CV Med electrophysiologist Dr. Blair Foreman became the first doctor in the region to implant the Medtronic Micra, called the world's smallest pacemaker, in a December 23 procedure at GMC-East Rusholme Street.

Dr. Nicolas Shammas and a catheterization team at Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street inserted a new vein stent for the first time in the United States on Thursday, July 14.

Two days after federal regulators approved use of a revolutionary new dissolving coronary artery stent, Genesis became one of the first hospitals in the country to use it.

When Glen Griffith reached the Bix 7 race turnaround last summer, he couldn’t help but shout: “Fifteen weeks since triple bypass surgery!”