The state-of-the-art sports medicine and orthopedic center’s services include cardiology sports medicine. The center will offer athlete examinations to identify symptoms that could be concerning for heart disease.
Cardiac surgery for
high school students
Storm Floten, M.D., performed a live valve replacement as Albert Starr, M.D., explained the surgery to students in this Heart Watch event.
Ask the heart doc: a video Q&A
“Is it OK to drink diet soda?” Cardiologist James Beckerman, M.D., answers this and other reader questions about heart health and “The Flex Diet” in a series of videos produced by Providence Heart and Vascular Institute.
Heart and vascular lectures
Providence physicians speak about disease risk, prevention and management at community forums around the Portland area.
Portland Monthly features Providence “top docs”
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute specialists were voted the best by their peers for 2011. Congratulations to:
Cardiologists Douglas Dawley, M.D., Suzanne Hall, M.D., Steven Reinhart, M.D., Craig Walsh, M.D., Geoffrey Wilson, M.D., Michael Wilson, M.D., and Lisa Yao, M.D.; electrophysiologists Ashkan Babaie, M.D., and S. Anthony Garvey, M.D.; interventional cardiologists Todd Caulfield, M.D., Bradley Evans, M.D., and Richard Sohn, M.D.; thoracic surgeons E. Charles Douville, M.D., John Handy Jr., M.D., and Gary Ott, M.D.
Heart and vascular institute experts in the media
Providence Portland Medical Center’s Bradley Evans, M.D., appeared on KXL radio to talk about the population’s growing risk of heart disease. Dr. Evans offered advice on diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes.
Todd Caulfield, M.D., was interviewed by KOIN Local 6 following the death of a high school wrestler who had undetected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Caulfield discussed the benefits of ECG screenings for athletes. He is a cardiologist with Providence St. Vincent Heart Clinic-Cardiology.
Douglas Dawley, M.D., a cardiologist with Providence Portland Medical Center, was included in a KGW-TV segment about birch bark, which is touted as a possible natural remedy for high cholesterol. Dr. Dawley noted that birch bark’s effectiveness has not been tested in clinical trials.
Emilia Arden, M.D., explained to KPTV how women often fail to recognize symptoms of heart disease (Top Stories, scroll to “Heart Disease, No. 1 Killer of American Women”). Dr. Arden, a cardiologist with Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Northwest Cardiologists, was treating a female patient who had a heart attack at age 48.
Jody Welborn, M.D., appeared on KOIN-TV to discuss how to maintain a healthy heart. Dr. Welborn, a cardiologist with Providence Portland Heart Clinic at The Oregon Clinic-Gateway, explained the important numbers that people need to monitor.
