Loyola Cardiothoracic Surgeons Now at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

The same cardiothoracic and cardiovascular (CV) surgeons on staff and caring for patients at Loyola University Medical Center are the same CV surgeons now on staff and caring for patients at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of Loyola University Health System.

“Loyola cardiothoracic surgery is consistently rated among the top centers nationally and we are pleased to bring our services to the already high level of heart care at Gottlieb, Loyola’s community hospital,” says R. Anthony Perez-Tamayo, MD, PhD, residency program director, CV Surgery. “Loyola and Gottlieb have successfully partnered together on patient care and this is a further extension of our unity within Trinity Health.”

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Dr. Perez-Tamayo is joined at Gottlieb by Loyola cardiothoracic surgeons: Mamdouh Bakhos, MD, department chair, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and surgical director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation; Jeffrey Schwartz, MD, surgical director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Devices, surgical director, Lung Transplant; Ed McGee, MD, medical director, Heart Transplant and Assist Devices and Marcelo DaSilva, MD, division director, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery.

“Having Loyola cardiothoracic surgeons on our campus helps us to address the needs of our patients and our community,” says Lori Price, president, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. “Loyola cardiac surgeons consistently rank among the best and we are pleased to have them at Gottlieb.”

Loyola’s Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine offers comprehensive heart and vascular care with nationally known experts, leading-edge technologies and multidisciplinary teams. Loyola is the first hospital in Illinois, and one of few hospitals in the nation, to staff a Heart Attack Rapid Response Team (HARRT) — a team of board-certified, highly experienced interventional cardiologists, nurses and technicians, who are on staff 24-hours a day, seven days a week. This team allows Loyola to provide life-saving emergency treatment to heart attack patients immediately upon arrival at the hospital.

U.S. News & World Report ranked Loyola 29th in the nation for cardiology and heart surgery in 2014-2015. Loyola has the only Chicago-area cardiology program nationally ranked for 12 straight years.

The American College of Cardiology honored Loyola with its Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2014. Loyola is one of only 256 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Loyola’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. It signifies that Loyola has reached an aggressively high standard in treating these patients under the guidelines and recommendations of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

To make an appointment with a Loyola cardiothoracic surgeon at Gottlieb, call (708) 538-6430.