Research & innovation
Pediatric Heart Network
In 2023 , Children ’ s Hospital Colorado was accepted into the Pediatric Heart Network ( PHN ), a collective of leading hospitals working to improve outcomes and quality of life for children with heart disease . The Heart Institute will become one of nine clinical research centers across North America selected to be a part of this national network . Over the next seven years , the selected congenital heart centers will work together to conduct multisite research in pediatric and congenital heart disease projects , bringing even more leading and innovative trials , studies and treatments to patients treated at these sites .
Leading the new core site alongside Dr . Miyamoto is fetal cardiologist Emily Bucholz , MD , PhD , Washington University ’ s Andrew C . Glatz , MD , and Jennifer N . Silva , MD , a professor of pediatrics and of biomedical engineering . The two centers will work together as the Gateway to the West Consortium , with regular virtual and in-person meetings , as well as a shared plan to enhance diversity in research participants and a shared mentorship model to train the next generation of pediatric cardiology clinical investigators .
Click here to read more about the Pediatric Heart Network .
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