The IMS Cardiology Departments premier board-certified cardiology specialists offer the latest technologies in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment. They provide comprehensive care for the diagnosis and treatment for those who have disorders of the heart, aorta, and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease). This encompasses coronary heart disease, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and congenital heart defects. Our board-certified cardiologists provide comprehensive care for cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment. Our wide range of services includes options for both non-invasive and invasive cardiac procedures. We believe that each patient is important, and each concern significant and deserving of focused personal attention. We promote cardiovascular awareness to enhance your quality of life. One of our highly trained and experienced cardiologists will evaluate you and provide you with an accurate diagnosis using the latest technology. Our Cardiology Department is proud to be a team consultant for the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds teams and their families during their spring training season in Goodyear, AZ. Services and Conditions Treated: Abdominal aortic aneurysmCardiac arrhythmiasCarotid artery diseaseCongenital heart disease (VSD, ASD, PFO)Congestive heart failureCoronary artery diseasePacemaker/defibrillator managementPeripheral arterial diseaseRenal artery stenosisValvular heart diseaseVenous insufficiency/varicose veins Procedures: Arrhythmia managementAtrial Septal Defect (ASD) closureCardiac catheterizationCardiac stress testingCarotid artery stentingDobutamine stress testEchocardiographyElectrocardiogram (i.e., … Continue reading →

DOVER Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Wentworth Health Partners are happy to announce that cardiologists Mark Jacobs, MD, and Whitney Coppolino, MD, are joining the staff at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and will be providing services in Portsmouth at Wentworth Health Partners Cardiology at Pease, located at Wentworth-Douglass at Pease (73 Corporate Drive on the Pease Tradeport), later this month. Both physicians remain on the medical staff at Portsmouth Regional Hospital as well. Dr. Jacobs is a board-certified cardiologist with more than 30 years of experience in invasive, noninvasive and clinical cardiology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed residency and a fellowship at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Boston, Mass. He is board certified in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology and is a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology. He is also on the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Seacoast Health. Dr. Coppolino is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine. She earned her medical degree from Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and completed residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She is fellowship trained in both cardiovascular disease (at Hofstra North Shore … Continue reading →

A partnership between West Park Hospital and Billings Clinic will bring a cardiac catheterization lab to Cody in 2018. That was the announcement between the two groups last week. The services will be offered at the new Cody Cardiology Center at West Park. WPH is excited to partner with Billings Clinic to open a cath lab and expand cardiology services in Cody and throughout the Big Horn Basin Region, West Park CEO Doug McMillan said. Billings Clinic brings nationally recognized cardiology services and resources that will soon be available in Cody through this joint venture with West Park Hospital. The cath lab will include the newest X-ray technology systems, allowing physicians to merge different imaging modalities to guide procedures including new high-end, real-time 3D imaging. Patients will be seen by their providers in the Cody Cardiology Center outpatient clinic setting. The cath lab will provide the ability to perform diagnostic cardiac catheterizations to diagnosis and treat heart disease. Diagnostic procedures performed will include stress tests, cardiac catheterizations, pacemaker placements and defibrillator placements. Hospital spokeswoman Ashley Trudo said the goal is to complete the new center by January, but it could take up to a year to fill the two positions. … Continue reading →

Sarkis Kiramijyan, MD, FACC, Interventional Cardiologist at Adventist Health White Memorial and Adventist Health Glendale, and Director of the Structural Heart Disease Program at Adventist Health White Memorial, has been named a 2017 Top Doctor in Los Angeles, CA. Top Doctor Awards is dedicated to selecting and honoring those physicians who have demonstrated clinical excellence while delivering the highest standards of patient care. Dr. Sarkis Kiramijyan has been in medical practice for more than nine years and has already become one of the most renowned cardiologists in Southern California. His acclaimed career in medicine began in 2008 when he graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. An internal medicine internship and residency and a cardiovascular disease fellowship followed at the Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he also served as Chief Cardiology Fellow and was the recipient of the prestigious, Distinguished Teaching Fellow of the Year award. Thereafter, Dr. Kiramijyan completed a two-year interventional cardiology fellowship at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Subsequently, he completed an advanced structural heart disease interventional fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Kiramijyan is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography, and … Continue reading →

DOVER - Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Wentworth Health Partners have announced that cardiologists Dr. Mark Jacobs and Dr. Whitney Coppolino are joining the staff at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and will be providing services in Portsmouth at Wentworth Health Partners Cardiology at Pease, located at Wentworth-Douglass at Pease (73 Corporate Drive on the Pease Tradeport), later this month. Both physicians remain on the medical staff at Portsmouth Regional Hospital as well. Dr. Jacobs is a board-certified cardiologist with more than 30 years of experience in invasive, noninvasive and clinical cardiology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed residency and a fellowship at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Boston. He is board certified in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology and is a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology. He is also on the board of trustees for the Foundation for Seacoast Health. Dr. Coppolino is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine. She earned her medical degree from Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and completed residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She is fellowship trained in both cardiovascular disease (at Hofstra North Shore Long Island … Continue reading →

As a heart doctor, Jamal Ahmed has seen the difficulty some patients have making it to their appointments. New York's epicenters of heart specialists tend to be in larger cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York City, all of which can be quite the trek for some patients in rural areas of the state. The Heart Group of Syracuse, a central New York practice founded in 2011 by Ahmed and his colleague Traian Anghel, is working to make travel to appointments easier by opening up satellite offices. The latest one opened up this month in Skaneateles, joining other locations in East Syracuse, Fulton and Watertown.The heart group also has access to all five Syracuse hospitals, not just Upstate University Hospital. Finding that there were many patients from the Auburn, Skaneateles and Marcellus area traveling into Syracuse, Ahmed and his colleague felt opening up a new office in the area, one fully functional for just about anything heart-related except for surgery, would be beneficial. "Our idea, the whole reason for us to open these satellite offices, is to cut their travel time to come and meet with us," Ahmed said. "We are focused on the fact that we don't … Continue reading →

LUMBERTON Southeastern Health soon will assume management of the day-to-day operations of Duke Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery of Lumberton. Southeastern Health has partnered with Duke Health since 2006 to serve patients throughout the region with a dedicated cardiology practice along with Southeastern Health Heart and Vascular, which is located on the campus of Southeastern Regional Medical Center, said Joann Anderson, Southeastern Health president and CEO. We sincerely value these patients and appreciate that they have entrusted both SeHealth and Duke with their heart and vascular needs during times of health crisis as well as health stability, Anderson said. The management change will take place in November. The transition from Duke Health to Southeastern Health will include a name change to Southeastern Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery of Lumberton. Duke physicians Drs. Charles Anene, Matthew Cummings, Terry Lowry, Sydney Short and Christopher Walters will remain on the staff. This is a very positive and beneficial change for our community, said Cummings, an interventional cardiologist. Until now, our ability to expand outpatient cardiovascular services has been limited by regulations which oversee partnerships such as the one between Duke Health and Southeastern Health. The sole purpose of the new agreement between Duke and Southeastern … Continue reading →