On Thursday, June 6, Alfredo Rasi, MD, and Nahidh Hasaniya, MD, PhD, performed the 100th open heart surgery at LLU Medical Center–Murrieta. Both cardiothoracic surgeons, based at Loma Linda University International Heart Institute, have been instrumental in opening the interventional cardiac program at Loma Linda University Medical Center–Murrieta.
The program was licensed by the state of California in April 2012. Since that time, the program has grown rapidly. LLUMC-Murrieta is the first and only provider of interventional cardiac services in the Murrieta/Temecula region. LLUMC-Murrieta will soon be a licensed STEMI (heart attack) receiving center, which will have a significant impact on the hospital’s cardiac volume.
“They saved my husband’s life!” a Facebook user named Sally says of the program.
