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Summer 2024

Cover page of ACHD Summer 2024 Newsletter

What's Inside: 

  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
  • Grand Opening: UCLA ACHD Westwood Outpatient Clinic
  • Staff Introductions
  • UCLA ACHD Patient and Family Connections Support Group
  • Patient Stories
  • How You Can Help
  • UCLA Team Supports the ACHA "Walk for 1 in 100"
  • Perloff Lectureship 2024: Ziyad Hijazi, MD, MPH
  • With Gratitude and Respect: A Tribute to Marjorie Perloff (1931-2024)
  • UCLA Symposium: Beyond Palliation: Exploring Transplantation Options for Fontan Patients
  • Contact Information

What's Inside:

  • The Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Center Welcomes New Fellows
  • UCLA Leading the Nation in Transcatheter Congenital Cardiac Interventions
  • Monthly Giving Program
  • UCLA ACHD Symposium in February 2024
  • UCLA Congenital Cardiac Surgery Announces Official Collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Orange County
  • Progressive Adult Cardiac Experience (PACE) Memorial Day Weekend Retreat
  • Patient Stories
  • Spotlight on the ACHD Center’s Advisory Board
  • UCLA ACHD Patient and Family Connections Support Group
  • Important Publications in the World of CHD
  • Happy Holidays for our ACHD Team
  • Contact Information

What's Inside:

  • Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Professor Hillel Laks Announces His Retirement
  • Fellowship Updates
  • New Faculty Profile: Dr. Ming-Sing Si
  • 40 Years and Looking Forward
  • Transition Update: Reducing The Gaps In Care
  • Covid Related ACHD Research
  • Telehealth/myUCLAhealth/myChart Update
  • Do You Take Clindamycin For Dental Visits?
  • ACHD Advisory Board Member Tom Bliss
  • UCLA ACHD Center Paving The Way Forward With Groundbreaking Research
  • Patient Stories
  • Giving Back by Pam Miner
  • How You Can Help/Contributions 

   

What's Inside:

  • 40th year Anniversary Celebration of the UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
  • COVID-19 Update
  • Perloff Lectureship 2019 - Damien Kenny
  • ACHD Satellite Site Update
  • Pamela Miner retiring July 1st after 29 years of service at the Ahmanson/UCLA ACHD Center
  • Fontan Symposium
  • Social Worker/Support Group Message and Updates
  • Transition Update
  • ACHD Fellowship Updates
  • Faculty Introductions
  • Patient Stories
  • Telehealth Visits
  • Regional ACHD Conferences for Patients and Families
  • Contributions

  


   

What's Inside:

  • UCLA Welcomes Dr. Glen Van Arsdell as Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
  • Jamil Aboulhosn, MD awarded Sherman Mellinkoff Faculty Award in June 2018
  • New ACHD Guidelines Published
  • UCLA ACHD in the Community
  • Congratulations to Linda Houser on her Retirement
  • Faculty profile - Gentian Lluri, MD, PhD
  • 2018 Joseph K. Perloff Lectureship awarded to Dr. Ariane Marelli
  • ACHD Research Updates
  • Counseling and Therapy Services for ACHD Patients & families
  • ACHD Support Group
  • Regional ACHD Conferences for Patients & Families

  


  

What's Inside:

  • UCLA ACHD Symposium 2017
  • Jamil Aboulhosn appointed Chair of ACHA Medical Advisory Board
  • Accredidation Update
  • Teaching Humanistic Care at the Bedside Award Recipient
  • ACHD in the Community -- Porter Ranch
  • ACHD Support Group
  • Palliative Care benefits with Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • Laker for a Day: Walter Sanchez
  • Paul's Duchow Inspiring Legacy
  • The 2017 Greater Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk
  • Gala - Camp del Corazon Honors and Celebrate
  • Insurance Updates
  • Advances in ACHD Care: Technology Updates

   

What's Inside:

  • ACHD Board Examination Nationally Offered
  • New ACHD Cardiologist at UCLA
  • 2016 Joseph K. Perlof Endowed Lectureship
  • Adult Congenital Heart Association 8th National Conference
  • ACHD Center Accreditation: Next steps for UCLA
  • Focus on Supplements
  • Advance Directives
  • Transcatheter Valve Replacement and Repair Options at UCLA: The Future is Here
  • Advanced Imaging and 3-D Printing Technology

   


  

What's Inside:

  • In Memoriam - Dr. Joseph K. Perloff (1924-2014): Memorial Tribute
  • Sapien Valve - New Transcatheter Valve Being Utilized in ACHD Patients at UCLA
  • ACHDC Fellowship Program
  • 3rd Annual Greater Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk
  • ACHDC Board of Advisors pledged $180,000 to fund advanced training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • The Nurse Practitioner in ACHD
  • Focus on Nutrition
  • Research At-A-Glance

  


   

What's Inside:

  • Growth of the interventional catheterization program thanks to a generous grant from the Ahmanson Foundation
  • Dr. Joseph K. Perloff Visiting Fellowship Program
  • Faculty Profile, Faculty Introductions, and Staff Introductions
  • Dr. Aboulhosn Awarded Endowed Chair
  • Advances in Congenital Heart Disease Research

  


   

What's Inside:

  • First Annual Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk a Success
  • Blue Shield has a new contract with UCLA
  • Advanced 3-D Imaging Techniques

  


  

What's Inside:

  • New UCLA Cardiovascular Center house the ACHD outpatient clinic
  • Welcome to Dr. Jeannette Lin
  • Three UCLA Heart Patients Share their Stories

  


   

What's Inside:

  • Dr. John S. Child retiring in 2012 after 35 years at UCLA
  • Center Update
  • New Treatment Modalities for Pulmonary Hypertension (Eisenmenger syndrome)

   


  

What's Inside:

  • The Fontan Circulation
  • The Medtronic Melody Valve
  • Melody Valve Patient Profile: John K.

  

What's Inside:

  • Dr. Joseph K. Perloff Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Joseph K. Perloff Fellowship
  • Transitional Care Program for Adolescent/Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

  


  

 What's Inside:

  • New Treatment Options for Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Eisenmenger Syndrome
  • Congential Heart Disease Awareness Fair
  • New Patient Support Program

   


  

What's Inside:

  • Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence
  • Support Services for ACHDC Patients
  • Ahmanson/ UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center's Annual Fundraising Event

  


   

What's Inside:

  • Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence: Part II
  • Patient Advisory Committee
  • Southwest Regional Conference in LA

  


  

 What's Inside:

  • The Physician as a Patient
  • Annual Fundraising Event
  • Psychosocial Issues Affecting Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Patient's Perspective