Featured Story Johns Hopkins Appoints New Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Bret Mettler will serve as the new director of pediatric cardiac surgery and as co-director of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.
Bret Mettler will serve as the new director of pediatric cardiac surgery and as co-director of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.
New studies led by Johns Hopkins surgeons and researchers show numerous examples of surgical overtreatment for a number of conditions.
The program saw a record year in 2019, with a new system helping patients receive hearts sooner and greater use of implanted devices to temporarily support heart function.
The Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute is pleased to welcome, clockwise from left, preventive cardiologist Stacey Schott, cardiologist Ari Cedars, cardiac surgeon Hamza Aziz, pediatric cardiac surgeon Danielle Gottlieb Sen, and cardiac surgeon Fayyaz Hashmi.
Nationally, over 20% of patients hospitalized for heart failure find themselves readmitted to a hospital within 30 days. For patients seen after hospital discharge at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Heart Failure Bridge Clinic, however, that readmission rate ranges between 9% and 12%, says medical director Nisha Gilotra.