Congenital Heart Disease Clinic

The adult congenital heart disease clinic specializes in the problems of patients who were born with congenital heart defects and who are now adults facing a new range of challenges. Although most will have undergone corrective surgery, some will have previously untreated, recently discovered or complex residual conditions requiring treatment with drugs, interventional procedures or surgery. In addition attention is directed to new rhythm disturbances, heart failure, possible need for pacemakers and the cardiac concerns of adulthood such as pregnancy as well as management of hypertension and cholesterol.

Commonly encountered situations include repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, Mustard procedures, Fontan operations, "Switch" operations, congenital valvular abnormalities, pulmonary hypertension and cyanotic heart disease.

The clinic is run by Mark Perlroth, M.D.
He has specialized in adult congenital heart disease since 1976.
The clinic has affiliated subspecialists  who have a special interest in adult 
congenital heart disease from within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,  
the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Division of Pediatric 
Cardiology:

Interventional Cardiology - Alan Yeung, MD. , Jeffrey Feinstein, M.D.

Non-invasive imaging - David Liang, MD., Ingela Schnittger, MD.

Arrhythmia - Paul Wang, MD.

Pediatric Cardiology - Daniel Murphy, Jr., MD.

Heart Failure and Transplantation - Michael Fowler, MD.

Cardiothoracic Surgery - Bruce Reitz, MD. , Robert Robbins, MD., Philip Oyei, MD.

Contact Information

The clinic meets Monday and Friday afternoons in the Cardiology Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center.

Appointments can be made by contacting Dr. Perlroth's office at (650) 723-2984 or by email at:

Postal address

Falk Cardiovascular Research Center
Stanford University Medical Center
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-5406