Information for Referring Providers

Expert Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Care

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Specialized Care for Your Patients

The Joint Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program from Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s combines the expertise of the #1 hospital in Kentucky with one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals. We’re proud to work with referring providers across the region to coordinate care and help ensure the best outcomes for your patients.

To refer a patient to Kentucky Children’s Hospital, call:

859-257-5522

To refer a patient to Cincinnati Children’s Cincinnati, Indiana and Northern Kentucky locations, call:

513-636-4432

To refer a patient to Cincinnati Children’s Greater Louisville and Western Kentucky locations, call:

502-584-3200

Benefits for patients and families:

  • The Joint Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program from Kentucky Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's is ranked among the top 5 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
  • We take on the most complex surgical cases, and our average surgery survival rates are among the top of nationally ranked children's hospital outcomes. We have especially favorable outcomes for the most difficult procedures.1
  • Some of the shortest post-surgical hospital stays in the nation, with half the average stay as compared to other children’s hospitals.
  • Specialized care for adults born with heart defects and exceptional adult congenital heart surgery survival rates.
  • Internationally renowned surgeons and specialists.
  • 30+ convenient locations across Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.

1According to a national database of pediatric cardiac surgical procedures.

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