As Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Center, I take pride in the high quality heart care our team delivers. With our team's decorated credentials and from a lot of hard work, we are proud to have won the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Annual Performance Award four years in a row.

We venture to grow. In fact, this year we plan to double the size of our heart center with a $1.9 million expansion project to include a new state-of-the-art cardiac camera. And as always we pride ourselves in providing care in a compassionate and welcoming environment. 

Visit us for all your preventative care, check-ups, diagnosis, treatments, and rehabilitation needs. Please contact us to set up an appointment or to learn more at (660) 269-3281.

Specific Services Available:

Cardiac Ultrasound

A test that uses sound waves to examine and take pictures of the heart. It is a safe and painless procedure that helps doctors diagnose a variety of heart problems.

Stress Testing

Used to measure the heart's tolerance for exercise and to detect various forms of heart disease. The most common type of exercise stress test combines some form of mild exercise with an (EKG) to measure the heart's activity both at rest and while working.

Heart Failure Infusion Therapy

Intravenous drug therapy works to increase the force of the contraction of your heart. This helps to increase the amount of blood that goes to other major organs and systems of the body.

Vascular Ultrasound

A safe and painless test using sound waves to look at different parts of the body such as the heart, carotid arteries, and veins.

Pacemaker Insertion

A small device that sends electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate and rhythm. It is implanted just under the skin of the chest during a minor surgical procedure.

Diagnostic Coronary Angiography

A procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the heart.

Diagnostic Peripheral Angiography

A procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the arteries in any of the extremities (hands, arms, feet and legs).

Peripheral Intervention

A procedure to open the blocked arteries in any extremity.

Cardioversion

When a machine called a defibrillator gives a short electric shock to the heart. This shock is given at a certain time during the heartbeat to help it return to normal.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

A test that measures the electrical signals that control the rhythm of the heart.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

A supervised program that includes exercise, lifestyle changes, education, and emotional support for people who have had a heart attack, bypass surgery, or have other heart problems.