Heart Care
Allegiance Health is saving lives with the launch of its Heart Center, introducing a higher level of care in the Jackson community.
Over a decade in the making, this exciting facility provides a wide range of cardiovascular services, including:
- Elective (voluntary) angioplasty
- Coronary artery bypass grafts
- Valve replacement & repair
- Electrophysiology studies
The state-of-the-art facility offers:
- 20 all-private rooms on our Heart Unit
- Six new operating rooms (two dedicated to open-heart surgery)
- New and expanded Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
- 12-bed pre- and post-outpatient cardiac catheterization recovery area
U of M Partnership
Allegiance Health has partnered with the University of Michigan, Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery to provide an exceptional experience for our patients. 
Our experienced cardiac surgeons are:
- Mahender Macha, MD, specializes in adult cardiac surgery. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1991, and completed his training in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation at Stanford University in 2001. He was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Temple University in Philadelphia performing adult cardiac surgery, cardiac and pulmonary transplantation, and implanting mechanical ventricular assist devices until 2007. In addition to his active clinical practice, he has an interest in both clinical and basic science research related to end-stage heart failure and the development of innovative therapies.
Learn more about Dr. Macha » - Vincent Simonetti, MD, specializes in adult cardiac surgery. He graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1990 and completed his residency in general surgery at Henry Ford Hospital. He completed his training in cardiothoracic surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine and The Detroit Medical Center and spent an additional year as a clinical and research fellow in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital.
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