The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Physician Biography
Dr. Chan is a pediatric cardiologist with nearly three decades of experience in interventional cardiology and echocardiography in the United States and abroad.
He comes to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital from Denver, Colorado, where he served as Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Director of Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training, and Director of the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at The Children’s Hospital. Prior to that, he was a consultant pediatric cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England, and an honorary clinical lecturer at the University of Leicester School of Medicine.
Other positions include the following: senior registrar in pediatric cardiology at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in England; research registrar in pediatric cardiology at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Scotland; research registrar and senior registrar in pediatric cardiology at Killingbeck Hospital in Leeds, England; and pediatric cardiologist at General Hospital Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He is a former member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Cardiology.
Contact Information
1150 North 35 Avenue
Suite 575
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: (954) 985-6939
Fax: (954) 965-6405
Recent Articles
1. Duke C, Chan KC. Isolated innominate artery in 22q11 microdeletion. Pediatr Cardiol. Jan-Feb; 22(1):80-2, 2001
2. Ge S, DeGroff CG, Knudson O, Strain J, Chan KC. Noninvasive assessment of pseudo-pulmonary artery sling by echocardiography and computerized tomography. Circulation. Jun 12; 103(23)E115-6, 2001.
3. Mitchell MB, Campbell DN, Boucek MM, Sondheimer HM, Chan KC, Ivy DD, Pietra B, Mackenzie T. Mechanical limitation of pulmonary blood flow facilitates heart transplantation in older infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 May; 23(5): 735-42.
4. Miyamoto SD, Pietra BA, Chan KC, Ivy DD, Mashburn C, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Boucek MM. Successful cardiac transplantation following interventional palliation in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Circulation 2003 108(17): IV-495.
5. Mitchell MB, Campbell DN, Boucek MM, Sondheimer HM, Chan KC, Ivy DD, Pietra B, Mackenzie T. Mechanical limitation of pulmonary blood flow facilitates heart transplantation in older infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 May; 23(5): 735-42.
6. Miyamoto SD, Pietra BA, Chan KC, Ivy DD, Mashburn C, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Boucek MM. Successful cardiac transplantation following interventional palliation in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Circulation 2003 108(17): IV-495.
7. Das BB, Wolfe RR, Chan KC, Larsen GL, Reeves JT, Ivy D. High-altitude pulmonary edema in children with underlying cardiopulmonary disorders and pulmonary hypertension living at altitude. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Dec;158(12):1170-6.
8. Lanning C, Chen SY, Hansgen A, Chang D, Chan KC, Shandas R. Dynamic three-dimensional reconstruction and modeling of cardiovascular anatomy in children with congenital heart disease using biplane angiography. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2004; 40: 200-5.
9. Weinberg CE, Hertzberg JR, Ivy DD, Kirby KS, Chan KC, Valdes-Cruz L, Shandas R. Extraction of pulmonary vascular compliance, pulmonary vascular resistance, and right ventricular work from single-pressure and Doppler flow measurements in children with pulmonary hypertension: a new method for evaluating reactivity: in vitro and clinical studies. Circulation. 2004 Oct 26; 110(17):2609-17.
10. Pauliks LB, Chan KC, Chang D, Kirby KS, Logan L, DeGroff CG, Boucek MM, Valdes-Cruz LM. Regional myocardial velocities and isovolumic contraction acceleration pre and post device closure of atrial septal defects: A color tissue Doppler study. American Heart Journal. In press.
11. Boucek MM, Mashburn C, Chan KC. Catheter-based interventional palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2005 Jan; 8: 72-7.
12. Artrip, J.H., Campbell, D.N., Ivy, D.D., Almadovar, M.C., Chan, KC, Mitchell, M.B., Clarke, D.R., Lacour-Gayet, F. Birth weight and complexity are significant factors for the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006; 82: 1252-9.
13. Delaney J. W., Chan K. C., Rhodes J. The design and deployment of the Helex Septal Occluder. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006: 1; 202-209.
14. Chan K. C., Mashburn C., Boucek M.M. Initial transcatheter palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Catheterization and cardiovasc intervention 2006; 68: 719-726.
15. Griffiths L.G., Bright J.M., Chan, K.C. Transcatheter intravascular stent placement to relieve supravalvular pulmonic stenosis. J. Vet. Cardiol. 2006: 8: 145-155.
Book Chapters
1. Chapter on echocardiography of ventricular septal defects in textbook Cardiac Ultrasound Roelandt JRTC, Sutherland GR, Iliceto S, Linker DT (editors). Churchill Livingstone 1993.
