Cardiology

Cardiology made significant strides in 2025, driven by advances in AI, minimally invasive interventions, precision lipid therapies and new models of chronic cardiovascular care.  Leaders say the breakthroughs emerging this year could meaningfully shift how heart disease is diagnosed, treated…

Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health is entering a new phase of cardiac care on Long Island with the opening of its six-story Patient Care Pavilion at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y. The 300,000-square-foot building brings a redesigned…

Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System is taking the next step in overhauling cardiovascular care for New Hampshire’s most densely populated region, formally launching the Elliot Heart and Vascular Center at Elliot Hospital in January. The center unites cardiology, vascular surgery…

CMS will open applications in 2026 for a new payment model aimed at increasing access to technology-supported care for people with Original Medicare who are managing chronic conditions.  CMS noted that people with Original Medicare currently have limited access to…

More than 60% of cardiologists believe that the professional climate in the U.S. is inclusive, according to a recent survey conducted by the American College of Cardiology.  Here are eight things to know from the survey, which was published in…

Here are eight cardiologists who joined new health systems, hospitals and clinics in November, as reported by Becker’s. Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Here are seven cardiologists making headlines nationwide in the last month, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Christopher Sarnoski, DO, section chief of interventional cardiology and medical director of structural heart disease and Jose Amortegui, MD, chief of cardiac surgery, both…

Georgia Heart Institute, part of Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System, added Emmanuel Amoran, MD.  Dr. Amoran is a cardiologist who is board-certified in echocardiography, cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and vascular imaging, according to a Nov. 19 news release from NGHS.…

In the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule, published Nov. 21, CMS outlined plans to allow more procedures in ASCs.  This included several cardiovascular procedures that leaders in both outpatient care and cardiology have…

A Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network hospital was among the first in the state to deploy the Pi-Cardia ShortCut device during a valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement.  The device is designed for patients whose prior bioprosthetic aortic valve…