@NorthwesternMed
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is ranked No. 7 in the U.S. for heart and vascular care by
@USNews
, 2024 – 2025.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital has one of the top 10 cardiology, heart and vascular surgery programs in the U.S, ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report, 2024 – 2025. Thanks to our team for your commitment to leading-edge research and expert patient care.
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, has received the AHA 2021 Chairman's Award. This prestigious award is given each year to a leader who's gone above and beyond in their commitment to advance the mission of
@American_Heart
. Congratulations,
@NMHheartdoc
!
@NMCardioVasc
Join us in welcoming physician Quentin R. Youmans, MD (
@QuentinYoumans
), to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team as a specialist in heart failure and heart transplantation. Welcome to the team!
We're very pleased to announce Jane Wilcox, MD
@WilcoxHeart
, as chief of the section of
#HeartFailure
at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Congratulations, Dr. Wilcox! Learn more, here:
Join us in congratulating Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc (
@NMHheartdoc
), on receiving the 2022 Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association.
@American_Heart
Benjamin S. Bryner, MD, takes us on a flight with the “Heart-in-a-Box” technology. He discusses how it allows for more hearts to be donated and what this means for patients awaiting a heart transplant.
Congratulations to Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, who received the Gary A. Mecklenburg Distinguished Physician Award in recognition of his work & accomplishments in the medical profession. This award is presented each year to a physician, nominated by their peers at
@NorthwesternMed
.
Sanjiv J. Shah, MD, received a $16.7M grant to study HFpEF therapies. The goal of the
@NIH
HeartShare program is to use machine learning and multi-omics to improve classification and phenotyping of
#HFpEF
, with the goal of coming up with new therapies.
Great work,
@HFpEF
!
“For 38 years an MD, 31 years a cardiologist, 30 years an
@American_Heart
volunteer, (Pres.-'09-10') 10 years
@NMCardioVasc
--the message is the same; nothing is more precious than health. I support the
#AHAHeartWalk
for our future;
#WeartheMask
for our present.” -Clyde Yancy, MD
"Persons who are African American are contracting
#COVID19
at higher rates & are more likely to die. Why is this uniquely important to me? I'm an academic cardiologist; I study health care disparities; & I am a black man." Clyde Yancy, MD, in
@JAMACardio
:
Congratulations to cardiology fellow Quentin Youmans, MD, MSc (
@QuentinYoumans
), and emergency medicine physician Aaron Robert Quarles, MD, MPP, on being selected to join a yearlong
#WhiteHouse
#roundtable
series that is addressing
#HealthEquity
in the United States.
"This has been a year unlike any other. Yet once again, a top 10 Heart and Heart Surgery recognition comes our way from
@USNews
. There’s no place I’d rather be, no other team I’d rather lead, and certainly no better place to care for patients." – Clyde Yancy, MD
@NMHheartdoc
For the first time in Illinois, Duc Thinh Pham (
@DTPham_CVSurg
) and Benjamin S. Bryner, MD (
@benbryner
) completed a DCD heart transplant using the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
We are extremely excited to announce that Priya Mehta, MD (
@PriyaP_Mehta
) and Sarah Chuzi, MD (
@ChuziSarah
) have been named
#Cardiology
Co-Chief Fellows for 2019-20. Congratulations on this honor, Priya and Sarah!
Join us in congratulating Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD (
@dmljmd
), on receiving the 2022 AHA Distinguished National Leadership Award for his service as the AHA president from 2021 to 2022.
@American_Heart
Welcome Nilay Shah, MD! Dr. Shah is starting as an attending physician and has clinical focuses in general and preventative cardiology. He recently completed his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at
@NorthwesternMed
.
Our own Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC will receive the Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Domain) on March 18th at
#ACC19
! This award honors his contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of
#CV
disease. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has a legacy of excellent physicians. We're proud they include Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, currently serving as president of
@American_Heart
, as well as two former presidents, Robert Bonow, MD, and Clyde Yancy, MD.
Learn more: .
Known as the father of cardiac arrhythmia surgery & a pioneer of
#CardiacSurgery
, James Cox, MD, is receiving the
@AmCollSurgeons
Jacobson Innovation Award by Patrick McCarthy, MD. Colleagues, friends & family from around the world are joining in the virtual celebration.
