Cardiac Care – Treatment Services

The world-class medical experts at Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute provide award-winning cardiovascular treatment services in state-of-the-art facilities, helping patients and their loved ones navigate complex medical situations with the assurance that they are receiving the best heart health care available. 

Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers specializes in open-heart, minimally invasive and non-invasive procedures, and is supported by a multi-disciplinary team that includes cardiologists, vascular specialists, cardiac surgeons, critical care nurses, open-heart surgical nurses, physician assistants, electrophysiologists, cardiovascular technologists and clinical specialists. 

In addition, you'll receive individualized care, including inpatient cardiac rehabilitation nurses who help you get back on your feet, dieticians who help you develop a sound nutrition plan, respiratory specialists who manage the ventilator system and social workers who make sure you have the home health care you need when you leave the hospital.

Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute has earned numerous awards and accreditations for its cardiovascular services:

• New Jersey’s only two facilities to receive the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association’s ACTION Registry®-GWTG™ 2009 Gold Performance Achievement Award for improvement in the treatment of heart attack patients (Morristown Medical and Overlook Medicals)
  
  
• Performs more open-heart surgeries every year than any other cardiovascular surgery program in NJ, with consistently superior outcomes according to The Cardiac Surgery Consumer Report, compiled by the New Jersey Department of Health (Morristown Medical)
  
  
• Received full accreditation for the R. Gregory Sachs Chest Pain Center from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international organization that establishes standards for cardiac medicine (Overlook Medical)
  
  
• Designated a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (Morristown Medical)
  
  
• Coronary care unit winner of the Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Beacon Award (Morristown Medical)
  
  
• One of only 60 hospitals in the nation to receive the Gold Seal of Approval™ Disease-Specific Care Certification from The Joint Commission for our ventricular assist device (VAD) program (Morristown Medical)
  
  
• Cardiac surgery program received a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, a rating achieved by just 10 percent of all cardiac surgery programs nationwide (Morristown Medical)