The Le Bonheur Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) program provides individualized and lifelong care for all congenital heart disease. The program home is within the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, where our physicians, surgeons and staff are uniquely trained for congenital cardiac care. We work with partners, across the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and in the region, to provide the best care possible.
Our program is an Accredited Comprehensive Care Center by the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). This designation from the ACHA recognizes expertise and standards in serving adults with congenital heart disease. Le Bonheur is the only dedicated center for adult congenital cardiac care in the Mid-South.
Thanks to advancements, more young heart patients are becoming adults every day. While most adults with congenital heart disease are diagnosed as children, some can go undetected until later in life. Our program provides ongoing care, new patient evaluations and additional opinions for all types of ACHD conditions.
Le Bonheur Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic Locations
Our ACHD physicians see patients in Memphis and throughout the region. Telemedicine appointments are also available in certain circumstances.
Clinic Locations:
Outpatient Center – Downtown Memphis
Le Bonheur Outpatient Center – East Memphis
Le Bonheur Children's Outpatient Center – Jackson, Tenn.
Le Bonheur Children's Outpatient Center – Tupelo, Miss.
Le Bonheur Children’s Outpatient Center – Jonesboro, Ark.
For more information, contact us at 901-287-6270. For additional information and resources, visit the Adult Congenital Heart Association website.
Programs and Services
Our ACHD program offers a full range of outpatient and inpatient services, from medical management to imaging to intervention for all types of congenital heart problems.
Transition Readiness
Our program supports and prepares adolescents and young adults to transition from pediatric to adult care for their congenital heart disease. Providers focus on education to enhance success, teaching each patient about their unique heart and how to advocate for themselves in the adult health care setting. The ACHD program nurse practitioner is a leader in education and provides dedicated transition focused appointments.
Arrhythmia
Congenitally trained electrophysiologists in Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute evaluate and treat patients of any age with cardiac rhythm disorders, or arrhythmia. We offer the full range of diagnostic services and interventions to treat arrhythmia, including:
- Short and long-term monitoring services include EKG, Holter monitoring, event recorders and mobile telemetry, as well as implantable loop recorders
- Anti-arrhythmia medications with monitoring for effective control
- Electrophysiology studies to map the electrical conduction of the heart and treatments to eliminate arrhythmia using cryo and radiofrequency ablation
- Pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators
Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Cardiology
Le Bonheur’s hybrid cardiac catheterization suite takes advantage of the latest technological advancements in diagnosing and treating complex heart disease, including:
- Angioplasty (ballooning)
- Stenting
- Valve procedures, including transcatheter pulmonary valve replacements
- Catheterization without using radiation (iCMR or interventional cardiac magnetic resonance)
Non-Invasive Imaging
The ACHD Program uses an echocardiography lab accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) and provides the latest in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Anesthesia is available for patients who need sedation during imaging procedures.
Cardiovascular Surgery
The heart surgeons at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital are experts in treating all types of congenital heart problems. Every patient’s case is uniquely planned, including review of imaging or other testing, to ensure the best surgical approach for each individual.
Pregnancy and CHD
Our ACHD program provides counseling and cardiac care for individuals with CHD who are pregnant or thinking about having a baby. Cardiologists partner with area obstetricians and high-risk, maternal-fetal medicine specialists to monitor and treat women during pregnancy and develop plans for safe delivery. Specialized ultrasound of a developing baby’s heart can also be performed through Le Bonheur’s Fetal Cardiology Program when needed for expectant mothers with or without CHD.
Meet Our Adult Congenital Heart Disease Team
Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute has a team of specialists to care for the complex needs of adults with congenital heart problems. Because adults have different medical needs than infants and children, our ACHD program combines expertise across fields of medicine to ensure the highest quality of care. The Heart Institute maintains weekly care conferences to discuss pediatric and adult patients, and the best treatment options.
Adult Congenital Cardiology
Dr. Hendrickson is an associate professor with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Institute and serves as medical director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program in Le Bonheur's Heart Institute. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles Mattel Children's Hospital followed by a fellowship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at the Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty, by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a cardiology subspecialty and by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
Dr. Waller is the Chief Medical Officer of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. He is dual certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty and an adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) specialty. He is a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Ryan Stephens is a nurse practitioner for the Adolescent-Adult Congenital Heart Disease (AACHD) Program at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and a faculty member of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing. Stephens is also the primary nurse practitioner for Adolescent Cardiology, Sports and Exercise Cardiology and directs the Transition Education Clinic (TEC) for patients moving from pediatric cardiac care to adult congenital cardiac care.
Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Mettler is the co-director of the Heart Institute, professor and chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and The Susan and Alan Graf Endowed Chair in Pediatric Heart Surgery at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. He specializes in the surgical repair of complex congenital heart disease, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. His research interests include insights into complex congenital heart defects and the development of an artificial pulmonary valve using stem cells.
Dr. Gottlieb Sen is a pediatric cardiac surgeon and an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed her Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital and her Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowships at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital. Gottlieb Sen is certified by the American Board of Surgery in general, thoracic and congenital heart surgery.
Congenital Electrophysiology
Dr. Guerrier is director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP) Program and also directs the cardiac rhythm device management, pacemakers and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) at Le Bonheur. She also is an interventional electrophysiologist with advanced training in this subspecialty. She completed her training in pediatric cardiology and pediatric electrophysiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Guerrier is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty. She is an associate professor with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dr. Gutierrez is a pediatric cardiologist with special training in Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology. She is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Electrophysiology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital.
Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Tailor is a pediatric cardiologist with specialty training in cardiac catheterization and intervention and is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Tailor completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital before doing his specialty training in Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Dr. Molloy is a pediatric cardiologist with the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur. She specializes in interventional cardiology. Dr. Molloy completed fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Interventional Cardiology at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. She is an assistant professor with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
