When Haley and Zachary Sanders had their first baby, Rowan, and learned she had multiple heart defects, they were shattered. They never imagined technology borrowed from video games would help save their baby’s life.

“The goal of using virtual reality is to create an immersive environment where we can get in-depth information about a patient’s anatomy prior to surgery,” said Dr. Animesh (Aashoo) Tandon, one of the innovators behind the new tool.

The Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology for UT Southwestern and pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas has been developing and refining virtual reality software over the past two years to address complex congenital heart defect cases like Rowan’s.

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