Aria Health agrees to partner with the Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group

Aria Health announced that it had signed an affiliate partnership agreement with the Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group.

The agreement expands the cardiovascular services and offerings of Aria Health, which is based near Philadelphia and has three community hospitals and a network of outpatient centers.

The Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group includes 20 board-certified cardiologists who work in specialties such as rhythm disorders, coronary artery problems, pumping function and more.

Physicians will treat patients at Aria Health hospitals and at their two current offices in Pennsylvania.

The cardiologists from the Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group are:

  •     Bradley Bacik, DO, FACC
  •     Anthony Brandimarto, DO, FACC
  •     Ronald Emmi, DO, FACC
  •     Jeffery Fierstein, MD, FACC
  •     John Finley, IV, MD, FACC
  •     Peter Frechie, DO, FACC
  •     William Haaz, MD, FACC
  •     Steven Hess, MD, FACC
  •     C. V. Kishan, MD, FACC
  •     Bruno Manno, Jr., MD, FACC
  •     Roger Marinchak, MD, FACC
  •     Steven Mattleman, MD, FACC
  •     Alec Musten, MD, FACC
  •     Scott Pfeffer, DO, FACC
  •     Joseph Richerts, MD, FACC
  •     Alexander Rubin, MD
  •     Robert Schlesinger, MD, FACC
  •     Scott Spielman, MD, FACC
  •     David Waldstein, MD, FACC
  •     Roger Wint, MD, FACC
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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