Massachusetts Surgery Reviews

Boston Children’s Hospital

What CHD does/did your child have? Tetralogy of Fallot

What was done to correct this CHD? At 1 week old 2/9/04 BT-shunt At 6.5 months old had complete repair which consisted of Patching VSD. Removing obstructing muscle bundles in Right Ventricle. Widening of right pulmonary branch to lungs.

Where was your child's surgery done? Children’s Hospital Boston

Who did the surgery? Dr. John Mayer

When was the surgery done? 8/13/04

What did you think of the hospital and staff? Excellent

What did you think of the surgeon? Wonderful/Incredible surgeon!!!!

Would you take your child back to this facility/surgeon? YES!!!

Any advice for others looking at this facility/surgeon? Considered to be the best in the world. Performing more than 1,000 operations each year, Children's is the largest pediatric cardiac surgery program in the country.

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Boston Children’s Hospital

What CHD does/did your child have? Aortic stenosis and an artificial mitral valve (St. Jude's valve).

What was done to correct this CHD? Replace his mitral valve for a larger one and repaired his aortic valve.

Where was your child's surgery done? Children's Hospital of Boston

Who did the surgery? Pedro del Nido

When was the surgery done? Sept. 2004

What did you think of the hospital and staff? Excellent. Very Progressive and on top of the best technology.

What did you think of the surgeon? Great. We were also extremely pleased with Dr. Marx (Cardiologist), Dr. Lock (Cardiologist-in-Chief/Catheterization) & Dr. McGowan in Anesthesia.

Would you take your child back to this facility/surgeon? Yes.

Any advice for others looking at this facility/surgeon?Ask your insurance company to rate any hospital you go to. Ours called to tell us that based on the statistical research they had, this hospital was the one they would have chosen for our child or any child that was planning to have this specific surgery.

They also have a great house called the Devon Nicole House. It is like a Ronald McDonald House and only about 4 blocks from the hospital. The Ronald McDonald House there only accepts cancer patients.

I also liked the fact that they had very few limitations as to when you could stay with your child in CICU. We could be there any time they weren't having a shift change unless there were problems with a patient nearby. They also had special rooms for parents to sleep while their child was in CICU.

What CHD does/did your child have? Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome

What was done to correct this CHD? So Far the BT-Shunt and Bi-Directional Glenn

Where was your child's surgery done? Children's' Hospital Boston

Who did the surgery? Joseph Forbess

When was the surgery done? First done at 4 days old (1/02) second at 3 months (5/02)

What did you think of the hospital and staff? Wonderful and caring

What did you think of the surgeon? Great surgeon. Caring man

Would you take your child back to this facility/surgeon? Definitely to the hospital but her surgeon has moved to another hospital far away.

Any advice for others looking at this facility/surgeon? This hospital is considered one of the best. Its cardiac units are strictly that, cardiac. The surgeon is wonderful and a superb surgeon and anyone having him should feel lucky, he is currently in Atlanta.

What CHD does/did your child have? I had a vsd and LVOTO repaired. I have mitral stenosis bicuspid aortic valve and coarctation of the aorta.

What was done to correct this CHD? I had a dacron patch placed on the vsd and a myomectomy done for the LVOTO.

Where was your child's surgery done? I had my surgery done at Boston Children’s Hospital

Who did the surgery? When was it done? Dr. Richard Jonas did my surgery first in 1987 2nd in 1990.

What did you think of the hospital and staff? What I remember of them was great. My parents also rave about them.

What did you think of the surgeon? The surgeon was great. He gave me a koala bear for each surgery.

Would you take your child back to this facility/surgeon? I would go back to Boston. I wouldn’t ever go anywhere else.

Any advice for others looking at this facility/surgeon? You just have to trust your instincts on the facility you are looking at!

What CHD does/did your child have? :: ASD, VSD, vascular ring, double chambered right ventricle

Where was your child's surgery done? :: 1st done at Children's Hosp. Boston; 2nd done at NYU Med. Center

What did you think of the hospital and staff? :: Children's Hosp. Boston: good hospital, frustrations dealing with the staff; NYU Medical Center: excellent hospital and staff

What did you think of the surgeon? :: Dr. delNido: very good surgeon, although our daughter suffered a post-op infection which necessitated in-hosp IV antibiotics. Dr. Colvin: superb surgeon

Would you take your child back to this facility/surgeon? :: Children's Hosp Boston: no; NYU Medical Center: absolutely

Any advice for others looking at this facility/surgeon? :: Children's Hosp Boston is world renowned; our experiences with the hospital were dissapointing. We had many disagreements with the staff cardiologists. NYU Medical Center was top-of-the line care from nurses to surgeon.