Eric Krieger, MD, FACC, is a board certified Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Cardiologist at UW Medicine's Heart Institute. He directs the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and ACHD fellowship training program. He practices at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital.
1:05 - From Philosophy to Medicine
4:20 - The Why
6:15 - Advanced Fellowships in Boston
7:15 - Growing the UW ACHD Program
9:00 - The unique nature of the UW ACHD Fellowship
12:35 - Collaboration with Seattle Children's Hospital
14:35 - Importance of Trust in Congenital Heart Disease
17:15 - Patients' Transition of Care (Pediatric to Adult)
24:00 - The intangibles of an ACHD Cardiologist
26:00 - "No Jerks"
29:30 - Supporting WAMI Region (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho)
32:00 - Centrality of Imaging in ACHD
35:35 - Role of Specialized Cardiac Sonographers & Other Imagers
37:40 - How to define and best care for "Complex Congenital Heart Disease"
ekrieger@uw.edu