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Dr. Gira S. Morchi, Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiology

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Gira Morchi, MD

is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange | CHOC Mission Hospital

Office Phone:
714-509-3939

Appointments:
888-770-2462

Specialty:
Cardiology

Board Certified:
Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics

Cardiology Referrals

Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.

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An expert in her field, Dr. Gira Morchi is an Interventional pediatric cardiologist who specializes in pediatric angioplasty. Dr. Morchi is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. Prior to joining CHOC, Dr. Morchi attended medical school at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. She completed her residency training in pediatrics at Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island and conducted her fellowship program in pediatric cardiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

During her fellowship training, Dr. Morchi participated in the Tenwek Hospital Cardiac Screening Program in East Africa and served on a clinical rotation in Bangalore, India at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute.

Dr. Morchi has been appointed Division Chief of Cardiology and is the Co-Medical Director of the Heart Institute

Locations

CHOC Specialists, Cardiology
505 S Main St, Suite 600
Orange, CA 92868

CHOC Health Center at PIH Health
15725 E Whittier Blvd., #300
Whittier, CA 90603

Education

  • Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
    University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
  • Clinical Rotation
    Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute, Bangalore, India
  • Clinical Research Training Program
    University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
  • Cardiologist for Tenwek Hospital
    Tenwek Hospital Cardiac Screening Program, Bomet, Kenya
  • Pediatric Residency
    Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
  • Medical School
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

Administrative Appointments

  • Cardiology, CHOC Children’s Specialists
  • Division chief of cardiology
  • Co-medical director of the Heart Institute

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
    UC Irvine School of Medicine

Published Works

Morchi GS, Wolfe RR, Kay JD. Antiphospholipid syndrome leading to myocardial infarction in a Fontan patient 17 years after Norwood palliation. Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 Jan;4(1):54-8.

Lectures and Presentations

  • Emergencies in Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatric Neonatal Emergencies
  • Cardiovascular health
  • Cyanotic heart disease
  • Shunt lesions
  • Pediatric vascular anomalies
  • Pediatric coronary artery anomalies
  • “Chest pain and Syncope”
  • Electrocardiograms
Our cardiologists commonly treat:
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial septal defect
  • Atrioventricular canal defect
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Chest pain
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Dyslipidemia
  • Heart failure
  • Heart murmurs
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Kawasaki disease
  • Lymphatic disorders
  • Palpitations
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Pulmonary artery stenosis
  • Pulmonary atresia
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Syncope (fainting)
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Transposition of the great arteries (vessels)
  • Truncus arteriosus
  • Vascular anomalies
  • Ventricular septal defect.