1. Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital broke ground on a new 64,000-square-foot cardiology unit and emergency department.
2. Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is planning to add a second cardiac catheterization lab to allow the hospital to perform more procedures.
3. Wilkes Regional Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, N.C., opened a new heart center and emergency department at a total cost of approximately $10 million.
4. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health opened the new Gates Vascular Institute and the University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Translational Research Center.
5. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare’s Piedmont Heart Institute will create the nation’s first heart valve reference center using a recent $20 million grant from the Marcus Foundation.
6. Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo., plans to open the Northeast Regional Heart Center July 1.
7. Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center opened the new Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute-Hanover (Pa.).
8. Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville, N.Y., opened a new heart center.
9. Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., opened its new $12 million Judy and Steve Turner Heart and Vascular Center.
10. Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, opened a new cardiology clinic in partnership with Maui Heart & Vascular.
