Cardiology is exploding in the outpatient setting as technology advances physicians’ ability to perform cardiovascular procedures outside of the hospital and CMS expands its coverage of these procedures in the ASC setting. Charleen Tackett, administrator of Houston-based Vital Heart &…
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Sioux Falls, N.D.-based Sanford Health has received a grant through a joint initiative between Pfizer and the American College of Cardiology to improve early detection and accurate diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis. Sanford was one of three recipients of the grant, which it…
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…
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…
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…
Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, was named executive vice president and COO of NewYork-Presbyterian, effective Jan. 22. Dr. Kumaraiah, who joined the New York City-based health system in 2012, is group senior vice president, system chief medical officer and COO of perioperative…
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…