Cardiology

Cardiologist Ray Georgeson, MD, successfully completed the county's first pacemaker surgery using the Aveir leadless pacemaker at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C., according to a Jan. 15 report from the Statesville Record & Landmark. 

Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health has broken ground on an expansion to its cardiovascular institute, which will add a new cardiovascular outpatient clinic building, an inpatient building, specialty clinics, an inpatient pharmacy and more, according to a Jan. 15 report…

Satya Shreenivas, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Cardiac Dimensions, a medical equipment manufacturing company focusing on minimally invasive treatment options for patients who have heart failure with functional mitral regurgitation.

The highest paid cardiologist in Baltimore earns $774,600, 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.

Dimitrios Bliagos, MD, has been appointed director of interventional cardiology at NYU Langone Hospital Long Island in Mineola, N.Y. 

Here are four recently approved cardiology robots, technology and procedures, as reported by Becker's since June 8:

Here are six cardiologists Becker's has reported on since Dec. 11: 

Federal prosecutors have dismissed healthcare fraud charges against former cardiologist Richard Paulus, MD, The Daily Independent reported Jan. 3. 

Lawrence Phillips, MD, has been appointed president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

Healthgrades released its top 50 hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac surgery in 2024.