Our Team Is All Heart

The exceptional, award-winning team in CMC’s Cardiac Care Unit will pull at your heart strings in more ways than one. Not only are our surgeons and cardiologists the most dedicated you will find, they have one of the highest success rates in the country for complex procedures. According to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, for the fourth year in a row, CMC’s outcomes in open-heart surgery were better than expected. “The hospital has seen positive outcomes since the inception of our program,” points out Dr. Russell Stahl , chief of cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Stahl helped lead a team of surgeons at CMC to arguably one of the hospital’s most successful years, going over twelve months without a mortality despite some complex procedures. “That’s a huge milestone and it’s a testament to the team we have,” Dr. Stahl says.Staying local is the way to go, he adds. “CMC results regularly surpass many providers in our area, as well as some top academic centers in Pennsylvania,” he explains. “Year after year, CMC has demonstrated better than expected outcomes in every category, a level of consistency unmatched by other heart programs in NEPA.”