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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is a hospital affiliated with and operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1] It is one of the department's largest hospitals, serving Harris County, Texas and 27 surrounding counties. [2]
The Texas Heart Institute is a not-for-profit cardiology and heart surgery center located within the Texas Children's Hospital and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (formerly WellStar Kennestone Hospital) is a major tertiary-care hospital located in Marietta, Georgia, serving most of northern and central Cobb County, Georgia, as well as adjacent counties. Kennestone Hospital opened in June 1950 as a 105-bed-facility.
Wellstar Health System (formerly WellStar) is a non-profit system founded in 1993 providing comprehensive care in Metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It includes: Augusta University Medical Center [1] Center for Health Transformation; Spalding Regional Hospital [2] Sylvan Grove Hospital [2] Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell, Georgia
Reardon received his medical education from Baylor College of Medicine where he graduated with honors in 1978. He received his general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 1983 working under Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, and completed a thoracic surgery fellowship training at Texas Heart Institute in 1985 under the tutelage of Dr. Denton Cooley.
He also received the William L. Winters Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center. [8] In 2014, Zoghbi became the Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and was appointed Chair of Cardiology at Houston Methodist in 2016. [1] [3]
On March 13, 1972, the Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society was founded at the Texas Heart Institute by the Residents and Fellows of Cooley to honor him. Founding President Philip S. Chua had envisioned this exclusive society to foster academic, professional, and personal camaraderie among cardiac surgeons in the United States and ...
The HeartAssist5 is a modern version of the DeBakey VAD [10] and as of December 2014 was the only remotely monitored medical device in the world. [8] It was first approved for use in Europe in 2009 under MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. [11] The HeartAssist5 is in use in Europe [10] as a destination therapy by patients who are not candidates to receive heart transplants and as a bridge to ...