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 completed Internal Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Cardiology and Echocardiography fellowships at the University of California at San Francisco. She completed advanced training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Cardio-Obstetrics at University of San Francisco California currently serves as the Associate Director of the MGH Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program and Co-Director of the MGH Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Program. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Adult Cardiovascular Disease and Adult Echocardiography. The has received Certification from the National Board of Echocardiography for Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography.
Dr. DeFaria was selected as one of the American College of Cardiology 2012 Emerging Faculty and received the Brian McGovern Memorial Award from the Department of Medicine in 2012 and 2016 for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in cardiology. She also received the MGH, Department of Medicine Fellowship as part of the Eleanor and Miles Shore Scholars in Medicine from Harvard Medical School. In 2013 she was awarded the Clinician Teacher Development Award, a 4 year grant supported by the Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization and Center for Diversity and Inclusion, project titled: Redefine ACHD Education. She currently serves as the Director of the MGH Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program and Chair of Internship Selection for the Department of Medicine.
Her clinical focus is ACHD, Pregnancy & Cardiovascular Disease particularly high-risk cardiac conditions in pregnancy as well as Echocardiography with expertise in ACHD Echocardiography. Dr. DeFaria speaks regionally and nationally on these topics. Assistant: Pamela Roberto (617-643-7024).
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
I have only seen Dr. Defaria twice but both times went super well and I feel like I am in great, caring hands!
Always enjoy my visits with Dr. Yeh. Would recommend her to anyone needing cardiac care.
I was a patient of Dr. Defaria many years ago and I specifically sought her out for a new heart-related issue. I am extremely satisfied with all aspects of Dr. Defaria and her staff in managing my medical condition!
Relationship has improved. Not e also cardiologist has remained constant during period where i have had four different PCPs. Ease of reaching office compared to Bullfinch also key.
The doctor was empathetic and understood my anxiety. She was very knowledgeable and personable.
Good , my time management very poor
Dr. Yeh took the time to discuss in detail the results of the echocardiogram done prior to my visit.
Awesome!
Dr. DeFaria Yeh treated me with kindness and respect and she is a true professional! Thank you Dr. DeFaria Yeh!
Dr. Defaria Yeh is a great cardiologist. I have the greatest respect for her and consider myself very fortunate to have her as my adult-congenital cardiologist. I have been seen by several cardiologists here at MGH over the years and Dr. Defaria Yeh is the best along with Dr. [redacted] who was my MGH cardiologist when I was a child.