GVH Dedicates the Dr. David M. Flowers Cardiac Catheterization Lab
State-of-the-Art Facility Brings Non-Surgical Heart Treatments to the Community

February 2, 2006: Grand View Hospital dedicates the David M. Flowers, MD, Cardiac Catheterization in memory of the well-respected cardiologist who was an early supporter of efforts to establish the service. Pictured from Left to right are Dr. Deborah Bolanowski, wife of David M. Flowers, MD, and her children, Michael, Laura and Alexis.

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(Published February 2, 2006) WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP , PA – Grand View Hospital today dedicated the David M. Flowers, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in memory of the Sellersville cardiologist who envisioned the benefit the facility would provide the community.

The $2.6 million laboratory is equipped with the $1.8 million GE Innova 2100 system. The state-of-the-art facility provides early intervention for coronary heart disease and helps prevent and treat heart attacks.

“David, who was an early supporter of Grand View’s efforts to establish a cath lab, would be delighted to see what he envisioned has come to fruition,” said his wife, Dr. Deborah Bolanowski. Dr. Flowers, who died of cancer at age 48 in 2003, was an associate of Buxmont Cardiology and affiliated with Grand View Hospital for many years.

Physicians and hospital personnel, friends and family members gathered as Stuart H. Fine, Grand View CEO and cardiologists Drs. Mitchell M. Greenspan and J. Patrick Kleaveland described Dr. Flowers’ commitment to the project.

Dr. Kleaveland of the Heart Care Group, Allentown , and Dr. J. Doyle Walton of Alderfer Travis Cardiology, Sellersville, are co-directors of the new cath lab. Dr. Walton said that although he did not have the honor of working with Dr. Flowers, he was proud to carry on what he had begun.

Following the comments, Dr. Bolanowski and her children Michael, Laura and Alexis, unveiled the engraving bearing the name of the new laboratory. The event concluded with tours of the cath lab.

In addition to Dr. Kleaveland, who is also the Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Grand View Hospital worked with a team of physicians, nurses and managers from Lehigh Valley Hospital in developing the cath lab. Also instrumental in the establishment of the laboratory were physicians of Alderfer Travis Cardiology and Buxmont Cardiology Associates, both of Sellersville.

Initially, the cardiac catheterization laboratory facility will offer diagnostic procedures and eventually will offer interventional angioplasty. Cardiac Catheterization is a common non-surgical procedure using a thin flexible tube called a catheter to help diagnose or locate artery, valve or heart muscle problems. Angioplasty uses a catheter – with a balloon on the tip – to widen the artery passageway and allow blood to flow freely through the artery.

Grand View Hospital is committed to helping members of our community reach and maintain their optimal level of heart health. In addition to the cath lab, Grand View offers numerous non-surgical procedures to identify the presence and extent of heart disease. Physicians rely on the hospital’s modern equipment to provide patients with the highest level of detail in test results.

Grand View’s Intensive/Coronary Care Unit contains the most current cardiac monitoring equipment and is fully staffed with critical-care registered nurses and highly skilled cardiologists. Recovering patients can benefit from Grand View’s comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program.

For more information, please contact the Grand View Health Line, 215-453-9676 or www.gvh.org.