- Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the direct-current defibrillator, will likely be featured on the U.S. dollar coin in 2024.
- Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children’s Hospital implanted its first artificial heart into a 5-month-old girl with severe heart failure.
- Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health and Hattiesburg Clinic partnered to open Mississippi’s first outpatient heart surgery center.
- Minneapolis-based cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, created foods designed to fight heart disease.
- Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart transplant team is using technology that keeps hearts viable for up to eight hours, instead of the traditional four.
- Cardiologists at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant by fusing the arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart onto an existing heart.
At the Becker’s 32nd Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs, taking place October 29-31 in Chicago, ASC leaders, surgeons and healthcare executives will explore strategies to drive growth, enhance operational performance, navigate reimbursement challenges and prepare for the future of ambulatory surgery. Apply for complimentary registration now.
- Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the direct-current defibrillator, will likely be featured on the U.S. dollar coin in 2024.
- Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children’s Hospital implanted its first artificial heart into a 5-month-old girl with severe heart failure.
- Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health and Hattiesburg Clinic partnered to open Mississippi’s first outpatient heart surgery center.
- Minneapolis-based cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, created foods designed to fight heart disease.
- Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart transplant team is using technology that keeps hearts viable for up to eight hours, instead of the traditional four.
- Cardiologists at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant by fusing the arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart onto an existing heart.
At the Becker’s 32nd Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs, taking place October 29-31 in Chicago, ASC leaders, surgeons and healthcare executives will explore strategies to drive growth, enhance operational performance, navigate reimbursement challenges and prepare for the future of ambulatory surgery. Apply for complimentary registration now.
