Lurie Children's Heart Center

29/08/2025

We’re excited for CCC next weekend! Designed for patients and families with cardiac devices (Pacemakers and ICDs). Register today!!!

14/08/2025

Join our team for the annual CCU Barbecue! Our Heart Center heroes are excited to celebrate our annual reunion with our patients and families. Please RSVP for an afternoon full of lunch, games music and more!
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07/08/2025

Our heart warriors have been busy this summer walking for a purpose! Lurie Children’s clinicians, patients and families came together at the annual Chicago Congenital Heart Walk to raise money for the Children’s Heart Foundation and support the broader CHD community, helping the event raise over $250,000!

17/07/2025

Congratulations to one of our rockstar CCU nurses, Chari, for recently receiving the Daisy award!

The Daisy award is presented to nurses or advanced practice nurses who demonstrate the values of being a positive change agent, an excellent communicator and a strong leader in providing compassionate nursing care. Thank you, Chari, for your dedication to your patients and to improving our team! ❤️

15/07/2025

20/06/2025

The Lurie Children’s Heart Center proudly hosted the inaugural Heartbeats– a night dedicated to celebrating research, innovation and collaboration. We received an abundant 44 scholarly abstracts from 38 contributors across the Heart Center, showcasing meaningful work that advances outcomes and quality of care for pediatric heart patients. The evening prompted vibrant discussions, peer feedback and inspiring presentations.

At the end of the night, teammates voted on some of the top oral presentations, awarding Lurie Children’s resident, Zofia Zdanowicz, MD, with the top prize.

Heartbeats was a wonderful celebration of our team’s dedication to continuous learning and an inspirational look into future innovations in pediatric cardiology.

02/06/2025

Join us this Saturday for a special day of fun, connection and celebration at the Chicago Congenital Heart Walk!

This free event is a chance for current and former Heart Center patients and their families to reconnect with care teams, meet other heart families and celebrate accomplishments with games, activities and lunch.

We can't wait to see our heart heroes and celebrate your journeys together! ❤

Learn more and sign up:

Placing Children at the Heart of Research

29/04/2025

23/04/2025

Behind every world-class medical team at the Lure Children’s Heart Center is an incredible team of administrative professionals who help make it all possible. Today, we recognize the dedicated admins who keep our division running smoothly, allowing our physicians to stay focused on what matters most: caring for children with the most complex heart conditions.

From managing day-to-day operations to acting as essential liaisons within the Heart Center, their work is vital to delivering the seamless, high-quality care our patients and families deserve. Thank you for being the heart behind the scenes.❤️

03/04/2025

In recognition of Doctors’ Day, we celebrate the extraordinary physicians of the Lurie Children’s Heart Center, whose dedication and expertise transform young lives every day. A team of 70+ cardiologists, 12 fellows and 5 advanced fellows provides world-class care, treating 20,000+ patients annually, and achieving some of the nation’s best surgical survival rates.

As the home to Illinois’ most experienced pediatric heart transplant program, our team has led the nation in transplants this year and performed more pediatric heart transplants since 1988 than any other provider in the state. Their work is more than medicine, it’s a commitment to hope, healing, and brighter futures.

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13/03/2025

Summer will be here before we know it, and Camp Odayin is on the horizon! Camp Odayin is a summer camp for children with heart disease. Even at a young age, many Lurie Children’s patients have had the opportunity to try new activities and make new friends in a fun and safe environment.

Learn more about Camp Odayin at www.campodayin.org