The BACH Program is committed to advancing care for adults with CHD by training future leaders in our field and by advancing medical science through research.

Boston, MA
Joined May 2017
Released today! The 2025 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease, chaired by Boston Children's Hospital #ACHD cardiologist, Dr. Michelle Gurvitz, provides updated, evidence-based recommendations across the growing and diverse ACHD population.
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♫ They're shipping up to Boston! ♫ We're so excited to welcome our newest #ACHD fellows to the Boston family! 🥼 Dr. Donnchadh (Donny) O’Sullivan from Houston 🥼 Dr. Edward (Ned) Hardison from Salt Lake City! ♫ So good! So good! ♫ @DonnchadhOSull @nedhardison
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Boston Adult Congenital Heart Program retweeted
🚨#ACCFIT #ACHD #CardioTwitter #MedEd Join us in our 20th session of “Global conversations in ACHD” January 16th, 12-1pm EST With endorsement from @ISACHD @FloridaACC @SIAC_cardio @sccccardio Sociedad Guatemalteca de Cardiologia 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇦🇷 🇬🇹 @MayoEquity @MayoClinicCV @AmitGoyalMD @DanClarkMD @AkoczoAgnes @T_GuptaMD @PHNresearch @AlsaiedTarek @lucreciamburgos @WomenAs1 @ACCinTouch @AHAScience
🚨#ACCFIT #ACHD #CardioTwitter #MedEd Join us in our 19th session of “Global conversations in ACHD” December 11th, 12-1pm EST With endorsement from @ISACHD @FloridaACC @SIAC_cardio @sccccardio Sociedad Guatemalteca de Cardiologia 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇦🇷 🇬🇹 @MayoEquity @MayoClinicCV @AmitGoyalMD @DanClarkMD @AkoczoAgnes @T_GuptaMD @PHNresearch @AlsaiedTarek @lucreciamburgos @WomenAs1 @ACCinTouch @AHAScience
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Celebrating our Program Administration Manager, Payton Wall, today at the unofficial BACH hangout, Penguin Pizza in Mission Hill!
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BACH NP Susan Blensdorf and Dr. Laura Bevilacqua spent the weekend at the Keeping the Beat Retreat helping @BostonChildrens kids ages 6-17 with pacemakers and ICDs to enjoy all sorts of outdoor activities and adventures in a safe, supervised environment! We love #PacemakerCamp!
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#BCHMilagros📸💃🏼
Que hermosa pareja! Dr. Baraona & his wife @ Una Noche de Milagros para Niños “quinceañera” gala. The annual fundraiser occurs during Hispanic Heritage month for Milagros para Niños (Miracles for Children) to bring life-saving care to Latino kids in Boston & around the world 💫
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Que hermosa pareja! Dr. Baraona & his wife @ Una Noche de Milagros para Niños “quinceañera” gala. The annual fundraiser occurs during Hispanic Heritage month for Milagros para Niños (Miracles for Children) to bring life-saving care to Latino kids in Boston & around the world 💫
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Boston Adult Congenital Heart Program retweeted
Catheter thrombectomy in a young patient with Fontan anatomy and pulmonary embolism. Most cases of PE in Fontan that have been sent to us have been false positives (timing of image acquisition during CT-PE must be modified for Fontan!) but when it’s real, patients are very sick!
Sharing our @ISACHD #CaseOfTheMonth A case of succesful #transcatheter #thrombectomy in a 28-year-old adult with #Fontan circulation. doi:10.1093/ehjcr/ytad401 tinyurl.com/bdeb5n3n
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We are thrilled to announce that @Chris_W_Valle has agreed to join the BACH team in a faculty position following the completion of his fellowship next June. Dr. Valle will focus on care of critically ill #ACHD patients. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Valle to the team!
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The @BostonChildrens adult congenital heart disease family is getting geared up for a night of great music with @NoahKahan at @FemwayPark! @mattiehow @defncelex
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That’s right, we meant to say Femway. No patriarchy here!
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Dr. @AnneValente1 catching up with@valeriaduarteMD and @matthewcarazo, just two of our many BACH alumni at the Skamania #ACHD meeting!
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Boston Adult Congenital Heart Program retweeted
BACH team celebrates Dr. Fred Wu’s birthday @Topgolf
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Boston Adult Congenital Heart Program retweeted
It's @FredWuMD's birthday! Therefore, we declare it National Day of Fred! Thank you, Dr. Wu for all of your hard work and encouragement! You help us to be brave, inspired and informed when we're advocating for ourselves and for #CHD #ACHD
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¡Feliz cumpleaños, Dr. Baraona! 🎉🎂 ¡Y que cumplas muchos más! 🥳
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