New Doctors of Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists Specialize in Angioplasty, Heart Failure, Women's Heart Care and Advanced Cardiac Testing

Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists Welcomes:

James A. Burke, M.D.

Ronald S. Freudenberger, M.D.

Joan E. Homan, M.D.

Matthew M. Schumaecker, M.D.

Lehigh Valley, Pa. (Sept. 17, 2007) – Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists at Lehigh Valley Hospital welcome four new members to its practice of cardiology. Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists is a multi-specialty physician group closely affiliated with Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN). They are located at 1243 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown, Pa., and can be contacted at 610-402-3110.

James A. Burke, M.D., specializes in interventional cardiology, including cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stenting of the arteries leading to the heart, legs, arms, kidneys and brain. He serves as associate chief of cardiology at LVHHN and completed a cardiology fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital.

Ronald S. Freudenberger, M.D., is LVHHN's medical director of heart failure. He brings 11 years of experience to this position, and was the director of heart failure and transplantation at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital before joining Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists. Freudenberger served his cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Joan E. Homan, M.D., M.B.A., has expertise in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular disease in women. She will provide clinical leadership for Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists in identifying and treating cardiac risk factors in women. Homan completed a cardiology fellowship at Lankenau Hospital.

Matthew M. Schumaecker, M.D., specializes in coronary artery disease, echocardiography and nuclear stress testing. He completed a cardiology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

In addition to these doctors, the members of Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists include:

David A. Cox, M.D.; Bruce A. Feldman, D.O.; David B. Goldner, M.D.; Larry E. Jacobs, M.D.; J. Patrick Kleaveland, M.D.; Vadim Levin, M.D.; Robert F. Malacoff, M.D.; Nainesh C. Patel, M.D.; Michael A. Rossi, M.D.; Sultan Siddique, M.D.; Bruce J. Silverberg, M.D.; Andrew D. Sumner, M.D.; and Steven L. Zelenkofske, D.O.

Based in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network comprises Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest & I-78, Lehigh Valley Hospital – 17th & Chew, Lehigh Valley Hospital--Muhlenberg and Lehigh Valley Health Services, which includes home health, hospice, pharmacy and health management. Advanced regional resources at these non-profit hospitals include a Level I Trauma Center with added pediatric qualifications, as well as burn, kidney and pancreas transplant, perinatal/neonatal, cardiac, cancer care, and neurology and complex neurosurgery. LVHHN hospitals are designated national Magnet hospitals for excellence in nursing.

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