Allison Zielinski, MD, provides thought leadership on how being stalked may cause chronic stress and trauma, which can contribute to cardiovascular disease. everydayhealth.com/womens-health/being-stalked-raises-heart-disease-risk-for-women

Quentin R. Youmans, MD, contributes to a joint statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology that calls for a bold shift: integrating prevention across the entire spectrum of care. onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-9164(25)00327-6/fulltext

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, senior author of a recent study that developed the PREVENT risk calculator to determine the “biological” age of a patient's heart. realhealthmag.com/article/heart-may-older

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, joins @wgntv.com to discuss the PREVENT risk calculator that physicians can use to determine the biological age of a patient's heart and how this can be used as a tool to help reverse the clock. wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/how-old-is-your-heart-it-may-be-out-aging-you

Baljash Cheema, MD, medical director for the Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic, joins John Landecker of
@wgnradio.bsky.social to discuss the clinic and the steps behind the full patient experience. wgnradio.com/health/dr-ba...

Please join us in congratulating Bradley P. Knight, MD, for receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Annual European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) meeting in Rome, Italy, for the partnership between the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and ECAS.

At ASCVTS Singapore, Joe Sabik, STS president, and Patrick Myers, EACTS secretary-general, presented the STS/EACTS Presidents Award to Daniel Won, for his abstract, "Long-Term Survival Advantage of Reoperative Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement Over Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve.”

That’s a wrap on #HRS2025! Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians are proud to have played such an active role in the 2025 @heartrhythmsociety.bsky.social Annual Meeting. We can’t wait to see what HRS has in store for 2026. #NMatHRS

Kevin E. Hodges, MD, of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, recently hosted the Inaugural Robotic Surgery Grand Rounds with Ashok N. Babu, MD, cardiac surgeon from Acension St. Thomas. Dr. Babu presented, "Robotic Assisted MIDCAB: Expanding Revascularization to New Populations."

"We have a lot of moving parts that come into play so that patients get the same quality of care wherever they are." Douglas R. Johnston, MD, discusses physicians’ commitment to high-quality care at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. ziniy.com/chicago-medicine-magazine/april-2025

Stephen F. Chiu, MD, was honored at the 61st Annual Meeting of the @sts.org Dr. Chiu received the STS Research Award for his groundbreaking work on the role of LYVE1+ macrophages in the development of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

S. Chris Malaisrie, MD, provides thought leadership on previous clinical trials on TAVR. healio.com/news/cardiology/20250330/routine-cerebral-embolic-protection-shows-no-benefit-for-patients-undergoing-tavr

🚨Publication Alert🚨

"Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation: 1-Year Outcomes From the TRILUMINATE Randomized Cohort”

Author included: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

Article Link: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073510972410054X?via%3Dihub

To help patients find the best cardiovascular care, we encourage you to vote in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals expert opinion survey on Doximity. Please conside casting your vote for the Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Surgery Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. doximity.com

In this video, Cardiac Electrophysiologist Hawkins C. Gay, MD, MPH, elaborates on the complexities of artificial intelligence and telemetry, and how AI may affect cardiac care. breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/cardiovascular-research-video-ai-human-oversight-telemetry-monitoring-services.html

Listen in as Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, discusses the importance of considering innovative approaches for patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery. breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/cardiovascular-research-video-know-about-surgery-afib.html

Anjan Tibrewala, MD, reviews his paper, “Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Change on Waitlist Mortality and Posttransplant Mortality in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.” breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/cardiovascular-research-podcast-impact-heart-transplant-allocation-change.html

In this video, Douglas R. Johnston, MD, interviews Paul C. Cremer, MD, and Mohamed Al-Kazaz, MD, who dive into the details of the Northwestern Medicine Pericardial Disease Program. breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/cardiovascular-clinical-video-behind-bcvi-expertise-in-pericardial-disease-care.html

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Central DuPage Hospital recently expanded their EP left atrial appendage closure program in the west suburbs, performing their first commercial Amulet case on February 7.