W.Va. heart and vascular institute to double number of WVU cardiac physicians: 3 things to know

West Virginia University’s new heart and vascular Institute in Morgantown is expected to significantly increase the number of WVU cardiac physicians, from about 25 to 50 in the next five years, Albert Wright, president and CEO of WVU Hospitals and COO of WVU Medicine, told The Dominion Post.

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Here are three things to know about the institute.

1. It is scheduled to open in January 2017.

2. It will have four types of specialists: cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons and thoracic surgeons, according to Mr. Wright.

3. Vinay Badhwar, MD, chief of cardiac surgery at Pittsburgh-based UPMC Presbyterian, will leave his post to become executive chairman of the institute.

 

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