Cleveland-based University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has more than 2,000 employees across 11 hospitals, 12 ambulatory health centers and multiple joint ventures. As president, Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, PhD, was tasked with standardizing vascular care across the institute through…
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Stanford (Calif.) Medicine researchers have identified the immune cell process behind a rare COVID-19 vaccine reaction, myocarditis. A two-step immune cell sequence after vaccination triggers “inflammatory activity,” which results in direct injury to heart muscles, according to a study published…
Miami-based Jackson Health Heart Institute has opened a multi-specialty physician practice in North Miami. The facility offers general and interventional cardiology services, electrophysiology and congestive heart failure management, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the health system. The…
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine and Tufts University have appointed Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD, as inaugural director of the Tufts University-Tufts Medicine Research Enterprise. Dr. Jaffe is the Elisa Kent Mendelsohn Professor of Molecular Cardiology at Tufts University School of Medicine…
The World Health Organization on Dec. 1 issued a guideline recommending the use of GLP-1s for the treatment of obesity in adults. The WHO guideline recommends long-term use of at least six months alongside intensive behavioral therapy. Recognizing individuals with…
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An FDA advisory panel declined to endorse the Ventura interatrial shunt system, a heart failure device developed by V-Wave, a Johnson & Johnson company, according to a Dec. 5 TCTMD report. Panel members cited a lack of demonstrated benefit and…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tapped Christine Albert, MD, as the inaugural chief of the division of cardiology within the system’s Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Albert currently serves as chair of the cardiology department at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s…
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions reviewed the 2025 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Match, which concluded Dec. 3, and noted concern over 71 unfilled positions across 49 programs. For the 2026 appointment year, 153 programs offered 307 fellowship positions to 244 applicants.…
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been designated a National Rare Disease Center of Excellence by the National Organization for Rare Disorders. The designation was earned in partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, also based…
Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz has named Matthew Stone, MD, the Meg F. Rady and Family Chair in Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Stone is an associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery and surgical director of the pediatric heart transplantation program at…