Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Pikeville Medical Center Partners With Cleveland Clinic
KENTUCKY....
Pikeville Medical Center is now working with the Cleveland Clinic. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Pikeville Medical Center President/CEO Walter E. May announced that the hospital has become affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic's heart surgery program. The Cleveland Clinic heart program has been ranked #1 in the nation for the past 16 years by U.S. News and World Report. Cleveland Clinic was described by Newsweek as "a hospital trying to be a Toyota factory."
Some groundbreaking procedures to come out of the Cleveland Clinic include development and refinement of coronary bypass surgery, the first minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery and the world's first heart/liver transplant patient with a total artificial heart.
The Pikeville Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic heart surgery affiliation will provide opportunities for new treatments and therapies to PMC patients, and it accelerates Pikeville Medical and Cleveland Clinic's mutual accomplishments in leading cardiac surgery care. Cleveland Clinic will provide training to deal with complex medical situations, utilizing new technologies and innovations. The two facilities will also share surgical outcome data and research.
Walter May says Pikeville Medical Center has set a high goal for the Heart Institute. P MC did its first heart surgery 12 years ago. Officials say working with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute will save more lives, and help PMC become the #1 heart hospital in this region.
Pikeville Medical Center is now working with the Cleveland Clinic. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Pikeville Medical Center President/CEO Walter E. May announced that the hospital has become affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic's heart surgery program. The Cleveland Clinic heart program has been ranked #1 in the nation for the past 16 years by U.S. News and World Report. Cleveland Clinic was described by Newsweek as "a hospital trying to be a Toyota factory."
Some groundbreaking procedures to come out of the Cleveland Clinic include development and refinement of coronary bypass surgery, the first minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery and the world's first heart/liver transplant patient with a total artificial heart.
The Pikeville Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic heart surgery affiliation will provide opportunities for new treatments and therapies to PMC patients, and it accelerates Pikeville Medical and Cleveland Clinic's mutual accomplishments in leading cardiac surgery care. Cleveland Clinic will provide training to deal with complex medical situations, utilizing new technologies and innovations. The two facilities will also share surgical outcome data and research.
Walter May says Pikeville Medical Center has set a high goal for the Heart Institute. P MC did its first heart surgery 12 years ago. Officials say working with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute will save more lives, and help PMC become the #1 heart hospital in this region.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:54 PM 
