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| Monday, September 13, 2010
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Contact: Debra Thompson
Director, RMH Corporate Communications
540-564-5886
 Robert A. VerNooy, MD, has joined Harrisonburg Medical Associates as the area’s first cardiac electrophysiologist (heart rhythm specialist) to practice at RMH Healthcare.
Dr. VerNooy treats the full spectrum of heart rhythm disorders. He has extensive training and expertise in treating arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms) through cardiac ablation. He also implants and manages the spectrum of cardiac devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators and implantable loop recorders (a device used to monitor heart rhythm).
He graduated from Colgate University and went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, both in New York state. After he completed a three-year internal medicine residency, he pursued additional fellowships in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology over the next four years at the University of Virginia. There, he developed experience in the complete medical care and follow-up of heart rhythm disorders.
At UVA, Dr. VerNooy also was involved in clinical research, published articles, and presented at national meetings in the field. Dr. VerNooy is triple board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
Adding the unique, leading-edge service of electrophysiology was the final piece in creating a comprehensive heart and vascular program at RMH, said Dave Grembi, director of the RMH Heart and Vascular Center.
“A major goal of the RMH Heart and Vascular Center is to provide the very best, and most comprehensive, heart program that will meet the clinical needs of our local and outlying communities,” noted Grembi. “In 2003, a large component of that goal was achieved when RMH introduced its the coronary intervention program, rated No. 1 in Virginia for the past four years by Healthgrades, a leading independent healthcare ratings company.”
Grembi added that RMH reached another milestone in 2008 when it launched its cardiothoracic surgery program. To date, he says, the team has performed more than 250 cardiothoracic procedures with superior clinical results.
“We are delighted to announce the arrival of Dr. VerNooy and the addition of the highly specialized practice of electrophysiology medicine to our Heart and Vascular Center,” Grembi said. “With Dr. VerNooy’s arrival, we now have all the components necessary to provide a comprehensive heart program to our patients.”
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