Today we matched a remarkable group of incoming fellows.
Please join us in welcoming them to the Division of
#Cardiology
and Bluhm
#Cardiovascular
Institute!
We're excited to announce Yasmin Raza, MD, has joined
@NMCardioVasc
as a new attending physician. She recently completed her fellowship at
@NUFeinbergMed
. Welcome, Dr. Raza!
R. Kannan Mutharasan, MD
@DoctorFitHeart
, in his new role will oversee the operation of South Region BCVI clinical services and execute a strategic plan for ongoing growth of
@NMCardioVasc
South Region.
We're pleased to introduce Hasan Alam, MD, as the new chair of
@NMSurgery
! His history and passion for trauma & general surgery as well as institutional leadership will be an excellent addition to the
@NorthwesternMed
family.
In a recent study, Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, and other scientists found that people living in more racially segregated neighborhoods have a lower average life expectancy. The study quantified how residential segregation may contribute to racial health inequities based on where
Matt Feinstein, MD, MS (
@MattFeinsteinMD
), associate professor of Cardiology, has been selected to lead a $15 million
@American_Heart
research initiative studying the role of
#inflammation
in
#HeartDisease
. Dr. Feinstein will direct one of three centers in the country funded by
Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been recognized among the top cardiology, heart and vascular surgery programs in the U.S, ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report, 2023 – 2024. Thank you to the team for your commitment to leading-edge research and expert patient care.
Rod Passman, MD (
@PassmanRod
), discusses the $37 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study a “pill-in-pocket” strategy to prevent stroke in patients with
#Afib
. Patient enrollment will start in spring 2023.
We'd like to extend an official warm welcome to former advanced
#HF
fellow Anjan Tibrewala, MD, now a practicing
#cardiologist
💜 at
@NorthwesternMed
Northwestern Memorial Hospital & Central DuPage Hospital and faculty member at
@NUFeinbergMed
!
Clyde W. Yancy (
@NMHheartdoc
), MD, MSc, discusses the $45 million
#gift
from the Bluhm Family Foundation to
#establish
the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Heart Hospital and expand access to
#CardioVascular
care. Learn more:
Join us in welcoming physician Hawkins C. Gay, MD (
@hcg_md
), to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team as a specialist in cardiac electrophysiology. Welcome to the team!
Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been recognized as having one of the top Cardiology and Heart Surgery programs, ranked No. 8 in the nation by
@USNews
. Thank you to everyone on the team for your commitment to conducting leading-edge research and delivering expert patient care.
Congratulations to
@JCheemaMD
, and his mentor Faraz S. Ahmad, MD, MS, for receiving the 2022 Young Author Achievement Award from
@JACCJournals
for their manuscript, “Augmented Intelligence to Identify Patients With Advanced Heart Failure in an Integrated Health System.”
In this video, Quentin R. Youmans, MD, MSc (
@QuentinYoumans
), reflects on his medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He discusses his clinical focus of heart failure and heart transplantation, and his passion for improving health equity and
Clyde Yancy, MD, is being honored by
@ASPCardio
as the 2021 Honorary Fellow of the ASPC Award. This award is given to an individual who has made contributions to the field of cardiology through research, exemplary clinical care & education.
Learn more:
Quentin Youmans, MD (
@QuentinYoumans
), advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist, joins
@micklee
to discuss the onset of heart failure compared to heart attacks and why Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is uniquely qualified to treat the most advanced
Benjamin S. Bryner, MD, takes us on a flight with the “Heart-in-a-Box” technology. He discusses how it allows for more hearts to be donated and what this means for patients awaiting a heart transplant.
Join us in welcoming physician Melissa G. Medina, MD (
@mgomedina
), to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team as a second woman cardiac surgeon at Northwestern Medicine. Welcome to the team!
Congrats to our own Dr. Quentin Youmans for being named to the 2021 class of “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health” by the National Minority Quality Forum. Learn more, here: .
Congratulations to S. Chris Malaisrie, MD (
@ChrisMalaisrie
), and Christopher Mehta, MD (
@MehtaCK
), on enrolling the first Northwestern Medicine patient in the PRESERVE Pivotal IDE Study. This study was designed to evaluate the use of AMDS hybrid prosthesis to treat acute DeBakey
Duc Thinh Pham, MD (
@DTPham_CVSurg
), cardiac surgeon and surgical director of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Northwestern Medicine, discusses his passion for working in
#CardiacSurgery
and why he chose to practice medicine at Northwestern Medicine.
