Author: Cameron Cortigiano

The average hourly wage for cardiologists in the U.S. is $202.56 per hour, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Minneapolis earns $622,500 per year, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $302,970 anesthesiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac surgery, including five in Ohio. 

Priscilla Hsue, MD, has been named chief of the division of cardiology at Los Angeles-based UCLA Health.

Kirsten Ball, MD, a former physician in Arlington, Va., was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally prescribing and distributing more than 1 million oxycodone pills.

University Hospitals opened the Amherst (Ohio) Beaver Creek Surgery Center, a joint venture surgery center.

Houston Methodist Cardiology Associates at Sugar Land (Texas) is adding Wafi Momin, DO, to its staff, according to a March 19 report by Fort Bend Herald.

McLaren Greater Lansing, part of McLaren Health Care, is constructing an ambulatory care campus in Grand Ledge, Mich.

The highest-paid cardiologist in Minneapolis earns $918,200, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Anesthesiologists earn an average of $346,740 in Montana, the top-ranked state for physicians.