The Cardiovascular team at IU Health Saxony Hospital includes (from left to right) Dr. Edward Harlamert, Dr. Nathan Lambert, Dr. Antonio Navarrete, Dr. A. Farooq Iqtidar and Dr. Sami Aasar (not pictured).
THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN FISHERS IU HEALTH SAXONY DELIVERS HIGH-TECH HEART HEALTH, HEALTH & HOPE CLOSER TO HOME Beyond the golden-tipped fields of native Hoosier grasses and through several of Hamilton County’s famed roundabouts sits a nearly hidden gem in Indiana’s healthcare landscape. Indiana University Health Saxony Hospital, located at 146th Street and Olio Road, is one of the best kept secrets northeast of Indianapolis. But Edward Harlamert, MD is determined to spread the word. Dr. Harlamert, founding physician and director of cardiovascular (CV) services at IU Health Saxony, proudly stresses how he and his partners offer the highest level of Cath Lab technology and cardiovascular treatments available at any hospital in the state, without the drive downtown to IU Health Methodist Hospital. HIGH-TECH, HIGH-TOUCH CARE In the five years since IU Health Saxony opened its hospital doors, this team of five renowned cardiologists, which includes Dr. Harlamert, have worked to create a private practice feel in their high-tech, academic-focused cardiovascular program. “We see large health care networks and large hospitals moving toward team care. The difference at a location like Saxony is that it’s smaller, more personal, and one of our cardiologists becomes your total cardiologist. He’s the one you first met when you arrived
at the hospital. He’s the same one who reads your echocardiogram. He’s the same one who is going to see you back in the office in two weeks. And yet he’s the one that actually worked on your heart and fixed it,” says Dr. Harlamert. “That kind of personal knowledge is priceless to you but it’s also priceless for your cardiologist. He knows you. He doesn’t have to look you up in the computer and figure out what your past history was. And he knows the history of your family.” HEART DISEASE IN THE HEARTLAND Cardiovascular disease remains the major killer of people in the United States. Central Indiana is known for having high cholesterol levels as well as for being a place where people work hard but don’t necessarily exercise hard. All of us have stresses in our lives that could lead to heart disease. By age 50, most of American’s develop a gradually increasing risk for heart disease. Dr. Harlamert encourages patients not to ignore symptoms and risks factors. IU Health Saxony makes it easier than ever to get the care you need to prevent long term damage. “There is ease to access here, it’s a small hospital and you really feel like you’re walking right into your doctor’s front door,” Dr. Harlamert says.
18 / DECEMBER 2016 / atFishers.com