#Congrats
to Kathleen Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN who has been elected a Distinguished Scientist of the
@American_Heart
! This award honors members who have made extraordinary contributions to cv &
#stroke
research. She will be honored at the Presidential Session, in
#Chicago
on 11/11!
Join us in welcoming Douglas R. Johnston, MD
@heartvalvedoc
, the new surgical director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and chief of Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Congratulations to James Cox, MD, for receiving the
@AmCollSurgeons
Jacobson Innovation Award! "Dr. Cox is universally recognized as a superb cardiothoracic surgeon-scientist and is known as the 'father of cardiac
#arrhythmia
surgery.'"
Read more, here:
Clyde W. Yancy, MD (
@NMHheartdoc
), joins
@WGNRadio
to discuss diversity and inclusion efforts at Northwestern Medicine, as well as their focus on ensuring access to high-quality and culturally sensitive care for Chicago communities. Learn more:
Congratulations to Bradley P. Knight, MD, and the entire team at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute for being among the first in the nation and the first in the Midwest to treat atrial fibrillation using the POLARx™ FIT Cryoablation System. This is an important milestone for a
In this video from the American Medical Association's Moving Medicine, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, discusses the importance of recognizing Black pioneers in medicine. He connects his personal experiences with the story of Vivian Thomas, who worked to develop the Blalock-Taussig
Congrats again to the
@NMCardioVasc
team for this important transplant milestone! Head over to the
@NorthwesternMed
#Facebook
page to watch the press conference in it's entirety.
Congratulations to the 12 faculty members Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine who were named to the 2023 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The list includes Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians, Donald M.
Congratulations to Nilay S. Shah, MD, MPH (
@NilayShahMDMPH
), assistant professor of Cardiology, on being honored in the 2024 National Minority Quality Forum
@NMQF
40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Honorees list. Learn more about this achievement and Dr. Shah’s work:
Konrad T. Sawicki, MD, PhD, (
@konradtsawicki
) was just chosen to serve on the Council of Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Heath with the
@American_Heart
Association! Congratulations, Dr. Sawicki! Well deserved.
Congratulations to Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on receiving the three-star rating, the highest possible, from the Society of Thoracic Surgery for their outcomes for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
We are excited to celebrate Robert O. Bonow, MD (
@bonowr
), recipient of the
@crfheart
#TCT2019
Career Achievement Award. He has made significant contributions to the field of
#InterventionalCardiology
. Congratulations Dr. Bonow on this well-deserved honor!
"A new heart disease risk calculator was needed, particularly one that includes measures of CKM syndrome, the new construct defined by the AHA, which is highly prevalent in the U.S." Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc (
@HeartDocSadiya
), discusses the necessary changes made to the PREVENT
#Breakthroughs
Podcast | COVID-19 Deaths and Racial Health Disparities with Clyde Yancy, MD (
@NMHheartdoc
). Physicians who listen to this podcast may claim continuing medical education (
#CME
) credit. Listen here: . (
@NUFeinbergMed
)
"Prevention is no longer a dream; it is within our grasp." -Clyde Yancy, MD (
@NMHheartdoc
)
Read more about our physicians who are
#MakingHistory
in their fields:
Sanjiv Shah, MD
@HFpEF
, joins us to discuss a new
@NIH_NHLBI
grant he received to lead the Data Translation Center for the multi-center
@HeartShareStudy
, which uses machine learning and multi-omics to improve classification of
#HFpEF
, with the goal of generating new therapies.
Join us in welcoming physician Kevin E. Hodges, MD, to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team as a cardiac surgeon specializing in robotic mitral valve surgery. Welcome Dr. Hodges!
