Frank Hanley, MD

Executive Director, Betty Irene Moore Children's Heart Center | Lawrence Crowley, MD, Endowed Professor in Child Health | Professor

Thoracic Surgery

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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Betty Irene Moore Children's Heart Center
725 Welch Road, Suite 120
Palo Alto, CA 94304

“It's extremely rewarding to correct heart defects in young babies and children.”

My Approach

I'm a pediatric cardiac surgeon. Every day, I go into the operating room and perform surgical procedures that correct serious and sometimes life-threatening heart defects in young babies and children.

I love my field, because a child can arrive with a 1 percent chance of survival and, because of my expertise, I can turn that into a 99 percent survival rate. It's extremely rewarding work.

Most of the children we operate on are young, and their parents are unprepared emotionally to learn their newborn baby has a heart defect or to hear the words "life-threatening." My approach is to make them feel as comfortable as possible by explaining to them that this is routine work for us. This is what we do best, so know that you will get through this and your baby will be fine.

Locations

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Betty Irene Moore Children's Heart Center

725 Welch Road, Suite 120

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Maps, Directions & Parking

Phone : (650) 497-8000

Fax : (650) 725-0707

Conditions

Bloodless Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Coronary Anomalies

Marfan Syndrome

Tetralogy of Fallot

Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)

Unifocalization

Work and Education

Professional Education

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 06/30/1978

Residency

UCSF Dept of General Surgery, San Francisco, CA, 06/30/1986

Fellowship

UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, San Francisco, CA, 06/30/1988

Internship

UCSF Dept of General Surgery, San Francisco, CA, 06/30/1979

Board Certifications

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2002

Congenital Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2016

Languages

English