The Gulf Coast’s cardiovascular care just got an upgrade. USA Health acquired Mobile Heart Specialists, P.C. , giving patients across the Gulf Coast access to high-quality cardiovascular care that’s closer to home.
The transition represents an opportunity for the practice to expand both clinical reach and academic collaboration. The practice will maintain its full range of comprehensive cardiac services for the region, with combined expertise including:
- General cardiology
- Interventional procedures
- Electrophysiology
- Coronary and peripheral artery disease
- Advanced rhythm management, including ablations, implantable defibrillators + pacemakers
- Maintaining a full, non-invasive diagnostic laboratory
Mobile Heart Specialists, PC.:
- Locations:
- 6701 Airport Blvd., Suite A-107 in Mobile
- 100 Lewis St. in Evergreen
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USA Health:
- Remains the only academic health system along the upper Gulf Coast
- Includes over 40 care delivery locations, including USA Health University Hospital, USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, USA Health Providence Hospital and the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, and physician practices sites throughout the area
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Keep reading to learn more about the Mobile Heart specialist physicians + what this partnership means for the Gulf Coast!
USA Health + Mobile Heart partnership
Mobile Heart Specialists, P.C. has a wealth of experience providing comprehensive cardiac care to the region, including management of adult cardiology conditions, rhythm disorders, coronary and peripheral vascular disease, along with a full range of diagnostic services.
The practice will continue serving patients under the name Mobile Heart Specialists at USA Health with existing locations in Mobile and Evergreen.
This partnership will:
- Enhance collaboration across specialties
- Expand clinical reach
- Improve access to high-quality, coordinated cardiovascular care
“Expanding our relationship with the region’s only academic health system will further enhance our community’s access to the most advanced heart medicine possible.”
DeAndrade, partner at Mobile Heart Specialists
Meet Mobile Heart’s specialist physicians
- From: Mobile, Alabama
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree: Chemistry with computer-based honors from the University of Alabama
- Medical school: University of Alabama School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Alabama School of Medicine
- Fellowship training: Cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Tulane University
- Board-certified in:
- Internal medicine
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
- Leads the group’s structural heart disease program and serves as the program director for the new USA Health Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
- From: Mobile, Alabama
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree: Biology from the University of South Alabama
- Medical school: Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at USA
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Fellowship training: Medical University of South Carolina
- Board-certified in:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
- A fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Active member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Medical Society of Mobile County
- Will serve as an assistant professor at the Whiddon College of Medicine at USA
- From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree: Mathematics and chemistry from the University of Alabama
- Medical school: Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at USA
- Residency: University of South Alabama Medical Center
- Fellowship training: Cardiovascular disease at Tulane University and cardiac electrophysiology at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Board-certified in:
- Cardiovascular disease
- A fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Maintains active memberships with the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and the Medical Society of Mobile County
- Will serve as an assistant professor at the Whiddon College of Medicine at USA
- From: Toronto, Ontario
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry from Rhodes College
- Medical school: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Fellowship training: Cardiology at the University of Florida
- Board-certified in:
- Cardiovascular disease
- A fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Active member of the Medical Society of Mobile County and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama
- Will serve as an assistant professor at the Whiddon College of Medicine
- From: Sylacauga, Alabama
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree: Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Medical school: USA Health
- Residency: USA Health
- Fellowship training: Cardiology fellowship at USA Health
- Board-certified in:
- Cardiovascular disease
- A fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Active member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Medical Society of Mobile County
- Will serve as an assistant professor at the Whiddon College of Medicine
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