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There is no time to waste when an individual might be experiencing heart attack symptoms. For the past 27 years, Melrosians and residents of surrounding communities have been coming to MelroseWakefield Hospital (MWH) to receive cardiac services close to home.

Our researchers at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR), including CEVR Director Peter J. Neumann, ScD, frequently contribute their knowledge to a wide range of prestigious, peer-reviewed journals.

We are committed to offering our physician community the most up-to-date resources, tools and education. Please see below for upcoming webinars as well as the most recent presentations on Coding, Telehealth and COVID-19.

After enjoying a day of golf with his friends, Stanley Coolen began experiencing an upset stomach. Stanley is an active, healthy 72-year old from Saugus, MA. According to him, neither he nor his wife, Nicky, had been sick for a day in the nearly 50 years they had been married. But as he approached the clubhouse, he collapsed in cardiac arrest.

To save individuals suffering from a completely blocked heart artery, called a STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) in the medical world, every minute matters.

Salil Midha, MD, Chief of Cardiology at MelroseWakefield Hospital, was recently honored with the Healthcare Excellence award at the New England Choice awards gala in Burlington, MA.

MelroseWakefield Hospital, a local leader in community-based cardiac care, is now using the latest in coronary artery imaging technology in its cardiac catheterization lab. Intravascular ultrasound, known as IVUS, is a catheter-based diagnostic procedure used to view the inside of a coronary artery.

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MelroseWakefield Hospital celebrated the re-opening of the cardiac rehabilitation program.

Boston magazine has released its annual listing of Boston’s Top Doctors and this year’s recognition includes 12 members of the MelroseWakefield Healthcare medical staff among the area’s most respected experts.

At Lowell General Hospital, we are fully committed to the fight against heart disease.

Fifteen doctors representing 14 different specialties recognized.

Tufts Medicine’s speech-language pathologists raise awareness of communication disorders during National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

Twenty-three doctors representing 15 different specialties recognized.

The Department of Radiology at MelroseWakefield Healthcare now offers the latest MRI technology to improve patient comfort and care at its imaging facility at 48 Montvale Ave. in Stoneham.

Lowell General Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Laurence Conway and Ann Garlitski discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

What is heart failure and what causes it?

A physician with a special name shares her family history and her passion for medicine.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but you can reduce your risk.