Heart Matters

"I told him go out and tango tonight because he can do that now that he's on the medicines." - Richard Wright, MD, Cardiology

Dr. John Waggoner speaks with Dr. Richard Wright, from Providence in Santa Monica, California, and Dr. John Mignone, with Providence Swedish in Seattle, Washington, both heart failure specialists in the field of cardiology. In this episode of Heart Matters, we are talking about Heart Failure—what tha...

Dr. Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute in Portland, Oregon, is joined by Dr. Shephal Doshi, a cardiac electrophysiologist specialist with Providence in Santa Monica, California to discuss the topic of atrial fibrillation, commonly known as Afib.

They explain what Afib is along with some of the warning signs to know if you may need to seek treatment and discuss the new treatments and technology op...

Dr. John Waggoner, Interventional Cardiologist practicing in Olympia, Washington, is joined by Dr. Jonathan McDonagh, Interventional Cardiologist from Anchorage, Alaska and discuss the topic of interventional cardiology. They help explain interventional cardiology is and how the practice plays a role in heart health.
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In this episode of Heart Matters, Matt Ducsik, Associate Vice President of Clinical Institutes at Providence, is joined by Jim Walsh, MD who specializes in Addiction Recovery Services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and James Brevig, MD, FACS, a Cardiac and  Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Providence Cardiac Surgery in Everett, Washington.

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In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director, Providence Central Division Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Harry Peled, Medical Director of Cardiology and Critical Care at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in California, about modern diagnosis methods in cardiology. They discuss how technology has improved over time and where we're going in the field of diagnostics and imaging to provide the best card...

"You spend 100% of the time in your body, so make sure it's a comfortable place to be." -Dr. Alexander Pan

Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Providence Oregon Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Alexander Pan, a Cardiology Specialist with Providence Heart Institute, about the best ways to take care of your heart to prevent heart disease or get your heart healthy after a heart event. More than 90% of heart disease is preve...

Dr. John Waggoner, Interventional Cardiologist at Providence Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Alejandro Perez, a Vascular Disease Specialist, also with the Providence Heart Institute, about vascular disease. We learn about the different types of vascular disease, causes and symptoms, along with the different treatments for it, and most importantly, prevention. 

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In this episode of Heart Matters, Matt Ducsik, Vice President of Providence Clinical Institutes, and Dr. Lida Turner, Medical Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry at Providence Swedish, discuss mental health and cardiac recovery. Recovering from a heart event can come with many changes that can feel challenging and overwhelming. In this episode, we talk about what you might be going through mentally and physically, how best t...

Matt Cohlmia, Executive Director of Digital Strategy at Providence sits with Matt Ducsik, VP of Clinical Institutes at Providence, to discuss virtual networks of care. They speak about what that means, the various types of virtual care along with who it may impact and how it's changing the face of healthcare today, and in the future. 

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Dr. John Waggoner speaks with specialist in adult and pediatric cardiology, Dr. Jeremy Nicolarsen about congenital heart disease. They will discuss what congenital heart disease is, how and when it's generally diagnosed and innovations in treatment that are allowing patients to live longer and healthier lives into adulthood. 

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In this episode of Heart Matters, host Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Oregon Heart Institute at Providence, speaks with Dr. Shephal Doshi and Dr. Steven J. Compton, both Cardio Electrophysiologists with Providence. Their discussion is centered around the heart condition atrial fibrillation-the causes, symptoms and some of the treatments. Additional treatment options will be discussed more in a later episode. 

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Dr. John Waggoner speaks with Dr. Xioang Huang, cardiac specialist with Providence, and Sam Conaway, President of US Cardiology Sales and Chair of the Boston Scientific Close the Gap initiative, about barriers to care in the healthcare system. They dig deep on disparities in the system and what steps Providence and Boston Scientific are taking to combat these important issues. 

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In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute, and Dr. Ty Gluckman, medical director of the Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS) at Providence, discuss advancements in delivery of care in cardiology. 

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In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute, and Dr. Lori Tam, cardiology specialist at Providence, discuss causes of heart disease in women. 

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Dr. John Waggoner, Interventional Cardiology Specialist with the Providence Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Miles Hassel about the importance of the food you eat and how it might affect your heart health. Dr. Hassel is an internal medicine physician based in Portland, Oregon, who has also authored a book related to our topic today, called Good Food, Great Medicine.

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In this episode of Heart Matters, Matt Ducsik, Vice President of Providence Clinical Institutes, and Dr. Lida Turner, Medical Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry at Providence Swedish, speak about the concept of knowing vs. doing. We discuss why we continue behaviors and patterns when we "know better" and how we can work to overcome those mental barriers when it relates to improving our health.

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Navigating our health and what's happening with our bodies can be confusing. It's difficult to know when something you're feeling is just a normal part of aging or if it's something more serious. In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Providence Heart Institute of Oregon and Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, Interventional Cardiologist with Providence break down the symptoms you shouldn't ignore when ...

Patients receiving care related to their heart know it takes a team of health care professionals. In this episode of Heart Matters, host Matt Ducsik, Vice President of Providence Clinical Institutes, talks with Dr. Charles Rossow, Interventional Cardiologist with Providence and Suzanne Talarico, Nurse Practitioner and Chief Nursing Officer of Physician Enterprise at Providence about the important role each person plays on ...