Oklahoma City-based University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, as chair of the department of internal medicine and clinical service chief at OU Health.
Cardiology
Here are three new cardiology practices and centers that have recently opened and started construction, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 24:
Missouri cardiologist Lenard Politte, MD, died on Feb. 20 at 90, according to a Feb. 23 report from the Columbia Missourian.
The most lucrative cardiology procedures within the Medicare population for hospitals are coronary artery bypass grafts, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics that was published Dec. 3 in the American Heart Journal.
Currently, 35,707 cardiologists practice in the U.S., with the majority specializing in general cardiology.
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Illinois cardiologist John Moran, MD, has died at 86, according to a Feb. 20 obituary published in Southwest Regional Publishing Local News.
Springfield, Ill.-based Prairie Cardiovascular has added Jeetendra Patel, MD, to its staff.
Cardiology has emerged as a leading specialty in the ASC industry, and the specialty has a number of promising areas of growth in the coming years:
Nonprofit health system Baxter Health, is seeking $2 million to construct a new cardiac catheterization lab at its hospital in Mountain Home, Ark.
The highest-paid cardiologist in Salt Lake City earns $954,900, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $423,250 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.