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In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Dr. Laurence Conway, Chief of Cardiology and Danielle Patturelli, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager of the Cardiovascular Center discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community at MelroseWakefield Hospital.

Salil Midha, MD, Chief of Cardiology at MelroseWakefield Hospital, was recently honored with the Healthcare Excellence award at the New England Choice awards gala in Burlington, MA.

Read stories of patients injured in the bombing who were cared for at Tufts Medical Center, and a story of one of our nurses who was on Boylston St. when the first bomb went off.

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths, resulting in over 850,000 deaths worldwide each year, with more than 53,000 deaths related to the disease expected to occur in the US in 2023. The irony is that colon cancer is preventable, detectable and treatable.

Half of all men ages 51 to 60 have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and the incidence increases every decade of life.

MelroseWakefield’s Dr. Steven Sbardella warns we won’t wait out COVID, urging a consistent, sustainable response in this new phase.

Robotic surgery continues to evolve. It allows complex procedures to be performed with greater precision, enhanced 3D high-definition visualization and advanced instrumentation virtually extending the surgeon’s eyes and hands into the patient.

Nicole Clark, the pharmacy director at MelroseWakefield Healthcare, was recently honored by the Boston Celtics as a hero among us.

Mayor Paul Brodeur received the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine last Friday at MelroseWakefield Hospital, while simultaneously urging others to do the same.

Even with a freshly poked arm full of Pfizer, Mayor Paul Brodeur had a simple message: This isn’t the end of the fight.

The staff at MelroseWakefield Hospital has been overworked and overburdened for a year now. They’re also very, very much appreciated.

Three North Shore nurses who have spent much of the last year treating COVID-19 patients will get a well-deserved, and coveted, respite this weekend.

A 103-year-old Wilmington woman received a dose of hope after patiently waiting her turn for the COVID vaccine.

Jen Medina won’t be on the job at MelroseWakefield Hospital this weekend. The registered nurse is headed to Florida to watch Tom Brady play in his 10th Super Bowl.

MelroseWakefield Hospital began administering the second round of COVID-19 vaccines earlier last week, 21 days after frontline workers received the first dose.

MelroseWakefield Hospital officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers working directly with COVID patients last Wednesday afternoon.

Front-line workers were the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a landmark day soaked with emotion and optimism at MelroseWakefield.

“I’m absolutely going to get it, yes!,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the chief medical officer at MelroseWakefield Hospital. “I hope to be one of the first ones to get it.”

Fedex dropped off a small box full of big hopes at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Tuesday morning.“This is truly the answer we’ve been waiting for,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.

Frontline workers at Tufts Medical Center are among the first people in Boston to get the coronavirus vaccine.