Gabriela Centers, MD

Gabriela Centers, MD is a Pediatric Intensive Care and Cardiology board certified specialist practicing at Medical City Children's Hospital, located in Dallas, Texas.

The field of pediatric cardiac critical care is a blend of complex technology, intense monitoring, rapidly shifting targets, and exquisitely complex cardiac problems. However, at its core, it evolves around babies, children, and their families, at their most fragile. Dr. Centers was attracted by this specialty because of

Dr. Centers focuses on excellence in clinical care and the experience patients and families go through as part of their hospital stay. She makes sure families understand the cardiac problem, proposed care plans, potential pitfalls and projections for the future. She prides herself in empowering families to become an equal partner in the decision-making process, based on their values and core beliefs. Her research interests include point of care ultrasound, thrombosis and anticoagulation in the cardiac intensive care unit.