Cardiology

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles named John Cleveland, MD, division chief of cardiothoracic surgery and co-director of the Heart Institute.  In this role, Dr. Cleveland will advance patient care, surgical outcomes, research innovation and education. He will co-direct the Heart Institute…

Margate-based HCA Florida Northwest Hospital added renal denervation procedures to its cardiovascular services. Renal denervation helps lower blood pressure by targeting overactive nerves around the renal arteries, according to a system news release posted on South Florida Hospital News. The…

The American Heart Association awarded grants to five systems to launch translational research projects designed to improve women’s heart health. The $100,000 Redefining Women’s Health: From Heart to Head to Hormones translational research grant awards, given by the American Heart…

Cardiology leaders are split on where the hype outpaces the clinical reality.  Becker’s asked four cardiovascular leaders the same question: What’s a trend in cardiology today that you think is overhyped? Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for length…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two heart center professors as new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The two experts are  Mr. Kennedy made eight new member appointments Sept. 17 through the Agency for Healthcare Research…

Boston Children’s Hospital named Rahul Rathod, MD, chair of the department of cardiology and cardiologist-in-chief, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Rathod is an internationally recognized pediatric cardiologist and physician-scientist who founded the multidisciplinary Fontan at Boston Clinic that serves patients from…

Fall River, Mass.-based Saint Anne’s Hospital received approval from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to open a new electrophysiology laboratory. The 6,200-square-foot EP lab will occupy an existing space in the hospital and provide advanced diagnostic and treatment services…

Providence has received a $1.1 billion gift from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny Knight, one of the largest gifts to a healthcare institution in U.S. history, to establish Oregon’s first hospital dedicated to women’s health and accelerate…

Texas Children’s Hospital ranked as the top children’s hospital for cardiology and heart surgery in the nation, U.S. News & World Report found.  U.S. News and RTI International, a North Carolina-based research firm, analyzed clinical data from 114 children’s hospitals…

If hospitals with higher infection rates for heart surgery patients reduced rates, they could prevent about 2,600 infections annually and reduce Medicare spending by $441 million, Michigan Medicine researchers found. The study, published Aug. 6 in The Journal of Thoracic…