Dr. Gira S. Morchi, Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Gira Morchi, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange | CHOC Mission Hospital
Appointments:
Specialty:
Board Certified:
Cardiology Referrals
Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.
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
Gira Morchi, MD in the News
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