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A HEALTHY START
YOUR HEART IS
IN GOOD HANDS
THE UM HEART NETWORK PROVIDES
GREATER CARDIAC CARE TO MARYLAND
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communities. If more complex care is needed, patients are
seamlessly referred to UMMC, where the most advanced
minimally invasive and open-heart surgical treatments are
performed, such as transcatheter valve repair and replacement,
ventricular assist device implantation and heart transplantation. After treatment at UMMC, patients receive follow-up
care, including physician visits and cardiac rehabilitation,
back in their own communities.
All UMMC physicians are also faculty members at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine and are engaged in
ou count on your heart to keep you going, and now
discovering new treatments and cures while teaching the next
your heart can count on the University of Maryland
generation of heart doctors. "This connection to university-
Heart Network. Made up of the region's top heart
based medicine means that UM Heart Network patients can
specialists, the UM Heart Network delivers the highest caliber
enroll in the latest and most promising clinical trials, often years
of cardiac screening, prevention and intervention across the
before these treatments come to market," says David Zimrin,
state. The network upholds the high standards for quality and
MD, system chief of cardiology for UMMS and associate profes-
safety that ensure optimum outcomes for all University of
sor of medicine at the UM School of Medicine.
Maryland Medical System patients.
FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES
When selecting a doctor or hospital to care for your heart,
one factor sets University of Maryland ahead of the other
programs in the state: experience. "As surgeons, we know
The UM Heart Network offers a breadth of services for every
that improved clinical outcomes are linked to centers with
condition-from screening and prevention to minimally inva-
high surgical volumes, and University of Maryland doctors care
sive procedures to the treatment of complex heart conditions.
for more heart surgery patients than any other hospital system
"The University of Maryland Heart Network connects
in Maryland," says James Gammie, MD, chief of the Division
patients throughout our communities with top-notch
of Cardiac Surgery at UMMC and professor of surgery at the
specialists close to home. No matter where a patient enters
UM School of Medicine. "We're proud that so many entrust
the network, they can be assured of receiving the highest
their heart care to us, and to extend this top-notch care to
quality of care at any step along their health care journey,"
Marylanders through the UM Heart Network."
says Randolph G. Whipps, MD, clinical assistant professor of
medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
and division head of cardiology at University of Maryland
Medical Center (UMMC) Midtown Campus.
GREATER ACCESS TO CARE
WHEN SECONDS COUNT
UM Heart Network providers are located throughout the state
to deliver expert care for patients with the most time-sensitive
conditions. Those suffering from chest pain, heart attack or
other cardiac emergencies also have access to state-of-the-art
cardiac catheterization laboratories and operating rooms across
the UM Heart Network for timely diagnosis and treatment.
EXCELLENCE IN UNIVERSITYBASED MEDICINE
Patients receiving care through the UM Heart Network are
seen by a team of board-certified cardiologists, electrophysiologists and cardiac and vascular surgeons in their
To learn more and find a provider near you, visit umm.edu/midtown/healthy.
LEARN MORE
For more information about heart health or to schedule an
appointment with Dr. Whipps, call 410-225-8452.
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