From left: Ramesh M. Gowda, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine (Cardiology); John T. Fox, MD, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; John D. Puskas, MD, Professor and Site Chair, Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Blase Carabello, MD, Chair of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Sam Hanon, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine (Cardiology); Susan C. Somerville, RN, President, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Beth A. Oliver, DNP, RN, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Mount Sinai Heart; Merle Nazares, RN, Director of Invasive Cardiology; and Maureen Rorke, RN, Director of Nursing (Cardiology), Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
Physicians and staff at Mount Sinai Beth Israel recently celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Cardiac Catheterization Procedure Room located on the eleventh floor of the Dazian Building. The facility houses a state-of-the-art Philips AlluraClarity high-definition X-ray system with advanced software that improves image quality while significantly reducing X-ray exposure. The new X-ray system enhances the physician’s ability to diagnose patients quickly and to efficiently perform complex coronary and peripheral procedures, including stent implants, valvuloplasties, balloon angioplasties, carotid artery stenting, and thrombectomie