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The Beat Goes On , Rosalie Johnson Apr, 2017 Physicians: Dilip Arora, MD; Dave Chalupa, PA; Mark Smalley, DO
"I’ve never been so scared in my life."
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A Community of Caregivers, Kurt Frey Jan, 2017 Physicians: Abhimanyu Beri, MD; Robert Allen, MD
Everyone was so professional and caring.
A Fighting Chance, Daniel Bledsaw Oct, 2016 Physicians: Samuel Durham, MD
I am so thankful there was a high quality hospital close to where my accident took place.
Nothing Short of a Miracle, Rahel Schafer Sep, 2016 Physicians: Justin Sybesma, MD; Samuel Durham, MD
The care she received was very thorough and her physicians were honest with us about what was going on.
A Heart in Our Hands, Karl Bayer May, 2016 Physicians: Don Brooks, MD; Yu Lam C. Chiu, MD; Kourosh Baghelai, MD
The staff makes you feel like they genuinely care for you – and they do.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter, Robert Carnes Mar, 2016 Physicians: Jerome Kuhnlein, MD; Samuel Durham, MD
I don't know how to say thank you enough.
A Matter of the Heart : Cardiac Procedure Changes Patient’s Life, Trudy Schalm Jan, 2016 Physicians: Abhimanyu Beri, MD
The Miracle of a Heartbeat, James and Susan Thompson Aug, 2015 Physicians: Christopher Trigger, MD; Polya Baghelai, MD; Kourosh Baghelai, MD; Troy Teagardin, PA
James Thompson had been feeling ill for several days. When he arrived in the Emergency Room after suddenly losing consciousness, doctors discovered an aortic dissection and had to act quickly to perform life-saving surgery.
Songs from the Heart — Patient Thanks Heart Center Nurse with Singing Telegram, Bill Ropp May, 2015 Physicians: Ishwara Bhat, MD
Bill Ropp treated Tracy McKay, RN, to a singing valentine by a barbershop quartet to thank her for the compassionate care she provided to him over the past seven years at Lakeland’s Heart Center.
Fruit Farmer Calls Cardiac Care an Eye-Opening Experieince, Greg Prillwitz Jan, 2015 Physicians: Jerome Kuhnlein, MD; Kourosh Baghelai, MD
My wife said by the time she parked and was in the hospital, they were already working on me.