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Family connect

Annual Education Event

“Family Connect” is an annual event hosted by CHD Families of Tucson with the goal of facilitating conversation between pediatric cardiologists, surgeons, and specialists, and the community they serve. Practitioners are invited to sit on a panel and answer crowd-sourced questions about care philosophy, future goals, and current standards of care. In 2018 and 2019, the panel discussion was moderated by Alex Steineger from KGUN 9, and hosted at the Children’s Museum of Tucson.

Consulting Cardiologist – Omar Meziab

Omar Meziab is a Pediatric Cardiologist with subspecialization in Electrophysiology with Banner University Medical Center-Tucson. He is a native Tucsonan and graduated from Tucson High School before completing his undergraduate studies at New York University. After college, he came back to Tucson to attend medical school at the University of Arizona. Following medical school, Dr. Meziab moved to Boston, MA where he completed his pediatrics residency, pediatric cardiology fellowship, and pediatric electrophysiology sub-fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. In September 2022 he returned to Tucson to join the Banner Pediatric Cardiology group, where he currently practices. Dr. Meziab sees cardiology patients of all pediatric ages, as well as those with heart rhythm disorders into adulthood. He has clinics in Tucson and Sierra Vista, and performs cardiac ablation procedures as well as pacemaker/ICD procedures in patients of all ages at Banner University Medical Center. In his free time Dr. Meziab enjoys playing basketball, watching Arizona sports, and walking around the U of A with his wife Sarah and their 1 year old daughter Noor.

Omar Meziab, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology and Electrophysiology)
Banner University Medical Center – Tucson
University of Arizona

Emotional Support

Quarterly meet-ups for emotional support through our Community Outreach.

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Financial Support

Funding basic needs for patient survival through our Family Assistance Program.

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Community Reports

The Mission of CHD Families of Tucson is to bridge the gap in quality of care for CHD Families by empowering parents with the tools to advocate on behalf of their child.

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