Cardiovascular Care Program Overview

Mount Sinai Medical Center is home to the Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Florida’s premier cardiovascular program. Backed by Columbia University, our program offers patients access to the only Ivy League-affiliated cardiovascular program in South Florida. We use a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, which means we bring together cardiac experts from multiple sub-specialties, such as surgery, electrophysiology, clinical and interventional cardiology, rehabilitation medicine, and vascular surgery. Each specialist brings his or her expertise to ensure patients receive a holistic approach to their care – informed by different perspectives and expertise from different areas of cardiology.

In addition, the Mount Sinai Heart Institute offers patients access to the latest innovations in cardiac care, including breakthrough research and participation in clinical trials.

We Are The Region’s Leader in Cardiovascular Care

• The most cardiac surgery procedures performed in South Florida over the past 10 years*
• The most cardiac valve procedures performed in South Florida over the past 10 years*
• Mount Sinai surgeons perform more heart procedures than any other hospital in Miami-Dade County, and they are the region’s most experienced in minimally invasive heart surgery.
• Mount Sinai is the only hospital in South Florida offering robotic, minimally invasive heart surgery.
• The Harvey R. Chaplin Family Stroke & Chest Pain Center has earned the designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, making it one of two hospitals in Miami-Dade County and one of just 16 in the state of Florida to receive the designation.
• Mount Sinai performed the region’s first open-heart surgery in 1964 and continues to be a leader in cardiovascular care in South Florida and beyond.

Experts in More Than Heart Surgery

• Mount Sinai’s cardiovascular team includes physicians who are experts at performing a high volume of diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, as well as catheter-based procedures to treat heart disease.
• The William E. & Molly Ford Electrophysiology program brings together experts from multiple cardiovascular sub-specialties to treat common and complex heart rhythm disorders, including the use of implanted pacemakers and internal defibrillators.
• Patients from around the region, Latin America, and the Caribbean come to Mount Sinai for second opinion consults, including advanced diagnostics to precisely understand the nature and cause of their heart disease.

Education and Research

As one of South Florida’s original statutory teaching hospitals, Mount Sinai prides itself on teaching and developing the next generation of highly skilled physicians and surgeons. Physicians and residents participating in our program offer patients access to the newest advances in treatments and technologies. In addition, we attract leading faculty from throughout the United States and beyond, as well as medical residents and fellows who have demonstrated outstanding performance in their training. Together, our medical team continually pushes the boundaries of science to deliver the highest quality patient care.

 *AHCA- Y-END 2013 – 3QTR 2022 -SOUTH FLORIDA