Health system now offers comprehensive cardiology care at rural Missouri location

Saint Francis Healthcare System based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, now offers cardiology care at their Piedmont location, reports the Reynolds Country Courier.

Joseph C. Dwyer, MD, a cardiologist at Cape Cardiology Group in Cape Girardeau, will be the onsite physician at the location. He is certified in cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

In case patients present extreme conditions, Saint Francis has a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic’s Heart & Vascular Institute.

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