Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie recently announced its expanded team of physicians that together will form the new Saint Vincent Heart and Vascular Center. The Center will bring new specialty heart services to patients in Erie and the surrounding communities.
Cardiologist Matthew Becker, MD, has joined the Saint Vincent Department of Cardiology and is now affiliated with Consultants in Cardiovascular Diseases, Inc. He specializes in coronary intervention and acute coronary syndromes, peripheral vascular disease diagnosis and treatment (lower extremity stents, angioplasty), carotid stenting, structural heart disease (ASD, PFO closure), and IVC filter placement.
Electrophysiologist Jaydutt Patel, MD, specializes in supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular arrhythmias, pacemaker and defibrillator implantations/extractions, atrial fibrillation ablations, evaluations for bradyarrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia procedures, and lead removals.
Cardiovascular surgeon Rony Atoui, MD CM, MSc, FRCSC, has joined the team at Saint Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery. He specializes in coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic aneurysm and aortic root surgery, minimally invasive valve surgery, percutaneous aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, tricuspid valve repair and maze procedures.
Vascular surgeon Ryan Messiner, DO, also has joined the team at Saint Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery. He specializes in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair for the abdominal and thoracic aorta, peripheral arterial disease — open and endovascular procedures and care for venous diseases through radio frequency ablations.
