Cardiology

Cedars-Sinai cardiologist Dr. Asher Kimchi died Oct. 7 at age 76.

Four medical schools are partnering on a $31 million study evaluating a new method for pacing the heart in people with heart failure and conduction system disease, according to an Oct. 11 article on Virginia Commonwealth University's website.

Four medical schools are partnering on a $31 million study evaluating a new method for pacing the heart in people with heart failure and conduction system disease, according to an Oct. 11 article on Virginia Commonwealth University's website.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger promoted Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman to chief of clinical electrophysiology.

Here are four cardiology milestones systems have achieved since Oct. 5:

Wyoming, Mich.-based UM Health-West and Livonia-Mich.-based Trinity Health partnered to create an open-heart surgery operating room in the Grand Rapids, Mich., area, MLive reported Oct. 13.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine named Douglas Johnston, MD, surgical director of its Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and chief of the department of cardiac surgery at its medical school and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 

Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center cardiologists recently completed their 500th left atrial appendage closure device implant for patients with atrial fibrillation, TapIntoLivingston reported Oct. 12.

Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center cardiologists recently completed their 500th left atrial appendage closure device implant for patients with atrial fibrillation, TapIntoLivingston reported Oct. 12.

Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute appointed Keki Balsara, MD, as surgical director of heart failure and transplantation.