Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi Don’t Miss a Beat
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For more than two decades, the physicians of Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi have brought unbeatable care to the heart of this growing community.
The group that originated with Internal Medicine Associates of Tupelo now consists of 17 highly trained physicians that care for patients in 23 counties in northeast Mississippi and neighboring counties in Tennessee and Alabama.
“Our practice is the most comprehensive, offering advanced techniques in cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology and electrophysiology,” says cardiologist David H. Irwin Jr., M.D., who joined CANM’s experienced physician team in 1986.
Originally based in the Heart Institute in the East Tower of North Mississippi Medical Center, CANM’s visionary physicians soon found themselves in need of more space and opened an outpatient facility at Gloster Creek Village. Patient volume soon created demand for additional offices in nearby Starkville, Columbus and Oxford, Miss. Each of the group’s four clinics operate certified, fully staffed echocardiography and nuclear cardiology laboratories.
“We are a full-service practice and do more cardiac procedures than anyone in the state, due to our own expertise plus the expertise of the cardiovascular surgeons at North Mississippi Medical Center,” Irwin says. “In addition, our research program is a national and world leader in enrollment of patients.”
Setting the bar in cardiac care is nothing new for the group. In 1981, CANM’s physicians brought cardiac catheterization to Tupelo and, in 1999, recruited Tupelo’s first electrophysiologist. CANM also introduced Tupelo’s first certified echocardiography lab and nuclear lab in an outpatient setting.
Among the practice’s latest offerings is the industry’s first 64-slice CT scanner, introduced in the Tupelo office in 2007. The remarkable technique provides noninvasive, 3-D imaging of the coronary arteries and other heart structures, allowing for greater accuracy in diagnosis.
That commitment to excellence and – above all – their patients has helped distinguish CANM’s physicians, each with a specific area of training. Together, they make up a comprehensive team designed to diagnose and treat a wide range of cardiac conditions.
“We are truly a ‘group practice,’ ” Irwin says. “Not all physicians have to do the same thing, so individuals can focus on highly specialized areas. In many ways, we operate an ‘assembly line’ approach to cardiology.”
While the years have brought about tremendous changes in people, places and technology, Irwin says CANM’s physician team has remained true to its original commitment to “do the right thing.”
“We continue to focus on the needs of the patient and their primary physicians and recognize that we are a part of the service industry,” he says. “And we recognize and respect that we are a part of the continuum of care from rural clinic or hospitals to the main campus in Tupelo.”
Story by Melanie Hill
Photo by Jeff Adkins
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