Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology near anderson

During the evaluation, you will meet many members of the heart transplant team, including:

• transplant cardiologists,
• transplant surgeons,
• registered nurses,
• pharmacists,
• dietitians, and
• social workers.

You will learn what it’s like to be on the transplant list, the physical risks associated with having a heart transplant, financial considerations, and other concerns. This is an excellent time to ask any questions you have about the process.

You will be assigned a transplant coordinator, a nurse who will be available to support and assist you around the clock with any transplant-related concerns that you have.

We may schedule appointments for you to meet specialists who work in other areas of the medical center. For example, if you have diabetes, you may meet with an endocrinologist. If you have lung issues, you may see a pulmonologist. These specialists can provide information that helps the team decide if a heart transplant is right for you.

Emotional & Financial Considerations

During the evaluation, our social worker will talk with you about the emotional and psychological challenges involved with having a heart transplant. Our goal is to make sure you will have the support you need from others if you are placed on the waiting list.

Our financial coordinator will also ask your health insurance provider to authorize a heart transplant for you in the event you are placed on the waiting list. The insurer will need to review your records and confirm that you meet the criteria for transplantation.

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An advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist cares for people whose heart failure no longer responds to conventional therapies and symptom management. Heart failure specialists perform procedures, manage complex treatments, including ventricular assist devices, and provide advanced heart care for people before and after heart transplant surgery.

A heart failure cardiologist typically:

• Evaluates a patient’s medical and heart history, and explains heart failure and its management to patients and their families
• Performs a physical exam including assessing the heart, lungs, and blood vessels
• Orders and interprets laboratory, imaging and other tests including EKG (electrocardiogram, or ECG), echocardiogram, and cardiac catheterization
• Determines if a patient is a good candidate for a heart transplant or for devices that help the heart pump more effectively
• Prescribes medications and cardiac rehabilitation, performs advanced heart treatments, and manages patients before and after heart transplant
• Treats and monitors conditions that worsen heart disease and heart failure, such as high blood pressure, smoking, and high cholesterol
• Evaluates and manages potential heart donors
• Provides end-of–life care
• Works closely with complex care teams to provide optimal care. Teams include transplant surgeons, transplant coordinators, pharmacists, social workers, psychiatrists, dietitians, specialized nurses, and cardiac rehabilitation specialists.

Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologists may also be known as cardiologists, heart failure specialists, heart failure cardiologists, and heart transplant cardiologists. 

There are 17 specialists practicing Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology in Chicago, IL with an overall average rating of 4.2 stars. There are 17 hospitals near Chicago, IL with affiliated Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology specialists, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Franciscan Health Dyer and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital.

From a 2018 gathering of the St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Women in Cardiology (L to R) Dr. Kathleen Morris (CVD chief fellow), Dr. Mary N. (Minnow) Walsh, Dr. Nancy Branyas, Dr. Emily Ruden, Dr. Ashley Funk, Dr. Elaine Moen, Dr. Julie Fetters, Dr. Hiroko Noda-Heiny, Dr. Kelly Carlson (IC fellow), Dr. Janet Rippy, Dr. Beth Riddell (former AHFTC fellow), Dr. Jennifer Davis (former IC fellow), and Dr. Anna Stone (former CVD chief fellow)

March 2018 – Dr. Mary N. Walsh, American College of Cardiology Presidential Address.

June 2018 – Advanced Heart Failure Rounds

June 2018 – AHFTC Graduation: Drs. Pitts, Baqir Lakhani (Fellow), Schleeter, Walsh, Ravichandran, Chaudhry, Garcia-Cortes, and Patel

June 2018 – Dr. Mary N. Walsh, AHFTC Program Director and Dr. Baqir Lakhani, graduating fellow

August 2019 – Indiana Donor Network 5k. AHFTC Physicians: Rafael Garcia-Cortes, Mary N. Walsh, Jordan Thomas, and Sunit Chaudhry

June 2018 – Ascension St. Vincent - Cardiac Transplant 30th Anniversary

January 2020 – Dr. Andrew Sampson, Interventional Cardiology Faculty, Dr. Kelly Carlson, fellow and Dr. Garcia-Cortes, AHFTC Faculty

National American College of Cardiology Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. (September 2017 – L to R: Dr. Jasen Gilge, Dr. Sunit Chaudhry, Rep. John Lewis, Dr. Mary Walsh, and Dr. Kelly Carlson)

National American College of Cardiology Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. (September 2016 - St. Vincent Heart Center Indpls. delegation in Washington, D.C.)

National American College of Cardiology Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. (September 2016 – L to R: Drs. Tom Schleeter, Kelly Carlson (fellow), Mary N. Walsh, Ed Fry, and Mike Schroyer, CFO, St.Vincent Heart Center)

Graduation Dinner – June 2019
Back Row: Dr. Asim Ahmed, Dr. Aaron Kelkhoff, Dr. Jasen Gilge, Dr. Kelly Carlson, Dr. Ethan Oates, Dr. Kevin Ergle
Front Row: Dr. Brad Clark, Dr. Beth Riddell, Dr. Kathleen Morris, Dr. Kevin Ball, Dr. Jennifer Davis