The St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center was recently named a Center of Excellence for pediatric congenital heart disease. It is one of only 17 facilities nationwide to receive the designation from OptumHealth, a leading developer of condition management programs.

The endowed chair honors Donald Ross, vice chairman of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, who recently retired as chairman of BJC HealthCare’s board of directors. He was named chairman in 2009, and has served as a board volunteer since 1994.