Author: Erica Cerutti

Here are five cardiologists who have recently stepped into new roles: 

Anekwe Onwuanyi, MD, has been elected the 19th president of the Association of Black Cardiologists. 

Five cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles: 

A team of specialists at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has become the first in the U.S.' Southeast region to implant the Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder. 

A team of specialists at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has become the first in the U.S.' Southeast region to implant the Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder. 

Preethi Pirlamarla, MD, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Queens in New York City, is back home after volunteering to provide care to refugees near the Ukraine-Poland border, ABC affiliate WABC reported March 22. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital has selected Jeptha Curtis, MD, to serve as medical director of cardiac catheterization laboratories. He will also serve as director of coronary interventions for Yale New Haven Health System. 

Five firsts in the cardiology field Becker's has covered since Feb. 2: 

Six cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles: 

Social isolation and loneliness may increase the risk of heart disease by as much as 27 percent among older women, according to findings recently published in JAMA.