Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del., has launched its cardiovascular institute to expand integrated heart, vascular and lung care across Sussex County, according to a July 22 press release. The institute brings together more than 30 heart and vascular specialists who…
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John Charpie, MD, PhD, director of pediatric cardiology at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, has been named chair of the Heart of Ann Arbor’s 2025 Heart Ball campaign by the American Heart Association, the organization announced…
Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center has received the 2025 NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology, according to a July 18 hospital news release. The award marks the hospital’s…
On July 15, CMS released its new rules for 2026, including the proposed addition of more than 200 procedures to the covered procedures list for ASCs. This news was particularly celebrated within the cardiology community, as professional and physician advocacy…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic cardiologists have developed a new catheter-based technique to remove papillary fibroelastomas — the most common type of benign heart tumors — in patients who are too high-risk for surgery, according to a July 22 news release. …
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has welcomed Shirley Greenway, APRN, RN, to AdventHealth Medical Group Cardiology at Cedartown, Ga. She joins Kipp Slicker, DO, in expanding access to heart care in the community, according to a July 21 system news release. …
Self-employed cardiologists can see their income nearly double over more than 20 years, according to Medscape’s salary explorer. Nationwide, self-employed cardiologists with one to seven years of experience earn an average of $360,000 annually. That figure increases significantly with experience:…
As incidence rates remained steady, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in King County, Wash., improved between 2001 and 2020, according to a study published July 16 in JAMA Cardiology. Researchers from Seattle-based University of Washington conducted a retrospective analysis of…
Electrophysiologists at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin recently became the first in the U.S. to implant an FDA-approved leadless system for cardiac resynchronization therapy, according to a July 21 press release. The procedure…
Houston is the best-paying city for cardiologists with one to seven years of experience, according to Medscape’s salary explorer. New cardiologists are coveted across the country; 62% of U.S. counties have no practicing cardiologist, a gap linked to significantly higher…