Starting Day 1 at
#ACC24
, Quentin R. Youmans, MD, MSc (
@QuentinYoumans
), moderated a poster presentation session focused on
#HeartTransplant
procedures including various cost models, the patient use of crowdfunding websites like
#GoFundMe
to afford the procedure,
We are pleased to introduce the leadership for the recently formalized Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Learn more about the advances in AI to treat cardiovascular disease at Northwestern Medicine:
Ike Okwuosa, MD, cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine, discusses his research, "Heart transplantation outcomes in cardiac sarcoidosis," and the finding that heart transplantation is a viable option for patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
S Chris Malaisrie, MD
@ChrisMalaisrie
, is lead author for this expert consensus document made possible by the
@AATSHQ
Cardiac Clinical Practice Standards Committee, which he co-chairs.
Read his ECD, Surgical Treatment of Acute Type A
#AorticDissection
: .
“I am reinvigorated each time I meet the students who will be our successors as physicians.” Ike S. Okwuosa, MD, has received the Impact Medical Educator of the Year Award from the I Am Abel Foundation.
Chris Malaisrie, MD
@ChrisMalaisrie
, leads our Thoracic Surgery Residency & Fellowship Programs. Our program features equal emphasis on clinical care, research, and education to set our residents & fellows up for success as future Thoracic Surgeons.
Meet The Old Dolls, a group of veteran
@NorthwesternMed
nurses whose sisterhood gives them the strength they need to serve our patients during the pandemic. Hear more about the Dolls' special bond by reading more, here: .
#HeartMonth
Congrats to the
#CV
researchers who were included on the
@clarivate
"Highly Cited Researchers 2018" list which recognizes exceptional research performance & highly cited papers that rank in the top 1%!
@bonowr
@NMHheartdoc
@dmljmd
& Philip Greenland, MD!
A creative solution for an artistic patient. Learn how Christopher K. Mehta, MD, and Heron E. Rodriguez, MD, performed a minimally invasive procedure with an endovascular stent graft on a patient with acute Type A aortic dissection.
Read more:
Join us in welcoming cardiologist Paul C. Cremer, MD (
@PaulCremerMD
), as the new director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Multimodal Imaging. His work will help to increase access to cardiac PET at Northwestern Medicine. Welcome to the team, Dr. Cremer!
At the
@ACCinTouch
Illinois ACC Annual Symposium, Benjamin H. Freed, MD, cardiologist and the next governor for the Illinois chapter of the ACC, invited S. Chris Malaisrie, MD, Northwestern Medicine cardiac surgeon, to address colleagues during closing remarks in Chicago.
Welcome to cardiac electrophysiologist Kaustubha D. Patil, MD who will be practicing at
@NorthwesternMed
Northwestern Memorial and Lake Forest Hospitals in addition to joining the faculty at
@NUFeinbergMed
as Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)!
Thank you
@NMHheartdoc
for your amazing work with the
@NorthwesternMed
Scholars Program! And a special congrats to the inaugural class students who have been accepted to medical schools & advanced degree programs!
Join us in welcoming physician Christina K. Anderson, MD, to the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute team as a specialist in interventional cardiology. Welcome to the team!
2023 in review: We are proud to highlight some notable achievements of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. In the last year, our scientists and clinicians have made significant contributions to the field of
#cardiology
, advancing our understanding of
S. Chris Malaisrie, MD
@ChrisMalaisrie
, and chief resident Tony Mozer, MD
@abmozer
, will be part of a presentation entitled, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Failing Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves at the annual
@STS_CTsurgery
conference.
Breaking news: The 2000th transcatheter heart valve procedure at
@NorthwesternMed
has been completed by Charles Davidson, MD, James Flaherty, MD, and Andrei Churyla, MD! Learn more about the process:
We are pleased to announce Patrick M. McCarthy, MD has assumed additional leadership responsibilities as Vice President of Northwestern Medical Group. He will continue to serve as Executive Director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Congratulations Dr. McCarthy!
"We are willing to go in all directions to achieve health equity."
@NMHheartdoc
, discusses plans for Northwestern Medicine to open a major outpatient center on Chicago’s predominantly Black South Side by 2025 and its impact on access to care.
Michael Markl, PhD, shares information on a recent landmark study in
@JACCJournals
, the 1st to show baseline wall shear stress is associated with BAV aortopathy at >5-year follow-up, getting us closer to using
#4DMR
for clinical decision-making. Read more:
Duc Thinh Pham, MD, takes viewers into the OR during a heart transplant and discusses why he became a heart surgeon and why he chooses to practice at Northwestern Medicine.