NEWS 
Top anesthesiologists attracted
to Texas Children's Heart Center

	Drs. David Vener and Emad Mossad recently joined Texas Children's Heart Center.

In recent months, Texas Children's Heart Center has attracted some high-profile recruits in the area of Cardiovascular (CV) Anesthesia.

Dr. Emad Mossad joined Texas Children's in February as director of  Cardiovascular Anesthesia, after 15 years as head of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic.

“This is a major victory for us,” said Dr. Dean Andropoulos, chief of Anesthesiology. “Dr. Mossad is a nationally and internationally known leader in our field.”

Dr.s David Vener, a colleague of Mossad’s from the Cleveland Clinic, and Douglas Miller, from the University of Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, also are recent additions to the faculty. The new recruits, along with Dr.s Wanda Miller-Hance, associate director of CV Anesthesia, Stuart Hall, director of Fellowship Education, Andropoulos and Stephen Stayer, associate chief of Anesthesiology, form an elite team of dedicated pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists.

“These physicians are all extremely well-trained and experienced, and they chose to come to Texas Children’s Hospital because we’re an excellent choice if you want to make your career in pediatric cardiac anesthesia,” said Andropoulos.

The expansion of the Heart Center is the principal reason for growing the department. A third cardiac operating room and cardiac catheterization laboratory, as well as a major expansion of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit are expected to be completed within the year.

As part of the overall enhancement of the Heart Center, the new operating room will be larger and include state-of-the-art digital imaging equipment.

 “With complicated surgeries like Berlin Heart implants attracting more and more patients, we have to support those cases with the newest and best technology,” Andropoulos said.