From new cardiac rehabilitation units to $60 million expansion projects, here are 80 cardiology program updates from 2024:
- Woodbridge, Va.-based Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center launched the Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab program.
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine opened the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at Ranson, W.Va.-based Jefferson Medical Center.
- Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health opened a new cardiac specialty care clinic at Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare's primary care facility in Selbyville, Del.
- University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia hospital opened a new cardiac rehabilitation clinic.
- Leavenworth, Kan.-based Saint John Hospital opened a new cardiac care unit.
- West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health opened a new cardiac catheterization laboratory at its Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway.
- Irving, Texas-based Christus Health opened a new, permanent location for the Heart and Vascular Institute-Sulphur Springs in the Christus Trinity Clinic Medical Plaza building on the Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs campus.
- Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy opened a fluid management program at Mercy Heart and Vascular in Washington, Mo., to reduce hospital admissions for heart failure patients.
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine opened a new cardiovascular clinic at its Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital.
- Renton, Wash.-based Providence Heart Institute established the new Howard "H" White Center for Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Regional Medical Center opened a remodeled cardiovascular ICU.
- Morehead City, N.C.-based Carteret Health Care launched a new transitional clinic for cardiology patients.
- Corpus Christi (Texas) Medical Center opened a new cardiac rehabilitation center.
- Dallas-based Medical City Heart Hospital re-began a $60 million construction project to expand the facility's specialized cardiovascular service line.
- ProMedica Monroe (Mich.) Regional Hospital opened a new cardiac catheterization/vascular lab.
- The Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency in Montgomery issued a certificate of need for an $18.6 million cardiology ASC.
- West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health will open a new outpatient heart center.
- Buffalo, N.Y.-based Mercy Hospital began a $13 million project to replace four of its existing cardiac catheterization labs.
- Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is establishing a new ambulatory heart and vascular center near its Woodbridge hospital.
- Bon Secours filed a development plan for a new cardiology ASC in Henrico, Va.
- Nashua, N.H.-based St. Joseph Hospital opened a new cardiology practice in Nashua, N.H.
- Escanaba, Mich.-based OSF St. Francis Hospital opened a cardiac catheterization lab in partnership with Bellin Health's cardiovascular team.
- A $7.2 million vascular ASC is coming to Memphis, Tenn.
- New York City-based Maimonides Health opened its cardiac services and catheterization lab at Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital.
- Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.), as a part of its pediatric partnership with Mercy Springfield Communities, acquired Pediatrix Cardiology of Springfield (Mo.).
- Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center opened the Center for Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy Care.
- New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center opened its Heart and Vascular Institute's advanced cardiac suite.
- New York City-based NYU Langone Health acquired Florida Cardiology Group and renamed it NYU Langone Cardiology Associates-Atlantis/Lake Worth.
- Sanford (N.C.) Health expanded its Heart and Vascular Center, adding a third cath lab and expanded workstations.
- Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is opening the state's first and only comprehensive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program.
- Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health will consolidate all of its cardiac and vascular services under a new institute, established through a "transformational" gift.
- Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health opened an AI testing lab to determine which products are the most effective for heart care.
- Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular Institute broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot facility in Humble.
- Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health opened the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at the International Heart Institute.
- Hialeah, Fla.-based Larkin Community Hospital's Palm Springs Campus opened a new cardiac catheterization lab.
- Cadiz, Ky.-based Trigg County Hospital is set to open a cardiology clinic for a new cardiology clinic.
- Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Surgical Hospital opened a new cardiovascular health center.
- Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health opened a new, expanded heart and vascular center in Bemidji, Minn.
- Davie-based HCA Florida University Hospital opened a new electrophysiology lab and is the first in the country to use new technology in the lab.
- Nancy Hua, DO, opened a direct heart-care cardiology practice Billings, Mont.
- Sulphur Springs, Texas-based Christus Health will expand its services and open a new cardiology location.
- Portland-based MaineHealth unveiled its $378 million addition to the Maine Medical Center.
- Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health opened its Cardiovascular Institute at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill.
- Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare surgeons recently performed the system's first open-heart surgery, marking the launch of its new cardiac surgery program.
- MemorialCare launched its Women's Heart Center at the Long Beach, Calif.-based MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute.
- Walla Walla, Wash.-based Providence St. Mary Medical Center is renovating its cardiac cath lab.
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center opened its new cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratory.
- The Naperville, Ill., planning and zoning commission has approved a zoning change that would allow Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care to open a cardiology ASC in a former LA Fitness building.
- WVU Medicine is expanding its advanced cardiac services with the launch of an open-heart surgery program at its Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston, W.Va.
- AdventHealth Medical Group is set to open a cardiology practice in Dalton, Ga.
- Englewood (N.J.) Health and New York City-based ColumbiaDoctors are collaborating to provide consultations to advanced heart failure patients hospitalized at Englewood Hospital.
- Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health is discontinuing open-heart surgeries at two hospitals as it plans to open a cardiovascular institute at another of its hospitals in May. Once open, all heart surgeries will take place at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill.
- Columbus-based OhioHealth Physician Group, in partnership with OhioHealth Marion General Hospital, invested $8.7 million to renovate and relocate two clinics, one for heart and vascular and the other for primary care.
- Atlanta-based Emory University Hospital completed its $87.7 million heart and vascular expansion.
- St. David’s Georgetown (Texas) Hospital will open a new cardiac catheterization lab and outpatient cardiovascular imaging center in October.
- Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children's Hospital is the first in the state to open a pediatric heart transplant program.
- Baltimore’s MedStar Union Memorial Hospital opened its integrated heart services center.
- New York City-based Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons launched its $50 million pediatric cardiovascular innovation center.
- Findley, Ohio-based Blanchard Valley Health System is cutting its open-heart surgery program and will instead transfer patients to other systems as needed.
- Tampa General Hospital opened its new Heart and Vascular Institute in Sun City Center.
- Neptune City, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center is investing $45 million to expand its cardiovascular suite.
- Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health has partnered with Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley, to expand pediatric cardiology services in the region.
- York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is expanding vascular surgery services in four cities by adding four vascular surgeons and three satellite offices.
- Johnstown, Pa.-based Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center completed its Cardiovascular and Surgical Care Pavilion.
- Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., opened a third cardiac catheterization laboratory.
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles opened its new fetal cardiac clinic.
- Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical added cardiology services through the acquisition of Cardiology Associates of Northern New York, now known as Samaritan Cardiology.
- Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health established an advanced heart failure center in Camden.
- Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare launched its Women's Heart Center at the MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute.
- Utica-based Central New York Cardiology opened a new, expanded office building with high-tech equipment and the only cardiac PET scan machine in the region.
- Ronnie Garcia, MD, reopened his cardiology practice, Baptist Medical Network-Cardiology-Seguin (Texas), formerly Mission Cardiovascular Consultants, in a new, larger location.
- First Coast Cardiovascular Institute partnered with CardioHealth, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based practice specializing in hypertension, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease.
- AdventHealth Medical Group is opening a cardiology clinic location in Trion, Ga.
- UNC Health Pardee is set to open a cardiology practice in Pisgah Forest, N.C.
- 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.
- East Setauket, N.Y.-based North Suffolk Cardiology, a practice of Stony Brook Medicine Community Medical Group, launched its Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, the first of its kind in the area.
- Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview's cardiac catheterization lab expanded services from three to five days a week.
- Gainesville-based Georgia Heart Institute launched the Resistant Hypertension Center for patients with stubborn high blood pressure.
- Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., opened a hybrid operating room to expand options for emergency heart interventions.
- Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai opened an aortic surveillance clinic for patients with aortic disorders.