Norwich, N.Y- based UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital has expanded its cardiology program with the addition of Joseph Petro, MD, and Ifrah Abdirahman, MD. Dr. Petro specializes in general cardiology, according to an Aug. 26 system news release. Dr. Abdirahman focuses…
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Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health has added Mina Shnoda, MD, to its cardiovascular team. Dr. Shnoda previously trained and taught at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and completed his internal medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to…
A man has been accused of threatening to shoot an ASC in Nashville, Tenn., causing the center to close temporarily, WSMV 4 reported Sept. 18. Police told the publication that Emil Jawad, a 37-year-old man, called the Tristar Cardiovascular Surgery…
Las Vegas-based Nevada Heart and Vascular Center has added Thomas Lambert, MD, to its team. Dr. Lambert is a cardiologist with more than three decades of experience in private practice, according to a Sept. 2 news release from the center. …
Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has opened a second cardiology location in Dover, N.H. The clinic is in partnership with Portsmouth Cardiology Associates and offers diagnostic services including echocardiograms, electrocardiograms, holter monitoring and stress testing,…
In-house CT-scanners are hard to come by in outpatient cardiology offices, despite their known effectiveness and accuracy in identifying early stages of heart disease. A recent wave of cardiologists are looking to change that. Alberto Morales, MD, founder of South…
The Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group has added Michael Halista, MD, according to a Sept. 16 report from South Florida Hospital News. Dr. Halista is an interventional and structural cardiologist and specializes in minimally invasive treatment of coronary artery…
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health is the first facility in the state to offer two FDA-approved, minimally invasive procedures for tricuspid valve disease. The TriClip device repairs a leaky tricuspid valve by clipping its flaps together,…
Miami-based MyCardiologist has debuted an immediate care clinic, MyCardiologistNow, in Kendall, Fla. The walk-in clinic is designed to provide same-day, specialized cardiac care for patients with non-life-threatening but worrying symptoms, such as chest discomfort, shortness of breath, palpitations, elevated blood…
AdventhHealth Manchester (Ky.) is adding cardiology services at its primary care clinic. The cardiology expansion and services will be led by cardiologist Steve Rosenthal, MD, according to a Sept. 2 news release from AdventHealth. AdventHealth has a network of more…
