Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
The Herma Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is the largest pediatric cardiac center in the state and the largest pediatric heart transplant program in the country (by volume). Researchers at the Herma Heart Center are credited with developing the first home monitoring program that tracks the progress and recovery of hypoplastic left heart syndrome patients. The hospital also has one of the best HLHS survival rates worldwide. Researchers at Herma also developed a blood test to predict heart transplant rejection. U.S. News & World Report ranks Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin No. 5 in the nation in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery for 2014-15
