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Cleveland Clinic has launched an initiative to integrate cardiovascular genomics into clinical care and research. The initiative will be composed of two programs with the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, the Haslam-Bailey Family Section of Cardiovascular Genomics and Precision Medicine…
Eight New York hospitals made Healthgrades’ “50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery” list, the most of any state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 28. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across 31 procedures and conditions for the awards,…
The American Heart Association has launched a new certification program for virtual cardiac care delivery. The Digital Health in Cardiac Care certification program is designed to equip healthcare providers with skills to use remote monitoring and digital tools for managing…
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has appointed James Barnard, MD, as chief of cardiac surgery in the department of surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Barnard previously served at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital in the…
Florida has 11 hospitals included on Healthgrades’ “100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care” list, the most of any state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards on Oct. 28. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across 31 procedures and conditions for…
A Banner interventional cardiologist created a new device that can replace damaged heart valves in patients who are too sick for surgery. Paul Sorajja, MD, an international cardiologist at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, made history in 2016 as the first…
Semaglutide can reduce cardiac event risk regardless of a patient’s starting body fat or weight loss during treatment, according to a study published Oct. 22 in The Lancet. These findings may point to heart benefits from semaglutide use that extend…
Thoracic surgeon Robert Bartlett, MD, former chief of the division of general surgery and the division of trauma/critical care at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, died Oct. 20 at age 86. Regarded as the “father of ECMO,” Dr. Bartlett helped develop…
New York City-based Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center has opened a $6 million cardiac combination laboratory. The new lab integrates cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology capabilities, including services such as advanced cardiac imaging, angioplasty and stenting, Afib ablation, pacemaker…