There are more than 300 reasons to choose Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute at Baptist Hospital --- our 300-member medical and professional staff. More than 100 physicians have met the rigorous standards of Baptist Hospital and Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute to become Institute physicians. Active member physicians are Board-certified in their specialty. They have also met stringent requirements for ongoing medical education, training and performance. They represent a variety of specialties, including:
Principal Specialties
Clinical Cardiology
Cardiac Surgery
Interventional Cardiology
Interventional Neuroradiology
Interventional Radiology
Neurology
Vascular Surgery
Ancillary Specialties
Cardiac Nuclear Medicine
Cardiac Radiology
Critical Care Medicine
Diagnostic Radiology
Endocrinology
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurosurgery
Pediatrics
Pulmonary Medicine
Urology
Caring for those who come to Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute are more than 200 nurses, technologists, social workers, nutritionists and other support staff. Each member of the staff has received the cardiovascular training necessary to provide the quality of health care expected from Baptist Hospital.
A Commitment to Research
The Institute's medical staff is actively involved in various federally approved research studies to find better, more cost-effective ways of diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease. Clinical research into the use of intra-vascular stents, percutaneous portosystemic shunts and, more recently, stent-grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms has made advanced treatments available to patients in South Florida.
In addition, Institute physicians are committed to sharing their clinical and surgical knowledge with their colleagues, contributing to major medical publications. Journals in which our physicians have been published include Archives of Surgery, Circulation, Clinical Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Investigative Radiology, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Journal of Vascular Surgery.
For more information about Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute and its staff, please send an E-mail to bcvi@baptisthealth.net.