Of the 34 physicians Nauman Mushtaq, MD, has hired in the last decade, only two have left the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Yet he’s recruited from University of Chicago, Brigham and Women’s, Johns Hopkins and…
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Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has received another $50 million gift from philanthropist Neil G. Bluhm and the Bluhm Family Foundation, the organization said in a Feb. 11 news release. This gift will be used to bring new technologies…
Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford opened its Structural Heart and Valve Center Feb. 4, WGNS reported. The center will provide advanced treatments, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure, and other minimally invasive valve repair and replacement…
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences named Jorge Saucedo, MD, a long-term cardiology leader, chair of the department of internal medicine. Dr. Saucedo stepped into his new position Nov. 1, according to a Nov. 3 system news release.…
Cardiologist compensation reached an all-time high in 2024 despite falls in productivity, according to a new MedAxiom report. For the 2025 “Cardiovascular Provider Compensation & Production Survey,” the company asked 6,830 cardiology physicians and advanced practice providers across 232 programs…
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Metairie, La.-based East Jefferson General Hospital, in partnership with Tulane University and LCMC Health, both based in New Orleans, completed its first heart transplant. The procedure was performed through the Tulane University Heart Failure and Transplant Program at East Jefferson,…
Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center named Geurys Rojas-Marte, MD, medical director of advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension programs, the hospital said in a June 14 Facebook post. Dr. Rojas-Marte practices in advanced heart failure and transplant…
The FDA has approved a polypill as an initial treatment for hypertension in adults for the first time. Here’s what to know: 1. Widaplik — manufactured by George Medicines — is a polypill that contains telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide. 2.…
Mineola, N.Y.-based NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island cut time from door-to-activation of the neurointerventional radiology team by 12.5 minutes, or 35.2%, for patients with strokes. The hospital asked medical residents, physician assistants and all members of the stroke team to participate…
Traditionally, cardiovascular risk factors and overall risk of heart attack or stroke are grouped together for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations — but that method hides important variations in risk factor prevalence and disease burden, a recent…