Tuesday, June 21, 2022
UT Health San Antonio cardiothoracic surgeon, Aaron Abarbanell, MD, partners with HeartGift to help save a six-year-old girl from Bolivia. The birth defect that could have taken Mirley's life is the sort of diagnosis that activates the nonprofit, HeartGift, to help families get medical help at US medical facilities.
Dr. Abarbanell is a board-certified congenital cardiothoracic surgeon. His philosophy centers on serving patients and their families as if they were family members. He enjoys performing the full range of neonatal, pediatric and adult congenital heart surgeries.