Cardiology

Here are five heart center and program openings, closings and upgrades since Nov. 2:

Sandusky, Ohio-based Firelands Regional Medical Center is closing its award-winning open heart surgery program after 23 years, the Sandusky Register reported Nov. 15.

Researchers found that professional societies in cardiology are more likely to award men and white individuals than women and minority groups, tctMD reported Nov. 15.

Here are 11 cardiologists stepping into new roles since Nov. 10:

Physicians at Miami-based HCA Florida Mercy Hospital became the first in the state to perform a new procedure called thoraflex hybrid complete aortic replacement.

Here are five hospitals and health systems hiring cardiologists.

Olean General Hospital completed its cath lab upgrades, Olean Times Herald reported Nov. 13.

Here are five cardiology firsts Becker's has covered since Oct. 10:

Lewis Kuller, MD, a top epidemiologist and father of preventive cardiology, died at 88 on Oct. 25, The New York Times reported Nov. 10.

Dr. Sameh Said has been appointed chief of the section of pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgery for Valhalla, N.Y.-based Maria Fareri Children's Hospital and Westchester Medical Center.