Cardiology

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute has selected Behzad Soleimani, MD, to serve as interim director, effective May 1. 

The Children's Heart Foundation has named Gail Roddie-Hamlin president and CEO, effective April 12. 

Apple is seeking to add a cardiologist with experience in health products and technology to its healthcare team, according to a job listing posted on LinkedIn this month.

An interventional cardiologist at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has performed the state's first intravascular lithotripsy, a procedure in which a balloon is inserted into the artery and delivers sonic pressure waves to break off calcified plaque, which optimizes stent placement,…

New York City-based Mount Sinai has opened its first outpatient cardiology center in the city's Brooklyn borough, the health system announced April 6.

Roslyn, N.Y.-based St. Francis Hospital, part of Catholic Health, has named Ziad Ali, MD, director of its DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute, according to an April 7 announcement shared with Becker's. 

A partnership between three health systems will soon bring Grand Rapids, Mich., its second open-heart surgery program, MiBIz reported April 6. 

Below are four cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles.

A story about clinicians at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth implanting a leadless pacemaker in the first U.S. patient was Becker's most-read cardiology story in March. 

PIH Health, a health system in Whittier, Calif., acquired Los Angeles Cardiology Associates.