Welcome to the Center for Heart & Vascular Services. Check out the patient testimonial below.
Saint Vincent Hospital performed the first Open-Heart Surgery in the City of Worcester in 1959 and today we continue our legacy of success in cardiac care.
Our goal is to provide the most appropriate treatment in a caring environment and return patients to their families, friends, and jobs with renewed vigor. To reach this goal, our program provides comprehensive care at the forefront of Heart & Vascular disease which includes prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services. With a staff of over 20 cardiologists our physicians perform a wide variety of both invasive and non-invasive procedures including ablations, angioplasty, catherizations, echocardiography, electrophysiology, implantable cardioverter defibrillation, pacemaker implants, stent implants, transesophageal echocardiography, etc., to name a few.
In addition, under the leadership of Robert Bojar, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Division of Cardiac Surgery has been a leader in providing the highest quality care for patients requiring open-heart surgery and has ranked among the best in operative outcomes in Massachusetts over the past decade.
Our specialized nurses, physician assistants, perfusionists, rehabilitation specialists and various medical support personnel will work with a patient’s primary care physician to develop a treatment program specific for each patient. We never lose sight of our primary goal: to provide our patients and their families with high-quality care in a compassionate environment.
Patient Testimonial
"Saint Vincent Hospital Treats You Like Royalty" The apprehension of going through a medical procedure is sometimes scary. As I entered the Atrium, a calming effect over came me. The music. The soft sounds of the water fall. Everyone I encountered SMILED. This is a hospital? How calming an effect is that? The staff treated me like royalty. I was looked upon as a person, not a number. And everything ran like clockwork. There didn't seem to be any down time from registering to pre-screening, to my actual appointments and procedures. Even when I was in-between tests and waiting, someone would come over to ask if everything was ok and if I was being attended too. "For someone who has worked in the heart-health field and has had various heart-related procedures performed at other medical facilities, this was by far and away my most satisfying experience." To say I was treated as if I was the only patient they had is an understatement. I was treated with the utmost respect and dignity. Everyone was there for me. Bruce Chansky, Center for Heart & Vascular Services Patient
left to right - Cardiologist Joshua Greenberg, M.D., Bruce Chansky and Cardiologist Joseph Benotti, M.D.
Latest News
Saint Vincent Hospital's Heart Team Named in the Nation's Top 50 by Thomson Reuters
Criteria for Top 50 Ranking
Last year in the U.S. 97 percent of cardiovascular inpatients survived and approximately 96 percent remained complication-free, reflecting improved cardiovascular care across-the-board. The 50 top hospitals' performance surpasses these high-water marks as indicated by:
- Better risk-adjusted survival rates (23 percent fewer deaths than non-winning hospitals for bypass surgery patients).
- Lower complications indices (40 percent lower rate of heart failure complications).
- Fewer patients readmitted to the hospital after 30 days.
- Shorter hospital visits and lower costs. Top hospitals discharge bypass patients nearly a full day sooner and spend $4,200 less per bypass case than non-winners.
- Increased use of internal mammary artery (IMA) for coronary artery bypass surgeries. Top hospitals have increased their use of this recommended procedure from 88 to 96 percent.
Thomson Reuters researchers analyzed 2009 and 2010 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, Medicare cost reports, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare data. They scored hospitals in key performance areas: risk-adjusted mortality, risk-adjusted complications, core measures (a group of measures that assess process of care), percentage of coronary bypass patients with internal mammary artery use, 30-day mortality rates, 30-day readmission rates, severity-adjusted average length of stay, and wage- and severity-adjusted average cost.
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