Penn Cardiology Chestnut Hill is Now Open

Penn Medicine has opened a new cardiology practice in Chestnut Hill. The new practice offers access to advanced care for heart failure, heart rhythm disorders and cardiac surgical services at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn cardiovascular specialists offer the Chestnut Hill community the highest level of heart and vascular care with access to the expertise, research and resources available only from Penn. The full range of cardiovascular services available at the practice include:

• Echocardiography (ECHO)
• Electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG)
• Exercise stress testing
• Exercise stress echocardiography
• Holter and cardiac event monitoring
• Pacemaker and implantable defibrillator services
• Preventive cardiology and lipid disorders diagnosis and treatment (irregular cholesterol levels)
• Treatment of heart rhythm disorders
• Women's heart health programs
• Office consultations

Cardiologists seeing patients at Penn Cardiology Chestnut Hill:

• Theodhor Diamanti, MD
• Brandy Patterson, MD
• Carl R. Reynolds, MD
• Raymond Rodriguez, MD, FACC, FACP

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 800-789-PENN.

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center named “50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital”

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) has been named as one of the nation’s “50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals” by Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters.

The 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals annual report identifies the nation's top hospitals performing cardiovascular services, selected from more than 1,000 hospitals across the country.

The honor recognizes PPMC’s consistent leadership and quality in cardiology and cardiac surgery.  Penn Presbyterian is recognized for expertise in:

• Complex arrhythmia management
• Interventional cardiology
• Noninvasive cardiology and cardiac imaging
• Preventive cardiology
• Vascular medicine and endovascular therapy 
• Women's heart health

For more than a century, Penn Heart and Vascular at PPMC has provided outstanding health care services.   Penn Presbyterian's cardiac care teams work together to diagnose, treat and prevent a wide range of cardiac conditions.  In addition to heart operations, PPMC’s cardiovascular surgeons also perform coronary artery bypass in high-risk patients, complex aortic surgery, heart valve repair and minimally invasive robotic-assisted cardiac surgery.

According to Harvey Waxman, MD, chief of cardiology at PPMC, the staff adheres to a process of continuous improvement to reduce surgical complications.  Even though the wound infection rate has been below 1 percent for the past several years, the staff wants to do better.  “Our goal is zero,” Waxman says.

For information about Penn Heart and Vascular at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, or to request an appointment, visit PennMedicine.org or call 800-789-PENN (7366).

Join the 2012 Penn Medicine Heart Walk Team

Make a heart-healthy decision! Join the Penn Medicine community in supporting the American Heart Association in the fight against heart disease and stroke. The 2012 Philly Heart Walk will take place at 10 am on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 at Citizens Bank Park. 

Penn Medicine’s challenge this year is to recruit 1,800 walkers for the Philadelphia-based walk and raise $130,000 for cardiovascular disease and stroke research. Register to join a Penn Medicine team to help reach the goal.

If you cannot attend, you can still support the event by making a donation. 

If you know someone who would like to become a heart walk team captain or register as a walker, visit Penn Medicine's Heart Walk page, or contact Andrea Griffith at 215-575-5211 or Julie Taylor at 215-575-5233 from the American Heart Association.

• Penn Medicine's Heart Walk
• Register for Penn Medicine's Heart Walk
• Donate to Heart Walk
• For walkers who are already registered click here to review the Heart Walk Participant Tool Kit

Penn Cardiology Now in Somers Point

World-class heart care is now available in a new South Jersey location. Penn Medicine’s new cardiology practice in Somers Point Brings some of the region’s most renowned heart specialists to the residents of southeastern Atlantic and northern Cape May counties. The physicians at Penn Cardiology Somers Point offer the highest level of cardiac care with access to the expertise, resources and research available only from Penn Medicine.

The full range of cardiovascular services available at Penn Cardiology Somers Point includes:

• Consultative cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Long-term electrocardiographic monitoring
• MUGA scans (heart function assessment)
• Stress echocardiography
• Stress and pharmacologic nuclear stress testing
• Vascular testing

Practicing cardiologists at Penn Cardiology Somers Point:

• David Arluck,  MD
• Katherine Dowd, MD
• Steven E. Kornberg, MD
• Jacob L. Levin, MD, FAAC
• Beth Wolfson, APNC

See a full list of Penn Cardiology community locations

For more information or to schedule an appointment with a Penn cardiac physician, please call 800-789-PENN.