Awards and Achievements
The University Hospital was named one of the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals
in the nation for the third time, once in 2000, then 2002 and again in 2003
by Solucient, a leading health care information content company. As one
of the 100
Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, The University Hospital:
- has better clinical outcomes in terms of mortality and complications
- has lower costs.
- maintains shorter lengths of stay.
- is technologically and clinically advanced in the
usage of stents and internal mammary artery grafts.
In addition, The University Hospital received a Mercury Award in October
1998, recognizing the hospital’s cardiology program as one of the
top three in Greater Cincinnati. This study comparing 15 hospitals in Greater
Cincinnati was conducted by HCIA.
October 2007
United Healthcare designated University Hospital as a Premium Cardiac Specialty Center.
February 2007
UH was one of the first sites in the United States to enroll patients
into the Baxter Stem Cell Trial, a study to evaluate the effect of auto
stem cells (stem cells taken directly from the recipient) when injected
into areas of the heart muscle with severely compromised blood supply.
The purpose of the injections is to grow new blood vessels in areas where
blood and oxygen are lacking and therefore improve heart function.
June 2006
The University Hospital receives a leadership award for clinical excellence
from VHA, Inc. University Hospital is one of 86 VHA member hospitals
nationwide to receive its 2006 Leadership Award for excellence in cardiac
care. more > >
December 2005
University Hospital celebrates its heart transplant
program's 20th anniversary. more >>
November 2005
University Hospital named among 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the
nation by Solucient, a leading health care information content company.
more >>
October 2005
University Hospital Echocardiography and Vascular Labs receive national
accreditation. The re-accreditations recognize University Hospital
for its commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality
testing for the diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease and cardiovascular
disease. more >>
July 2005
University Hospital becomes the first in the area to utilize the Endocardial
Solutions 3-D mapping system that aides physicians in electronically
locating and marking irritable electrical conduction pathway origins
in the heart. With this device, ablation techniques can be incorporated
to effectively eliminate certain abnormal heart rhythms.
March 2005
University Hospital is named a UnitedHealth Premium Cardiac Specialty
Center. The UnitedHealth Premium cardiac specialty centers program
identifies hospitals nationwide that are leaders in providing cardiac
care. more >>
January 2004
Good Housekeeping Magazine named University Hospital's Heart Failure & Transplant
Center one of the top 44 cardiac centers in the U.S. for women. more
>>
November 2003
University Hospital enrolled the first patient in the United States into
the Angiogesis Trial, a study to evaluate the effect of human fibroblast
growth factor on coronary artery disease. more > >
October 2003
Named by Solucient as on of the 100 Top Heart Hospitals in the U.S. more
>>
October 2002
University Hospital is again named a 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospital
for the third time. more >>
July 2002
Walter Merrill, MD is appointed chief of cadiothoracic surgery at the
UC College of Medicine, department of surgery.
May 2001
The Health Alliance installs the nation’s largest cardiovascular information
system at University Hospital. The state-of-the-art digital system, VERICIS
Cardiology Integrated Cardiovascular Repository, has the ability to display
test results from both cardiac catheterization labs and echo labs simultaneously.
more >>
February 2001
University Hospital physicians take part in a new clinical study known
as the COMPANION program. This study evaluates new treatment options
for patients with heart failure, including new drugs and the use of implanted
Guidant medical devices to resynchronize the heart’s contractions.
more >>
September 2000
Physicians at The University Hospital become the first in the region
to implant the Guidant Contak pacemaker device in a patient to treat
heart failure. more >>
August 2000
A University Hospital vascular surgeon performs the region’s first
endograft stent graft repair of a thoracic aortic traumatic rupture.
University Hospital becomes one of only five places in the world where
this surgery is performed. more >>
March 2000
The region’s first portable HeartMate left ventricular assist system
(LVAS) is successfully implanted by physicians at The University Hospital.
March 1999 and 2000
The University Hospital is ranked among the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals
in the nation by the HCIA, a leading health care information content
company.
February 2000
University Hospital is the only hospital in the area to participate in
the INSYNC ICD Clinical Trial, which allowed us to implant biventricular
defibrillators in patients.
January 2000
The region’s first portable HeartMate left-ventricular assist system
was implanted in a patient at University Hospital.
July 1999
University Hospital became the first hospital in the Tri-state to use
the BioZ.com system, a non-invasive device used to diagnose and treat
congestive heart failure patients by accurately measuring cardiac output.
November 1998
Physicians at University Hospital are the first in the nation to successfully
implant a bi-ventricular pacemaker developed specifically for the treatment
of heart failure.
October 1998
University Hospital receives a Mercury Award recognizing the hospital’s
cardiology program as one of the best in Greater Cincinnati.
October 1998
The University Hospital begins performing off-pump coronary arterial
bypass (OPCAB) procedures. Unlike traditional bypass surgery, this revolutionary
procedure is performed on a beating heart.
October 1996
The region’s first successful HeartMate implantable left-ventricular
assist device operation is performed.
November 1988
University Hospital physicians were the first in the region to implant
the experimental Novacor cardiac assist device.
November 1987
University Hospital physicians were the first in the region to implant
Thoratec, an experimental cardiac assist device.
February 1986
The longest living heart transplant recipient to date received his transplant
at University Hospital.
December 1985
The region’s first adult heart transplant was performed at University
Hospital.
