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Okyanos Heart Institute News
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March 07, 2013
Okyanos Heart Institute Sponsors Stem Cell Resource Center on The American Journal of Cardiology Website
CEO Matt Feshbach announces an educational resource center launch for healthcare professionals on The American Journal of Cardiology (AJC) website. The resource center provides current research in the field of stem cell therapy for heart disease.
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February 27, 2013
Okyanos Heart Institute’s Chief Medical Officer To Speak On Panel At American College of Cardiology’s Scientific Session
Okyanos Heart Institute announces that Chief Medical Officer Howard Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI will speak at The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) 13th Annual Scientific Session.
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February 22, 2013
Okyanos Heart Institute’s Chief Medical Officer To Chair Panel At American College of Cardiology’s Scientific Session
Okyanos Heart Institute announces that Chief Medical Officer and interventional cardiologist Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI will speak at The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) 13th Annual Scientific Session.
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February 20, 2013
Okyanos Heart Institute’s Chief Medical Officer To Speak At American College Of Cardiology Seminar In Florida
Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI will speak at The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) Florida Chapter Conference. Dr. Walpole will discuss “Cardiovascular Practice in Florida: Survive or Thrive”.
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February 12, 2013
Okyanos Heart Institute’s Chief Medical Officer To Chair Panel At American College of Cardiology’s Scientific Session
Okyanos Heart Institute’s Chief Medical Officer and interventional cardiologist Dr. Howard Walpole will chair a panel to teach cardiologists in leadership roles at the ACC’s 13th Annual Scientific Session.
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October 30, 2012
Matthew Feshbach to Address Atlantic’s Science and Technology Summit
Matthew Feshbach, Chairman and CEO of Okyanos Heart Institute will speak during The Atlantic’s “Big Science Summit: Science and Technology Experts on the Future of Innovation” on Tuesday, October 30.
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October 10, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Chief Executive Officer To Speak At The Strategic Forum Meeting
Okyanos Heart Institute announces that Matt Feshbach, CEO, will serve as a guest speaker at The Strategic Forum meeting on Friday, Oct. 26.
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October 03, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Chief Medical Officer Presents To Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting
Dr. Walpole will give two presentations: “The Cardiovascular (CV) Service Line: Patients, Products and Referrals” and “The Physician Executive: Do I Need an MBA or Not?”
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September 27, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Chief Medical Officer Co-Authors American College Of Cardiology White Paper
Focusing on cardiovascular (CV) collaborative service lines, a concept that is becoming increasingly important in a competitive healthcare environment, the white paper outlines tips for developing and managing a successful CV service line system.
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September 19, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute To Participate In American College Of Cardiology Legislative Conference
Dr. Howard T. Walpole, Chief Medical Officer at Okyanos Heart Institute served as a panelist to provide insight on working with congressional leaders for improvements in cardiovascular health.
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September 10, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Chief Medical Officer Presents To Vanderbilt University Cardiology Fellows
Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI, FSCAI, presented at the Vanderbilt University Transition To Practice meeting on Aug. 14. A former Vanderbilt University medical resident and intern himself, Dr. Walpole shared his expert opinion on the outlook of current cardiology practices
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August 23, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Provides Sponsorship To The Grand Bahama Sailing Club
Matt Feshbach, CEO of Okyanos Heart Institute has announced the donation of 10 sponsorships for children to attend a two-week session of summer sailing camp offered by the Grand Bahama Sailing Club, a nonprofit sailing organization.
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August 14, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Announces August Seminar To Discuss Coronary Artery Disease
Okyanos Heart Institute will host two free educational seminar led by Dr. Howard Walpole to provide information about cardiac cell therapy treatment for coronary artery disease. The seminars will be held in Jacksonville, Fl on August 29 and 30.
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August 09, 2012
Leslie Miller, M.D., Joins Okyanos Heart Institute Medical Advisory Council
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced the expansion of its medical advisory council with the addition of Leslie Miller, M.D., FACC.
