W. Robin Howe, MD, a cardiac surgeon who performed the first open-heart surgery at Baptist Health Paducah in 1985, died last week at the age of 77, NBC affiliate WPSD reported Nov. 30.
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Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai named Tyler Gunn, MD, director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation program in the department of cardiac surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology reported Nov. 30.
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Sunnyside, Washington-based Astria Health is ending all heart procedures and interventional cardiology services at its clinics and Astria Sunnyside Hospital, YakTriNews reported Nov. 28.
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Dr. Samin Sharma was appointed director of New York City-based Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute.
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