Cardiothoracic Surgeons - Miami, FL

"My wife and I were scared when our baby was born with a congenital heart disease, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital heart defect some children are born with. Our pediatrician tells me there is another problem, the medication prostaglandin was not at the hospital. The condition is so rare, the hospital pharmacy allowed it to expire. Prostaglandin was needed to keep the patent ductus arteriosus open, according to our pediatrician. She told me it was enroute from another hospital. Time was of the essence. The patent ductus arteriosus could not close. It usually closes after birth. I spoke to the the pediatrician in the hallway and told her I did not feel comfortable with just any pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon. I asked, "If this were your child, who would you want to operate on your son?" Without pausing and without hesitation, she spoke of only one surgeon, Dr. Reymond Burke. I asked the pediatrician to make it happen. She did. Dr. Burke and his team are amazing. "