Institute
Heart and Vascular
The Heart and Vascular Insititute is committed to enhancing the quality of life through improved heart and vascular health, the professional preparation of those who will serve the cardiovascular health needs of others, and innovation and discovery of knowledge that will benefit all.
Since its founding in 2005, the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute has set the national standard for comprehensive heart and vascular care, research, and medical education. Building on our rich history of pioneering research in heart pumps and artificial heart development, our dedicated faculty and staff continue to innovate, developing new medical and surgical interventions aimed at saving lives.With over 65 clinical and basic science faculty members, the Heart and Vascular Institute provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary clinical services across eight subspecialties. Our mission extends beyond patient care; we are committed to educating the next generation of cardiovascular physicians and conducting cutting-edge basic, translational, and clinical research. We offer a complete spectrum of clinical services for hereditary and acquired cardiovascular diseases, ranging from preventative cardiology to therapies for advanced heart failure and complex aortic and vascular disease. Our nationally recognized heart failure, transplant, and artificial heart programs underscore our commitment to excellence.
Our esteemed faculty includes general and diagnostic cardiologists, adult congenital heart disease specialists, interventional and structural heart cardiologists, electrophysiologists, heart failure cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular and endovascular surgeons, cardiovascular intensivists and basic scientists. We provide both outpatient and inpatient treatment, diagnostics, and screening services across the region, and we are proud to be the sole heart transplant center in central Pennsylvania.
We invite you to explore our institute and learn more about how we are advancing the field of cardiovascular medicine and surgery and improving patient outcomes.
Behzad Soleimani, MA, MB, BChir, MD, MRCP(UK), FRCS(C-Th)
William S. Pierce, MD Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery
Director, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute
Who We Are and What We Do
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Clinical Care
The Heart and Vascular Institute is located on the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus and offers advanced cardiac and vascular diagnostic and treatment services to communities throughout central Pennsylvania.
More than 65 faculty members deliver high-quality clinical services ranging from preventative cardiology to heart replacement therapies for advanced heart failure.
The institute offers the region’s only heart transplant program, Joint Commission-accredited programs in advanced heart failure, ventricular assist devices, complex valvular, aortic, coronary and peripheral arterial disease and options for treating structural heart disease, including TAVR, Watchman and MitraClip.
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Affiliations
Department of Radiology
Penn State Cancer Institute
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Organ transplant program
Department of Public Health Services
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vascular Surgery
Surgical oncology
Orthopedic oncology
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Spine surgery
Trauma surgery
Neurology stroke service
Orthopedic surgery
Interventional radiology
Cardiac Surgery
Affiliations with Department of Surgery:
Solid organ transplant division
Artificial organs division
Thoracic surgery division
Surgical oncology division
ICU collaboration
Perfusion
Nephrology
Infectious diseases
Emergency general surgery
Thoracic surgery
Interventional pulmonology
MICU pulmonology
Palliative care
Hospice services
Social work
Hematology