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This Suburban Hospital press release can also be viewed at:
http://www.suburbanhospital.org/publications/pr092506.html.
Suburban Hospital, NIH, and Johns
Hopkins Medicine To
Officially Open the NIH Heart Center at
Suburban Hospital
Suburban Hospital,
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the
National Institutes of Health, and Johns Hopkins Medicine will
celebrate the official opening of the NIH Heart Center
at Suburban Hospital on Friday, Sept. 29. In addition
to state-of-the-art cardiac surgery and elective angioplasty,
Suburban Hospital now provides easy access to advanced
cardiovascular treatments available in only a handful of
medical centers in the region.
The new NIH Heart
Center at Suburban Hospital brings the clinical and scientific
excellence of two renowned medical institutions to a
community-based cardiac program in the heart of Bethesda.
Through this historic collaboration with NHLBI and Johns
Hopkins, the NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital will
provide training for the next generation of cardiac surgeons
and cardiologists, and, through ground-breaking research,
contribute to improvements in the treatment of cardiac disease
worldwide. The program is led by Dr. Keith Horvath, Chief of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Dr. Kenneth Kent, Chief of
Cardiology.
To celebrate the opening, Suburban
Hospital will host a Medical Symposium for cardiologists and
clinical staff and a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on Friday, Sept.
29.
"This is an exciting model of collaboration among
three organizations that each bring their unique strengths
toward the goal of providing superior cardiac care for our
community," said Brian A. Gragnolati, President and CEO of
Suburban Hospital.
Suburban Hospital recently opened
several new facilities for the NIH Heart Center, including two
digitally integrated cardiac operating suites; three new
digital Catheterization Labs that provide the highest
resolution available, film-viewing for doctors via
high-security Internet access, and a 12-bed holding and
post-recovery area; and the recently renovated cardiothoracic
patient care unit and J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Cardiology
Center to provide private, comfortable rooms for patient
recovery.
"The NIH Heart Center at Suburban brings a
world-class team of heart specialists and surgeons to
individuals in Montgomery County and the greater Washington,
DC, region," said NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD. "The
program's integration of scientific research with superior
heart care will help not only Suburban's patients, but also
will ultimately benefit heart patients across the country."
Nabel added that NHLBI had closed its intramural heart
surgery program in 1990 due to small patient volume, cost
issues, and a shift in scientific priorities. She noted that
exciting new research opportunities in MRI imaging, stem cell
research, and minimally invasive heart surgery prompted NHLBI
to consider re-opening the program at the same time that
Suburban was pursuing a new cardiac surgery initiative.
"Combining the research strengths of NHLBI with Suburban's
excellent patient care and clinical focus made a lot of
sense," said Nabel.
Research studies already underway
or planned for the near future include a study on
neurocognitive changes after heart surgery (in collaboration
with the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and
Stroke), MRI evaluation of patients with the aortic valve
disease called aortic stenosis to assess the need for valve
replacement, and comparison of two different non-surgical
procedures to correct arrhythmia in patients with atrial
fibrillation. The Heart Center's future research agenda also
includes studies of stem cell transplantation and MRI-guided
robotic heart surgery.
"The opening of this center is
the culmination of years of discussion and efforts from many
different groups," said Edward D. Miller, MD, Dean and CEO of
Johns Hopkins Medicine. "We believed, and the state agreed,
that area residents needed another option for angioplasty and
other intensive, state-of-the-art cardiac procedures with care
provided by world-class surgeons in a community setting. It's
a win-win situation all around." (In July 2005, the Maryland
Health Care Commission approved Suburban Hospital's
certificate-of-need application to develop a Cardiac Surgery,
Research, and Training Program in collaboration with NHLBI and
Johns Hopkins.)
The NIH Heart Center at Suburban
Hospital complements a broad range of existing cardiac
programs at Suburban Hospital—from emergency/trauma care to
state-of-the-art cardiac diagnostics and rehabilitation—which,
over the years, have helped thousands of patients recover from
heart disease. For example, the Radiology Department and the
Eugene B. Casey Center for Diagnostic Cardiology offer 3-D
echocardiography, 64-slice volume CT scanner, and cardiac MRI.
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Suburban
Hospital is a not-for-profit, community-owned
hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, that has served Montgomery
County for more than 60 years. Suburban Hospital is
distinguished by a cutting-edge stroke program; level II
trauma center; centers of excellence in cardiac care,
orthopedics and joint replacement surgery, neurosciences and
oncology; state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment tools; and
affiliations with world-class institutions, including the
neighboring National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins
Medicine. http://www.suburbanhospital.org
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute is part of the National Institutes of
Health and plans, conducts, and supports research related to
the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart,
blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders.
The Institute also administers national health education
campaigns on women and heart disease, healthy weight for
children, and other topics. NHLBI press releases and other
materials are available online at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov.
Johns Hopkins Medicine has provided
international leadership in the education of physicians and
medical scientists, in biomedical research, and in the
application of medical knowledge to sustain health since the
opening of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1889. Today, Hopkins
Medicine brings together the faculty physicians and scientists
of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the
organizations, community physicians, nurses, and other
professionals of The Johns Hopkins Health System to continue
that mission. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org
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