Meet a Make-A-Wish Champion of Hope
Sami Awadallah, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, with Avera Medical Group Pediatric Specialists is this month’s Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana ‘Champion of Hope’": “Children with congenital heart disease are not only suffering with physical limitations. Their view of life and the world can change…”
Sioux Falls Community Unites for Women's Heart Health at Annual Go Red Event
The American Heart Association's 2025 Sioux Falls Go Red for Women Experience transformed the Sioux Falls Convention Center into a sea of red on January 31st, as approximately 400 community leaders and healthcare professionals gathered to support women's cardiovascular health. The event, which aimed to raise $160,000 for critical research and education…
Wellmark BCBS Recognizes UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center
UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center has been recognized with a Blue Distinction Award for top level cardiac care.
Black Hills Cardiologists Reducing Stroke Risk with Blood Thinner Alternative
A lifetime of blood thinners - and the risks associated with them - is no longer the only option for for Black Hills area patients diagnosed with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
First Fellow Chosen for Interventional Cardiology Fellowship in Sioux Falls
Shenjing Li, MD, PhD, a third year Cardiovascular Disease Program Fellow at Sanford is set to be the first person to enter Sanford Heart Hospital and the USD Sanford School of Medicine’s new interventional Cardiology fellowship program. The program, which will begin in July, has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and will train one new interventional cardiologist a year.
Dissolving Heart Stent Now Available at Sanford
Sanford Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls has been selected as one of the first 35 locations in the United States to offer a naturally dissolving heart stent, made of material similar to that of dissolving sutures.
Healing Hearts in the Hills
As the Black Hills regions’ largest group of cardiovascular specialists, Regional Heart Doctors, a department of Regional Health’s Rapid City Regional Hospital, continues to push the envelope to advance comprehensive cardiac care for the communities they serve. In recent months, several RHD physicians have performed notable “firsts”, bringing world-class new techniques and technology to heart patients in Western South Dakota.