The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) is able to manage complex heart and vascular cases in its hybrid procedure room, a state-of-the-art suite that allows vascular surgeons, electrophysiologists and invasive cardiologists to perform procedures guided by real-time images. The multidisciplinary team at HOCC treats patients who have a wide range of circulatory (vascular) issues and irregular heart rhythms in this advanced environment.

HOCC is part of the Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute, which provides the coordinated, evidence-based care that you need to get back on your feet again.

The HOCC care team includes board-certified cardiologists, medical and surgical intensivists (doctors who specialize in intensive care), cardiac care nurses, respiratory therapists, cardiac rehabilitation specialists, nutritionists and other specially trained staff members. These units work closely with other departments, including echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and the cardiac catheterization lab. The community has access to an outpatient Heart Failure Program and Infusion Center for Heart Failure, certified by JCAHO, an independent, not-for-profit organization, that recognizes high quality performance standards with a special certification. As part of the cardiac rehabilitation program, a highly specialized peripheral vascular disease exercise program is offered. 

The Hospital of Central Connecticut offers the latest cardiac MRI technology, which allows physicians to see in great detail the structure and function of the heart, including scarring or inflammation in the heart noninvasively.

Additionally, the hospital includes telemetry units staffed by board-certified cardiologists and specially trained nurses and technicians. Telemetry allows caregivers to simultaneously monitor the hearts of multiple patients at once. Blood-oxygen level, blood pressure and heart rates and rhythms are continuously measured and data relayed to computers. Information is continually monitored, allowing staff to react quickly to changes in a patient’s condition.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut's Limb Preservation Program provides specific treatment plans for every patient. The program offers early intervention to help you maintain as much mobility and function in your daily activity as possible, avoiding amputation and promoting health to prevent future issues. Learn more.

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Heart & Vascular Institute Conditions and Treatments

Conditions

 

Treatments

 

Meet our Heart & Vascular Specialists:

