I was able to do some research (after the surgery) on Dr Mendeloff and found out he is kinda a BIG DEAL!!! We are lucky we are in the right place at the right time. Some REALLY nice things about him - when we met him he was very friendly, open to questions, took time to personally visit with us and not just swing in. He made sure we understood EXACTLY what he was going to do, what he expected and what we should expect. He handled the paperwork himself which surprised me, I would have thought that task would have been given to a clerk or a nurse. We were given a thorough description and a MAJOR heart lesson, but in a good way
He was voted Best Pediatricians in Dallas 2010 by D Magazine....
Congenital Heart Surgery Center
http://www.congenitalsurgerycenter.com
Specialty Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Eric N. Mendeloff has performed more than 2300 open heart surgeries since coming to Medical City Children's Hospital as the Director of Congenital Heart Surgery eight years ago. He has achieved outstanding surgical outcomes that are nationally recognized. After 8 years of practicing Congenital Heart Surgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Dr. Mendeloff launched the Medical City Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Surgery Program in late 2003. The Program is the only institution in North Texas where fetal diagnosis of congenital heart defects, high-risk deliveries, neonatal critical care, surgical repair and post-surgical critical care of these very complicated patients is provided under one roof by a dedicated team of specialists.
Dr. Mendeloff is Board Certified in Congenital Heart Surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association as well as Co-Chair of the Postgraduate Program Committee (STSA) and a committee member of the STS Workforce for Congenital Heart Surgery.
Education:
B.S., University of Michigan; M.D., UCLA School of Medicine; Residency and Fellowship, National Institute for Health and Washington University at St. Louis
Today was an educational kind of day...
The Mommy
NOTE - After all of this was said and done about 2 weeks later we followed up with our normal pediatrician and he had glowing reviews on Dr Mendelhoff. He even said that he has never had a surgeon follow up with him personally, they usually have someone else handle if they bother at all.
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