Rush University System for Health is expanding its partnership with Franciscan Health to provide more vascular surgery options for patients at the Franciscan Health Munster campus.
Dr. Michele Richard will collaborate with the team of interventional cardiologists from the Franciscan Physician Network, including Drs. Michael Nicholas; Wisam Martini and Tariq Hameed.
“We are enthusiastic about the expansion of our partnership with Franciscan,” said Dr. Paul Casey, senior vice president, chief medical officer and interim president, Rush Faculty Practice Group. “Dr. Richard will provide the highest quality, world-class vascular surgery care, treating complex cases closer to where patients live.”
The two health systems also have partnerships in cancer treatment and neurosciences.
“We are thrilled to be able to expand our collaborative efforts with our partners at Rush to provide more vascular surgery options for our patients in Northwest Indiana,” Franciscan Health Munster President and CEO Dean Mazzoni said in a press release. “Franciscan Alliance is dedicated to providing compassionate care in a community setting.”
Mazzoni also said more developments are coming with regard to Franciscan's partnership with Rush.
The Franciscan Alliance, which was founded in 1875, has 11 hospitals and more than 19,000 employees.
Caption: Rush Vascular Surgeon Dr. Michele Richard (top left) joins Franciscan Health interventional cardiologists Tariq Hameed (top right), Wisam Martini (bottom left) and Michael Nicholas (bottom right) in treating vascular surgery patients in Munster. (Provided by Franciscan Health)