Name Specialties Location
Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Wallingford
  • Cheshire
  • West Hartford
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Dada, Marcin R., MD Dada, Marcin R., MD
4.8 /5
34 surveys
860.224.5694
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
  • Plainville
  • Prospect
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Patel, Boskey, DO, FACC Patel, Boskey, DO, FACC 860.524.3070
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Hartford
Gifford, Edward D., MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI Gifford, Edward D., MD, FSVS, FACS, RPVI
4.9 /5
84 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI Aitcheson, Elizabeth, MD, MPH, RPVI
4.9 /5
112 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Mystic
  • Norwich
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Glotzer, Owen, MD Glotzer, Owen, MD
4.7 /5
105 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Mystic
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Egom, Emmanuel, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCPC Egom, Emmanuel, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCPC 860.628.0703
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Southington
  • Wallingford
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Cheema, Mohiuddin, MD Cheema, Mohiuddin, MD
4.9 /5
188 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Ching, Gilbert G., MD Ching, Gilbert G., MD 860.223.0220
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
Clancy, Jude Francis, MD, FHRS Clancy, Jude Francis, MD, FHRS
5.0 /5
118 surveys
203.678.1050
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Middletown
  • Old Saybrook
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Memon, Sarfaraz, MD Memon, Sarfaraz, MD 860.524.3070
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Hartford
  • Norwich
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Jain, Akhilesh Kumar, MD, FACS, RPVI Jain, Akhilesh Kumar, MD, FACS, RPVI
4.9 /5
108 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Norwich
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Oligino, Eric Joseph, MD, FACC Oligino, Eric Joseph, MD, FACC
4.9 /5
327 surveys
860.522.5712
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
  • Farmington
  • Manchester
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Moskowitz, Craig Barry, MD, FACC, FHRS Moskowitz, Craig Barry, MD, FACC, FHRS
5.0 /5
142 surveys
860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
  • Bristol
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Katsetos, Manny Christos, MD Katsetos, Manny Christos, MD 860.229.6811
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • New Britain
Friedman, Meir, MD, FACC, FHRS Friedman, Meir, MD, FACC, FHRS
4.8 /5
99 surveys
860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
  • Wethersfield
  • Hartford
  • New Britain
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Shah, Parth S., MD, MPH, FACS Shah, Parth S., MD, MPH, FACS
5.0 /5
120 surveys
860.223.0800
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Plainville
  • New Britain
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Rock, Joshua Lee, DO Rock, Joshua Lee, DO 860.628.3600
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Southington
Swales, Heather Hunt, MD Swales, Heather Hunt, MD 860.224.5694
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
Agarwal, Arun, MD Agarwal, Arun, MD 860.223.0220
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
Gallagher, James, MD Gallagher, James, MD
4.9 /5
114 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Meriden
  • Hartford
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Thompson, Craig Alan, MD Thompson, Craig Alan, MD 860.524.3070
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Hartford
Malkin, Robert Douglas, MD Malkin, Robert Douglas, MD 860.229.6811
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
St Pierre, James Francis, MD St Pierre, James Francis, MD 860.229.6811
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
Ghantous, Andre Elias, MD, FACC Ghantous, Andre Elias, MD, FACC
4.9 /5
155 surveys
203.269.3791
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Wallingford
Ward, Henry Nadim, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA Ward, Henry Nadim, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA
4.8 /5
302 surveys
860.628.0703
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Southington
Zweibel, Steven Lloyd, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS Zweibel, Steven Lloyd, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS
4.8 /5
96 surveys
860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
  • Middletown
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Crespo, Eric Michael, MD, FACC, FHRS Crespo, Eric Michael, MD, FACC, FHRS
4.9 /5
160 surveys
860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
  • Wethersfield
  • Hartford
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Bhatt, Paras Satish, MD Bhatt, Paras Satish, MD
4.9 /5
149 surveys
860.889.9180
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Norwich
  • Branford
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Tolat, Aneesh Vikram, MD, FACC, FHRS Tolat, Aneesh Vikram, MD, FACC, FHRS
4.9 /5
97 surveys
860.972.1506
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • West Hartford
  • Manchester
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Divinagracia, Thomas V., MD, FACS, MPH, RPVI Divinagracia, Thomas V., MD, FACS, MPH, RPVI
4.9 /5
75 surveys
860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Glastonbury
  • Plainville
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Hammond, Jonathan Acton, MD Hammond, Jonathan Acton, MD
4.9 /5
85 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Shah, Melissa D., MD Shah, Melissa D., MD 860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Bloomfield
  • Plainville
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Al-Damluji, Mohammed, MD Al-Damluji, Mohammed, MD 860.636.2010
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Middletown
Ayach, Mouhanad, MD, RPVI Ayach, Mouhanad, MD, RPVI
4.9 /5
118 surveys
860.223.0800
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Plainville
  • New Britain
  • Winsted
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Joshi, Saurabh, MD, FACC, FSCAI Joshi, Saurabh, MD, FACC, FSCAI 860.524.3070
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Hartford
Godfrey, Mark Spencer, MD Godfrey, Mark Spencer, MD
4.8 /5
113 surveys
860.696.4306
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Hartford
Chokshi, Moulin Y., MD Chokshi, Moulin Y., MD
4.8 /5
131 surveys
203.678.1050
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Bloomfield
  • Enfield
  • Wallingford
  • New Britain
  • West Hartford
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Scatola, Andrew, MD Scatola, Andrew, MD
5.0 /5
44 surveys
860.972.1212
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
  • Hartford
  • Bloomfield
  • Winsted
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Saltzberg, Stephanie Sharyn, MD Saltzberg, Stephanie Sharyn, MD 860.572.5400
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Mystic
  • Hartford
  • Glastonbury
  • Norwich
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Taylor, Jennifer E., MD, PhD Taylor, Jennifer E., MD, PhD 203.867.5300
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Branford
  • New Britain
  • Wallingford
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Saucier, Stephanie J., MD, FACC, RPVI Saucier, Stephanie J., MD, FACC, RPVI
4.9 /5
204 surveys
860.972.1695
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hartford
  • Southington
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El Mallah, Wael, MD, PhD El Mallah, Wael, MD, PhD 860.223.0220
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • New Britain
Yaffee, David, MD Yaffee, David, MD
4.9 /5
135 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Juneja, Amandeep, MD Juneja, Amandeep, MD 860.522.4158
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Hartford
  • Manchester
  • Norwich
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