Center for Cardiopulmonary Interventions and Critical Care

About our program

The HLVI Center for Cardiopulmonary Interventions and Critical Care highlights a long-standing and widely recognized strength at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center – caring for critically ill patients. We have assembled a group of highly trained, multispecialty and board certified critical care specialists and expertly skilled interventional cardiologists who can successfully diagnose and treat the most complex heart, lung and vascular conditions.

Conditions and Treatment

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Renal Vascular Disease
• Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• ED Cardiology Assessment and Management Service
• Advanced Heart Failure Unit
• Complex Arrhythmia Unit
• Ventricular Assist Device Complications
• Acute Heart or Lung Transplant Rejection
• Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm
• Acute Aortic Dissection, Ulceration
• Threatened Limb Ischemia
• Thrombotic Disorders, includes a full range of treatments:
  • Interventional and Diagnostic Procedures
  • Genetic Testing
  • Family Counseling

Our Team

• Susanne Bennett, MD, Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care Service
• Imran Arif, MD, Director, UCMC Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
• George Meier, MD
• Charles Hattemer, MD
• Mouhamad Abdallah, MD
• Mohamed Effat, MD
• Donald R. Lynch, MD