100th TAVR Procedure Performed at Good Samaritan Hospital

For individuals suffering with heart disease, TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) may be a possible treatment option. The TAVR program at WMCHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital marked a milestone: we successfully performed 100 TAVR heart procedures.

TAVR is a minimally invasive technique that enables a narrowing aortic valve to be replaced with an artificial one, via small incisions in the leg.

Congratulations to our workforce for their hard work, commitment and dedication to advancing heart care in our community. To find out if TAVR may be an option for you, visit bit.ly/3FyG0MI.

Celebrating this achievement are (left to right): John Zimmerman, MD, Director, Electrophysiology; Gunjan Shukla, MD, Clinical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology; Mary Leahy, MD, MHA, CEO; Kevin Donnelly, MD, anesthesiologist; Yoram Amsalem, MD, interventional cardiologist; Chirag Badami, MD, cardiac surgeon; Ahmed Alabbady, MD, interventional cardiologist; Cary Passik, MD, Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Sunandan Pandya, MD, Medical Director, Echocardiography; and Cary Hirsch, MD, Co-Medical Director, Cardiovascular Institute.