Below are four cardiologists who recently joined new practices, stepped into new roles or announced their departures.

The first commission focused on the burden of cardiovascular disease in women aims to improve the outcomes of women with heart disease by 2030, according to a report published May 17 in The Lancet. 

Ronald Freudenberger, MD, physician-in-chief of the Lehigh Valley Heart Institute in Allentown, Pa., spoke about the big trends in cardiology as demand for outpatient services grows and new technologies emerge during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

In 2016, 745,000 stroke and ischemic heart disease deaths were tied to working at least 55 hours per week, a 29 percent jump since 2000, according to global estimates published May 17 in Environment International.

Northwell Health's North Shore University Hospital has opened a $3 million cardiac catheterization laboratory, the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system said May 17. 

Lakeland Hospital in Niles, Mich., part of Spectrum Health, broke ground on a project to expand its heart and vascular services, the hospital said May 12. 

Cardiologists saw an average income of $459,000 in 2020 — an increase from $438,000 in 2019, according to Medscape's latest cardiologist compensation report published May 14. 

Cardiology needs to be "more in the business of prevention than treatment," says Kimberly Bell, MSN, vice president of operations for specialty practices at Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth. She recently joined the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast to discuss how she believes heart care will evolve. 

Physicians from Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and USF Health's interventional cardiology team recently was the first to treat a cardiac patient with high frequency optical coherence tomography, or HF-OCT, a novel intravascular imaging technology, the hospital said May 12. 

Only 48 percent of patients receiving a heart stent, or percutaneous coronary intervention, carry the stent card given to them after their procedure, according to a survey led by researchers at Atlantic Health System's Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center. 

Many cardiology trainees are uncomfortable using telemedicine and want more telemedicine training built into their curriculum, according to survey results published May 11 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

As the first female thoracic surgeon in central Texas, Rachel Medbery, MD, of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons in Austin, Texas, shared advice for women working in male-dominated fields during a recent episode of Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast. 

In honor of Nanette Wenger, MD, one of the first physicians to discover that women had different heart attack symptoms than men, the American Heart Association launched an annual award to recognize research focused on women's heart disease and stroke.

Patients with early undetected heart failure who are hospitalized with COVID-19 are nearly five times more likely to die compared to patients with healthier heart measures, according to a study published May 10 in the American Heart Association's Hypertension journal.

Shelley Hall, MD, chief of transplant cardiology and advanced heart failure at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, spoke about emerging innovations in congestive heart failure treatment during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

Patients living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to die within five years of a heart attack compared to those living in wealthier neighborhoods, according to research set to be presented May 15-17 during the American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual Scientific Session. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Heart will train the next generation of cardiologists with the launch of a cardiology fellowship program, according to a May 3 announcement shared with Becker's.

Penn State Health has selected Holly Roush, MSN, RN, as its first vice president of heart and vascular services, the Hershey, Pa.-based health system announced May 3. 

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, expects to break ground on the region's largest heart and vascular center this fall, according to an April 22 announcement. 

The mechanisms behind COVID-19-related heart attacks may be different from heart attacks occurring in those without the virus, according to research from cardiologists at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center.