Maryland’s Health Matters - Upper Chesapeake - Winter 2018 - 4

A HEALTHY START

YOUR HEART IS
IN GOOD HANDS

chief of cardiology for

performed, such as trans-

UMMS and associate pro-

catheter valve repair and

fessor of medicine at the

replacement, ventricular

UM School of Medicine.

assist device implantation

When selecting a doctor

and heart transplantation.

or hospital to care for your

After treatment at UMMC,

heart, one factor sets Univer-

patients receive follow-up

sity of Maryland ahead of the

care, including physician

other programs in the state:

ou count on your heart to keep you going, and now

visits and cardiac rehab-

experience. "As surgeons,

your heart can count on the University of Maryland

ilitation, back in their

we know that improved

Heart Network. Made up of the region's top heart

own communities.

clinical outcomes are linked

THE UM HEART NETWORK PROVIDES
GREATER CARDIAC CARE TO MARYLAND

Y

surgical treatments are

specialists, the UM Heart Network delivers the highest caliber

All UMMC physicians are

to centers with high surgi-

of cardiac screening, prevention and intervention across the

also faculty members at

cal volumes, and University

state. The network upholds the high standards for quality and

the University of Maryland

of Maryland doctors care for

safety that ensure optimum outcomes for all University of

School of Medicine and are

more heart surgery patients

Maryland Medical System patients.

engaged in discovering new

than any other hospital sys-

treatments and cures while

tem in Maryland," says James

FULL SPECTRUM
OF SERVICES

for patients with the most

teaching the next generation

Gammie, MD, chief of the

time-sensitive conditions.

of heart doctors. "This con-

Division of Cardiac Surgery

The UM Heart Network

Those suffering from chest

nection to university-based

at UMMC and professor

offers a breadth of services

pain, heart attack or other

medicine means that UM

of surgery at the UM School

for every condition-from

cardiac emergencies also

Heart Network patients can

of Medicine. "We're proud

screening and prevention and

have access to state-of-the-

enroll in the latest and most

that so many entrust their

minimally invasive procedures

art cardiac catheterization

promising clinical trials, often

heart care to us, and to

to the treatment of complex

laboratories and operating

years before these treat-

extend this top-notch care

heart conditions.

rooms across the UM Heart

ments come to market," says

to Marylanders through the

Network for timely diagnosis

David Zimrin, MD, system

UM Heart Network."

"The University of Maryland Heart Network connects
patients throughout our

and treatment.

No matter where a patient

EXCELLENCE IN
UNIVERSITY-BASED
MEDICINE

enters the network, they can

Patients receiving care

be assured of receiving the

through the UM Heart

highest quality of care at any

Network are seen by a team

step along their health care

of board-certified cardiolo-

journey," says David Rubin,

gists, electrophysiologists

MD, division head of Upper

and cardiac and vascular

Chesapeake Cardiology.

surgeons in their communi-

communities with top-notch
specialists close to home.

GREATER ACCESS
TO CARE WHEN
SECONDS COUNT

ties. If more complex care is
needed, patients are seamlessly referred to the University of Maryland Medical

UM Heart Network providers

Center (UMMC), where the

are located throughout the

most advanced minimally

state to deliver expert care

invasive and open-heart

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 MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS

LEARN MORE
Cardiac rehabilitation improves your quality of life after
a cardiac event or if you are at risk for heart disease.
Call 443-643-3729.

 To learn more about the UM Heart Network and find a provider near you, visit umuch.org/healthy.
http://www.umuch.org/healthy
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