Cardiologists averaged $575,000 in 2025, marking a 10% raise from the prior year and second-highest pay of any physician specialty. Nearly half still don’t feel fairly compensated, according to recent salary reports. Here are 10 stats to know on cardiology…
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U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 rankings for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery look different from last year’s list in more than just the order of names. Here are four of the biggest shifts between this year’s ranking and the…
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network will open its new St. Luke’s Heart Hospital at Anderson Campus in Easton, Pa., in October — the largest construction project in the health system’s more than 150-year history by both cost and…
Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch received more than $180 million to advance cardiovascular care, research and education. This is the largest gift in the institution’s history, and one of the largest philanthropic gifts to a cardiovascular institute at an…
California has performed the first cardiac arrhythmia ablation in an ambulatory surgery center in the state, following a CMS policy change. In 2025, CMS added several complex cardiac arrhythmia ablation procedures to the ASC Covered Procedures List for 2026. California…
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Chico, Calif.-based Enloe Health broke ground on its $120 million heart, vascular and imaging center Aug. 5, ABC affiliate KRCR reported. The 68,400-square-foot facility will bring the system’s advanced imaging and cardiovascular services under one roof, and will allow for…
Phoenix Children’s has named Joshua Koch, MD, as senior vice president and hospital based in chief, a new role at the pediatric health system. Dr. Koch will oversee critical care, neonatology and fetal care, emergency departments and urgent cares, hospital medicine, radiology…
California has the most heart hospitals that were high performing in cardiology care, with 20 facilities, followed by New York that had 10 hospitals, the U.S. News and World Report found. U.S. News evaluated nearly 500 heart hospitals nationwide for…
Oklahoma had the highest heart disease death rate at 254.3 while Alaska had the lowest at 116.3, the CDC found. The CDC calculated mortality rates from heart disease in every state. Mortality rate is the number of deaths per 100,000…
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.-based AtlantiCare named Chun Choi, MD, vice chair of heart and vascular services and chief of cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Choi is a cardiac surgeon and physician leader specializing in complex cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation and…