Congenital Heart Disease
Learn about congenital heart disease (CHD) from this video featuring Dr. Doreen DeFaria Yeh, associate director of the Mass General Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program.
About Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD
Dr. Doreen DeFaria Yeh is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Cardiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed Internal Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Echocardiography at the University of California at San Francisco, where she pursued advanced training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy. She is nationally recognized for her clinical expertise and leadership in ACHD and maternal cardiology.
Dr. DeFaria is the Director of the MGH Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program and has received numerous awards for her commitment to education and advancing the careers of our future cardiologists. Awards include the American College of Cardiology Emerging Faculty, the Brian McGovern Memorial Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in Cardiology (multiple recipient), the Eleanor and Miles Shore Scholars Award in Medicine from Harvard Medical School, the Clinician Teacher Development Award, a 4 year grant supported by the Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization and Center for Diversity and Inclusion, and the Karen Carlson Mentorship Award.
Dr. DeFaria has a unwaivering commitment to serve marginalized populations. She volunteers her time globally in Cape Verde, where her family hails, working to advance the cardiovascular care infrastructure, and screening children and adolescents for congenital and rheumatic heart diseases. She is a Board Member of the Cape Verdean American Medical Society and recipient of the Exemplary Service Award for her work in advancing cardiovascular health in Cape Verde.
Dr. DeFaria is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Adult Echocardiography. The has received Certification from the National Board of Echocardiography for Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography.
Her clinical focus is ACHD, Pregnancy & Cardiovascular Disease, particularly high-risk cardiac conditions in pregnancy, cardiovascular conditions of the young, as well as Echocardiography with expertise in ACHD Echocardiography. Dr. DeFaria is an invited speaker nationally and internationally on these topics.
Administrative Assistant: Sooyoung Han and Clinical Assistant: Linda Dell'Olio (Office 617-726-8510)
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Pregnancy and heart disease
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Valvular heart disease
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Medical Education
- MD, UMASS Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, UC San Francisco
American Board Certifications
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Recent Publications:
DeFaria Yeh D, Bhatt AB. Editors. ACHD in Clinical Practice. Springer 2018
DeFaria Yeh D et al. Impaired RV reserve predicts adverse cardiac outcomes in adults with congenital right heart disease. Heart 2018
DeFaria Yeh D. Bicuspid aortic valve & coronary artery variants: gaining insights into genetic underpinnings. Heart 2017
Yucel E, DeFaria Yeh D. Pregnancy in Women with CHD. Curr Treat Opt CV Med 2017
Yucel E...DeFaria Yeh D. Dehiscence of a Pulmonary Bioprosthesis with Pulmonary Artery Dissection in Congenital Pulmonic Stenosis. Echocardio 2017
Feins EN, DeFaria Yeh, D et al. Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery: Surgical Repair, Anatomic & Function-based Follow-up. Ann ThorSurg 2016
DeFaria Yeh D, King ME. CHD in the Adult: What Should the Adult Cardiologist Know? Curr Card Reports 2015
Bhatt AB, DeFaria Yeh D. Long-term outcomes in coarctation: evolving story of success & new challenges. Heart 2015
Bhatt AB, DeFaria Yeh D. Pregnancy and ACHD. Cardiol Clin 2015
DeFaria Yeh D, Foster E. Is MRI the preferred method for evaluating RV function in CHD?Circ CV Imag 2014
DeFaria Yeh D et al. Use of stress echo in quantitating RV reserve in tetralogy of Fallot. J Med Diagn Meth 2014
Stefenescu A, DeFaria Yeh D et al. Heart Failure in ACHD. Curr Treat Opt CV Med 2014
DeFaria Yeh D, King ME. Echocardiographic Follow-up of Grown-Ups with CHD. CV Imag Rep 2013
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