He brought a great amount of expertise in rhythm management and device implantation, such as defibrillators, to the practice. Benjamin Smith, a specialist in cardiac electrophysiology trained at Lahey Clinic. In 2007, the technology of cardiology had expanded and Merrimack Valley Cardiology hired Dr. Arash Tabaee, who trained at Boston University and was practicing in New York City, was brought on and added considerable knowledge of noninvasive testing. With the Department of Public Health sponsored-study of angioplasty in community hospitals, Lowell General Hospital and Saints Medical Center now perform a wide variety of emergency and elective angioplasty procedures.ĭr. Kirk MacNaught, who had also trained in Worcester. When coronary angioplasty came to the Lowell hospitals in 2004, Merrimack Valley Cardiology recruited additional interventional (angioplasty) cardiologists, Dr. Eric Ewald from the University of Massachusetts in Worcester was hired in rapid succession. These physicians helped fill the void in patient care, and procedural and noninvasive testing support. Walter Jo were added after their training program at Boston University. He was one of the first physicians to provide the patients of Merrimack Valley Cardiology the opportunity to have angioplasty at the Lahey Clinic.Īdvancements in cardiology, more cardiac catheterization and angioplasty procedures and a higher quality of care meant more patients for the practice. James Waters joined the practice after his training at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. In 1991, he performed the first cardiac catheterization in Lowell at Lowell General Hospital. Richard Birkhead joined the practice from his training at the St. This expansion created an office-based cardiac rehabilitation facility for the practice. At this time, the practice began playing a larger role at Lowell General Hospital. The practice expanded to another office on Bridge Street by the Dracut line. Jose Carrion and his large patient following were absorbed into Merrimack Valley Cardiology. When the old Medical Associates in Chelmsford dissolved in 1988, Dr. Robert Shulman joined the practice after his training at the West Roxbury VA Hospital. These physicians prided themselves on providing the former mill town with the best quality care that the Boston cardiology community could offer. The practice found and cared for a large population of untreated coronary and valvular heart disease in the community. These principles proved highly successful, and Merrimack Valley Cardiology gained an excellent reputation. They prided their practice on hard work and providing high-quality cardiology care to the Lowell community. The two physicians decided to concentrate solely on cardiology issues, and expanded the practice to the former St.
In December of 1976, Merrimack Valley Cardiology was founded. Kenneth Murphy, then in a practice in New Jersey, to join his practice.
Pratt invited his medical school colleague, Dr. Joseph’s Hospital and worked out of a private office in Chelmsford.Īs his practice began to quickly grow, Dr. Being more clinically-oriented, he decided to go into private practice and learned about a position opening in Lowell. For a year and a half, he was the Director of the ICU at the former St. His first instinct was to accept a position as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at that VA hospital, but had second thoughts about an academic position. Richard Pratt completed his cardiology fellowship at the West Roxbury VA Hospital in Boston. Carrion joined MVC in 1988 and retired in the summer of 2019.
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