Cardiology

Tufts Medical Center (Boston). In 2016, Tufts Medical Center surgeons performed 56 successful heart transplants, among the top 10 U.S. hospitals with the most heart transplants last year and a significant increase from 19 heart transplants in 2015. The Heart…

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.). Vanderbilt University Medical Center has more than 20 heart clinics across Tennessee and Kentucky, supporting around 130,000 annual patient visits. In 2016, Vanderbilt University Medical Center surgeons performed more than 75 heart transplants, making it…

Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. Surgeons at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Center perform around 200 transcatheter aortic valve replacements annually, utilizing a full team approach. Yale-New Haven Hospital Heart & Vascular Center provides treatment for the most heart patients…

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh). Surgeons at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside performed the first-ever minimally invasive coronary bypass in the tri-state region. Since then, the hospital has expanded minimally invasive approaches to include valve surgery and the use of robotics. UPMC Shadyside surgeons…

University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville, Va.).Since 1989, UVA physicians and surgeons have performed more than 300 heart transplants and currently perform a higher volume of angioplasties for superior mesenteric arteries than most other heart centers in the country. The…

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison). The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic opened its heart transplantation program in 1973, and the hospital’s surgeons have performed more than 700 heart transplants since then. The hospital has a nationwide reputation for…

University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Ann Arbor).University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is an international referral center for children with complex congenital heart diseases. As one of the busiest pediatric heart centers in the country, annual surgical…

UW Medicine (Seattle). UW Medicine Regional Heart Center has more than 75 providers focused on cardiology and heart care. In October, UW Medicine received a $10 million investment from the Washington Research Foundation to begin clinical trials focused on the potential…

Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). The Frankel Cardiovascular Center at Michigan Medicine recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and is home to four cardiac surgery operating rooms, two endovascular procedure labs and 36 clinic exam rooms. The Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project studies aortic diseases…

University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). Three heart surgeons founded the University of Kansas Health System’s Center for Advanced Heart Care in 2001 after leaving their private practices to join University of Kansas Hospital. One of the surgeons, William Reed,…