The Center is dedicated to the study of the pathology and histology of the heart and its conduction system. Our collection of more than 7600 congenitally malformed hearts represents a national resource. The Center provides :

• Detailed consultations for cardiac pathology to the national and world wide community

• Education to all interested students of congenital heart disease

• Research programs to provide new knowledge in the field of congenital heart disease

• Research in the field of the cardiac conduction system (arrhythmias) by means of serial section examination, including sudden death in the young, the healthy and asymptomatic individual

• Research opportunities are available to all those interested in the above areas.

We welcome residents, fellows, attending physicians in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, pathologists and forensic medical examiners to spend 1 to 4 weeks in the Center to study hearts in our collection and to participate in the clinical conferences at The Heart Institute for Children as well as to accompany Dr. Bharati to conferences given at the various University Hospitals in Metropolitan Chicago.