February 23, 2007

Women's heart health

The Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center launched the MGH's first Women's Heart Health Program Feb. 15 to provide comprehensive, compassionate cardiac care for women of all ages. The program focuses on the full spectrum of care — including prevention, early detection and treatment — in a friendly environment designed especially for women. The efforts to create the program were led by Malissa Wood, MD, an MGH cardiologist, and Jennifer Walker, an MGH cardiac surgeon.

For more information about the Women's Heart Health Program, visit www2.massgeneral.org/womenshearthealth or call 886-MGH-8910.

From left, Tracy Coyle, the program's first patient; Wood; Emebet Ketema, medical assistant; Brenda Carrera-Allen, patient service coordinator; and Nardita Scott, MD, MGH Heart Center cardiologist