Northside Hospital and Cardiovascular Group Announce Agreement

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Northside Hospital and Cardiovascular Group LLC (CVG) are pleased to announce the signing of a Practice Services Agreement, signifying a major leap forward in cardiovascular patient care and clinical leadership in the Atlanta region. 
 
The partnership was finalized earlier this month. Key contributors to the successful culmination of the deal were Debbie Mitcham, President and CEO of Northside Gwinnett Hospitals; Manfred Sandler, MD, Executive Chairman of CVG; and Lewis Redd, Senior Executive of the Northside Hospital Heart Institute. 
 
"CVG is overjoyed and honored to be part of the program going forward,” said Dr. Sandler. “This agreement does not alter any of the current day to day operations of CVG. It only strengthens them. With this partnership and the backing of Northside, our expansion into the future will be more expeditiously possible." 
 
CVG has been providing invaluable top-class cardiac services to Gwinnett and surrounding counties for more than 30 years.  
 
Northside Hospital is committed to developing a premier heart program across its entire system. The primary cardiac hospital will be Northside Gwinnett, which already has well-established cardiovascular and cardiothoracic care programs. In early March, the new Cardiac Care Unit opened at Northside Gwinnett, and other service features will be developed in the months ahead. 
 
"This partnership, with the long-time anchor CVG at our primary heart hospital, Northside Gwinnett, is an excellent addition to our strategic plan for the expansion of cardiac care,” said Ms. Mitcham. “We plan to add advanced heart failure care to our services at Northside Gwinnett in the near future.”