Why Cardiology Specialists?

A diagnosis of heart or vascular disease can be life-changing and frightening for a patient, and the evaluation usually begins with the thorough and diligent care that you, his or her trusted primary care doctor, provide. When you determine that your patient requires the guidance of a skilled cardiologist to provide the most effective and expert cardiac health care and communication possible, you want to be sure that you’re referring to the best. As your patient’s cardiologist, we will evaluate his or her symptoms, review the medical history, perform a thorough examination and may then recommend various tests for a more definitive diagnosis. Once we’ve arrived at the diagnosis, we will then determine how best to
manage the condition or conditions identified, skillfully using medications and other available treatments. If Dr. O’Brien, Dr. Kam or Dr. Schwartz decide that your patient needs
a procedure or surgery, they will refer to an interventional cardiologist, electrophysiologist or cardiovascular surgeon as needed. Your patient always remains under the watchful care of our physicians even when more advanced treatment is required from other cardiovascular specialists. Throughout your patient’s entire evaluation and treatment program as well as during all careful follow up, we will send you letters and summaries of the patient’s care immediately after each visit. Our goals are to provide your patient with the very best care available anywhere and to develop and maintain trusting relationships with you, within the medical community locally and with regional and national centers of excellence.

• Our physicians are Board Certified in Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Imaging (RPVI registry) and Internal Medicine
• Our philosophy puts you at the center – we practice personalized care
• You will meet and continue to be followed by your Cardiology Specialists cardiologist
• Same day new patient consultations are always available if your referring or primary care physician recommends
• We work together with other physicians on your health care team to build a coordinated care plan for your best health
• We send a full report to your primary care or referring physician through our EMR system within 24 hours, often sooner, to further that coordination and cooperation
• A comprehensive summary of each and every visit is available to you, either printed or through our web-based EMR system, so you always have the opportunity to know your care plan
• We have a welcoming, friendly and caring staff
• Our phones are answered by our staff, not machines – no frustrating answering systems or robotics
• We strive to have one of our nurses answer your calls the same day
• We offer in-office ultrasound and nuclear cardiac testing
• Our Echocardiography Lab is ICAEL Accredited and our Nuclear Cardiology Lab is ICANL Accredited
• Free surface parking on the premises
• Lab and x-ray services are conveniently located in our building, as are many other medical and surgical specialties
• We participate with most major insurance plans