Carle Heart Center/Cardiac Surgery

Carle Clinic Associaton, Carle Foundation Hospital

Technology
Cath Lab
Electrophysiology (EP)
Diagnostic Testing
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Education
Chest Pain Emergency Center
Outreach/Visiting Specialists
How Your Heart Works
Heart Center Home

Carle Heart Center, Cardiac, Chest & Vascular Surgery

	Michael V. Colla, MD
	Timothy L. Connelly, MD
	L. Scott Cook, MD, PhD
	Aamir Zakaria, MD

Cardiology

	C. Kenneth Bodine, MD
	Matthew D. Gibb, MD
	Sanjay Mehta, MD
	Reinaldo Sanchez-Torres, MD
	Andrea Brasch, MD
	Malec A. Mokraoui, MD

Cardiology and Electrophysiology

	Farhad Farokhi, DO
	Aung Zaw Min, MD

The Carle Heart Center

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

The Carle Heart Center offers the latest in advanced surgical procedures and techniques. Carle is the only area hospital offering the latest generation of life-saving partial artificial hearts - ventricular assist devices. Carle also offers transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), a revolutionary procedure for coronary artery disease patients suffering from severe angina who are not treatable by conventional coronary revascularization techniques (e.g. bypass surgery and angioplasty). The Carle Heart Center surgical team performs more than 1,100 cases a year including 400 open hearts procedures. Carle Heart Center procedures include:

open heart surgery
valve surgery and coronary bypass
TMR - Transmyocardial revascularization
VAD - ventricular assist devices
lung surgery
carotid surgery
vascular bypass for lower extremities
abdominal aortic surgery and a-v access surgery
amputations
vericose vein stripping and ligation
thorascic outlet syndrome
pacemaker placement
injection of vericos veins

Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital are separate business corporations that work together to provide quality care and services to their patients.

Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital contract with insurance providers separately and may or may not choose to participate in all of the same insurance plans. Patients are urged to check with their insurance carriers as to whether services are covered for either or both organizations.