Specializing in cardiovascular & thoracic surgery in Florida, Ocala Heart Institute in Venice leads the way in employing the latest technology to provide outstanding care.
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The foundation is simple! We care for your loved one as we would our own. Since July 2003, the physicians at Ocala Heart Institute in Venice, Florida, working in complete cooperation with Venice Regional Medical Center, continue to build a program that provides the highest quality of care using the most appropriate and latest technologies.
Learn moreMore than Hearts! Because of the name Ocala Heart Institute, many mistake thinking all we do is heart surgery. When in actuality, we provide the same degree of quality and expertise in performing lung, esophageal, vascular and pacemaker surgeries.
Learn moreWelcome to Ocala Heart in Venice, Florida!
Ocala Heart and Vascular Institute is an association of cardiologists, surgeons and anesthesiologists working together to provide quality care for our patients.It takes a team!
It takes a team to really make a difference in a patient’s life. It is our team and that standard of collaboration that make us who we are. The cardiovascular-thoracic surgeons, cardiovascular anesthesiologists and interventional cardiologists work together as a true unit, to carry out the mission of the institute.
Specializing in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Florida, Venice-Ocala Heart Institute at Venice Regional Medical Center leads the way in employing the latest technology to provide outstanding care to every patient. Collectively performing thousands of cardiovascular surgeries, heart catheterizations, and cardiovascular stents, our team of cardiac, cardiothoracic and vascular specialists have decades of experience in the evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular and lung disease nationally as well as internationally, through medical missions.
We work with our patients to restore their health using the best medical comprehensive cardiovascular care technology. Venice-Ocala Heart Institute offers an innovative team approach that combines compassionate, individualized treatment from highly trained and experienced board certified physicians and medical support staff. We are committed to your complete care from initial evaluation through post-operative care. Services and procedures include Dor procedure and decortications, valve repair and replacement, aneurysm repairs, maze procedure, and endarterectomy to clear the carotid artery. We specialize in pacemaker and/or defibrillator implantation, as well as robotic lung surgery.
Designated as one of the country’s Top 50 in Heart Care (reflecting extremely low risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates), we are proud of our awards and achievements that bring us recognition by ranking our facility in the top 1% of the nation’s hospitals. We routinely perform highly complex, high-risk medical cases (including second or third operations) and delicate procedures that require experience and knowledge that only come from high volume practices like ours.
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