Becker's Healthcare April 15, 2024
New technological developments in the cardiology field have increased collaboration to improve patient care, according to one cardiac surgeon.
Frank Fazzalari, MD, who is the chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Troy (Mich.) Beaumont Hospital, recently connected with Becker’s on the state of the cardiac surgical and cardiology fields.
Note: Responses were lightly edited for clarity and length.
Question: What are the biggest challenges facing the cardiology and/or cardiac surgery field?
Dr. Frank Fazzalari: A lot of cardiac surgeons now are hospital-affiliated, with the majority of them probably as part of a hospital-employed medical group. That has happened over the past 15 years or so, which has led to there being very little purely private practice cardiac surgical groups...
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