In April,  Dr. Akira Maezato, Dr. Ichiro Chinen and Dr. Kayori Iha from Ryukyu University Hospital in Okinawa, Japan visited the Lancaster General Electrophysiology Laboratory to learn about the cutting-edge techniques and materials used in hospitals throughout the world, developed by Lancaster’s own Dr. Seth Worley.

 

The group observed Dr. Worley implant devices used for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), a revolutionary, minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of congestive heart failure. The Japanese physicians also visited the Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Device Clinics at The Heart Group.

 

These physicians are just a few of numerous electrophysiologists from around the world who visit The Advanced CRT Program at Lancaster General, on a regular basis, to learn the groundbreaking techniques practiced daily by LGH’s internationally known physicians.

 

Out of over 500 hospitals in the United States that implant CRT devices, LGH is one of the leading facilities for treatment of congestive heart failure. Since the CRT program’s inception in 1998, over 1,700 CRT devices have been implanted at LGH, rivaling the top teaching institutions in the country.

 

A resolution was passed by the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors to honor Nikitas J Zervanos, M.D. with the establishment of a fund in his name which will be administered by the PAFP Foundation with “the express purpose of promoting medical student interest in careers in Family Medicine.”

 

Dr. Zervanos has also been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, Epsilon Chapter of Pennsylvania, Temple University School of Medicine.

 

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Dr. Mohammad Mazaheri has joined an international group of physicians who are helping to upgrade emergency healthcare services in his native country of Iran. A physician with the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, Dr. Mazaheri has also visited Iran frequently since 1995 to treat cleft patients and teach Iranian doctors new related treatment techniques.