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…
Cardiology
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…
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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…
Cleveland Clinic has appointed Kenneth McCurry, MD as director of the health system’s Enterprise Transplant Center. Dr. McCurry has served as Cleveland Clinic’s program and surgical director for lung and heart-lung transplantation since 2009, according to a Dec. 3 news…
UHealth-University of Miami Health System has tapped Aditya Bharadwaj, MD, as director of clinical research and the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Dr. Bharadwaj is an associate professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s division of cardiovascular medicine, according…
Alabama, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina have the highest rates of amputation related to peripheral artery disease in the U.S., according to data published by the PAD Collaborative. The PAD Collaborative, established by the…
While women make up about 30% of U.S. surgeons overall, they account for less than 10% of cardiothoracic surgeons, according to a Nov. 29 report by The New York Times. Over 230 women — including thoracic surgeons as well as…