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July 27, 2012
Eric Duckers, M.D. Joins Okyanos Heart Institute Medical Advisory Council
Dr. Duckers, Head of Molecular Cardiology Laboratory at the Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, joins the Okyanos Heart Institute Medical Advisory Council to contribute expertise on cell and molecular cardiovascular biology
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July 19, 2012
Farrell Mendelsohn, M.D., FACC Joins Okyanos Heart Institute Medical Advisory Council
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced the expansion of its medical advisory council with the addition of Farrell Mendelsohn, M.D., FACC. The Okyanos Medical Advisory Council serves as a leadership council and to assist Okyanos Heart Institute in providing the highest standard of care to patients
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July 10, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Announces July Seminar to Discuss Coronary Artery Disease
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that it will host a free educational seminar led by Chief Medical Officer Howard Walpole, on cardiac cell therapy and the potential benefits for individuals facing coronary artery disease.
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June 14, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Hosts June Seminars To Discuss Congestive Heart Failure
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that it will host a free educational seminar led by Chief Medical Officer Howard Walpole Jr. In the seminar, Dr. Walpole will discuss the role of adult stem cell therapy and its potential benefits for people with CAD in danger of congestive heart failure.
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June 05, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute CEO Presents At Global Connected Care Conference
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that Matt Feshbach, CEO and co-founder, recently presented at the 2012 Global Connected Care Conference and 3rd MediTour Expo in Las Vegas. Speaking in a presentation titled, “The Okyanos Story: Building a Global Care Facility with Stem Cell Research,” Feshbach presented to global healthcare professionals at the two-day international conference.
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May 23, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Names Erika Mangrum Senior Vice President of Marketing
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that Erika Mangrum will serve as the senior vice president of marketing. In this role, Mangrum will manage patient and physician communication, direct educational seminars and act as the facility’s media liaison in an effort to expand awareness of the innovative treatment opportunities that are available through adult stem cell therapy for patients fighting coronary artery disease.
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May 10, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Names Manuel Vianna as COO
FREEPORT, Bahamas – Okyanos Heart Institute (http://www.okyanos.com/), which brings a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with “no-option” coronary artery disease (CAD) via cardiac stem cell therapy, has announced that co-founder Manuel Vianna will serve as chief operating officer. As COO, Vianna will report to the chief executive officer ...
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May 02, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Announces Facility Groundbreaking
Okyanos Heart Institute, which brings a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with “no-option” coronary artery disease (CAD) via cardiac stem cell therapy, has announced its facility groundbreaking on its campus located at the First Commercial Centre, East Mall Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island.
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April 25, 2012
Gretchen Dezelick Joins Okyanos Heart Institute As Director Of Nursing
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced Gretchen Dezelick, RN, BSN, CNOR, LHCRM, has been hired as director of nursing for the institute. In this position, Dezelick will serve as the most senior nurse, overseeing the care delivery for all patients, and will represent the nursing team as a member of the senior leadership team.
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April 03, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Interventional Cardiologist Elected To American College Of Cardiology Board
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI, was elected to the board of trustees for the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Dr. Walpole is chief medical officer and interventional cardiologist at Okyanos Heart Institute, a Center of Excellence (CoE) adhering to U.S. surgical center standards and located in Freeport, The Bahamas.
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March 19, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute CMO Presents About Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., will address several sessions of The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC's) 61st Annual Scientific Session & Expo held from Saturday, March 24 to Tuesday, March 27 at McCormick Place Convention Center, located at 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
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March 09, 2012
Okyanos Heart Institute Names Dr. Howard Walpole As Chief Medical Officer
Okyanos Heart Institute has announced that Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI, will serve as the organization’s Chief Medical Officer and Interventional Cardiologist. Walpole is a prominent cardiologist in the United States who in his 25 years of practice as a patient-centric physician has completed approximately 5,000 catheter-based interventions and 12,000 diagnostic catheterizations, as well as myocardial biopsies.
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November 14, 2011
CBS News: Stem Cells Help Regenerate Damaged Heart
CBS News recently reported that there is remarkable new evidence that stem cells can repair a damaged heart and the early goings suggest it is a powerful effect. The findings were presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association on Monday, but CBS News has been following this therapy for two years.
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July 07, 2011
ABC News: Stem Cell Shots Into the Heart Could Stave Off Chest Pain
Diane Sawyer recently did a segment on ABC World News discussing how stem cell therapy is being used to stave off chest pain. The procedure involved giving a patient a drug that stimulates bone marrow to make more stem cells, then harvesting those cells from the patient's own body and injecting them into and around the damaged areas of the heart.
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