Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center has performed its first commercial implant of the Wireless Stimulation of the Endocardium (WiSE) System, becoming the first hospital in Southern New Jersey to offer the treatment. The procedure targets heart failure…
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Little Rock, Ark.-based CHI St. Vincent received a $1 million gift for its upcoming Anthony Center for Advanced Cardiac Care at St. Vincent Infirmary, Arkansas Money and Politics reported July 27. The gift was given by Grace and John Steuri…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has tapped Shubhika Srivastava, MD, as chief of pediatric cardiology for the system. Dr. Srivastava was also appointed chair of pediatric cardiology for Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center, according to a July 15 news…
Cardiologists in the U.S. earned an average of $575,000 in 2025, up about 10% from 2024, according to Medscape’s Cardiologist Compensation Report 2026. The report collected data from respondents who were full-time physicians practicing in the US only. Cardiologists reported…
The price of a cardiology procedure can depend less on the complexity of the care and more on which insurer is footing the bill, according to new price transparency data. The analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, drew on April…
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Higher pay doesn’t always mean higher happiness for cardiologists. Between 2025 and 2026, cardiologists saw a 10% pay increase, but reported a 2% drop in happiness. What’s behind the unhappiness could be the increased workload. “Administrative burden has exploded,” Karen…
The American College of Cardiology has named Hani Najm, MD, as its next president, according to a July 22 news release from the organization. Dr. Najm serves as chair of pediatric and congenital heart surgery and executive co-director of the…
Only 61% of patients with aortic stenosis had a timely diagnosis, according to the recent Vanderbilt Health study. The study, published in Circulation, analyzed data from patients with moderate or severe aortic stenosis from 58 sites in the Target: AS…
Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital’s Certificate of Need application was approved, allowing its Heart and Vascular Center to establish elective percutaneous coronary intervention services. The hospital has provided emergency PCI services for more than 20 years, but the new approval now allows…
A new American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/multisociety dyslipidemia guideline could expand eligibility for primary prevention statin therapy to an estimated 21.5 million additional U.S. adults, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA. The 2026 guideline, released in…