Information for Referring Providers
Expert Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Care

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