heart muscle cells need to maintain atrial identity. ms.spr.ly/60159vL7L

🩺 Exciting News! 🏥 Boston Children's faculty will be attending the 50th annual #CongenitalHeartSurgeonsSociety meeting in Boston this week from Oct 19-21. Don't miss our expert-led presentations & e-posters. We look forward to connecting at the event! 🤝 #CHSS2023

Everyone give it up for this week’s #MondayMilestone , Noah! He’s had 3 #openheartsurgeries , & this photo is of him after his second one with Dr. Del Nido, playing in the playroom in the Hale Building at Boston Children's. Keep spreading joy, Noah! 🙌 ms.spr.ly/60159T9WR #CHD

So proud of Team #BACHRocks for representing Boston Children's Hospital Heart Center at the Boston Walk for #1in100 in support of ACHA and #ACHD awareness!

And here are some photos of Ed Horgan and the Cardiac Surgery PA team! Learn more about our PAs & other faculty on the Boston Children's Cardiac Surgery Team by checking out our TikTok account: tiktok.com/@bostonchildre…

Happy #NationalPhysicianAssistantWeek ! 🎉 We're thrilled to honor two exceptional #HeartCenter PAs who received the 2023 PAs of the Year award from Boston Children's! 🏆 Cheers to Edward Horgan, Julie Slattery, & all our incredible Physician Assistants! 🙌 #PAWeek #NationalPAWeek

Our #MondayMilestone this week is Vivian! This picture was taken just nine days after her third #openheartsurgery at Boston Children's, on her discharge day. Great job, Vivian! ❤️ ✨ ms.spr.ly/60139T9yH #CHD