Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

About our Program

The HLVI Center for Pulmonary Hypertension is one of several nationally designated Pulmonary Hypertension Association Care Centers, and the only one in Ohio. We have a long-standing commitment to understanding the mechanisms of disease and to clinical research designed to advance the standards of care for our patients.

Programs we collaborate with at CCHMC:
Cincinnati Children’s Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence
Cincinnati Children’s Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program

Conditions and Treatment

• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
• Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)
• Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease (PVOD)
• Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis (PCH)
• Acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
• Chronic thromboembolic disease (CTEPH)
• Congenital Heart and Lung Disease
• Arterio-Venous Malformations (AVM)
• Pulmonary Manifestations of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
• Scleroderma Lung Disease Screening and Treatment

Our Team

• Jean Elwing, MD, Director
• George Meier, MD
• Nishant Gupta, MD
• Gaurav Khanna, MD
• Surabhi Khanna, MD
• Charles Hattemer, MD
• Imran Arif, MD
• Francis X. McCormack, MD