Leading Heart Care by Every Measure
St. John Hospital and Medical Center is a nationally recognized leader in cardiovascular care. Our cardiac staff includes some of the nation’s most respected cardiovascular physicians and expert nursing staff. Together, over the past 30 years, we have built our name on innovative treatment techniques, comprehensive prevention programs and compassionate care.
Leading in Advanced Procedures
We have been among the leaders in the state in advanced research and procedures including coronary and carotid stenting, “beating heart” surgery for high-risk patients, laser surgery for coronary bypass procedures, biventricular pacemakers for heart failure, advanced techniques and devices for heart rhythm abnormalities, and even radiation treatment for coronary heart disease complications.
We are committed to remaining a leader in heart care, and are shaping future care and programs today through our extensive ongoing research in the causes and reversal of cardiac disease.
Leading by Teaching
St. John Hospital is also an acclaimed teaching institution for graduate medical education. Our program includes both general and interventional cardiology fellowships. In addition, St. John physicians have taken a leading role in training our peers, and currently teach physicians from other major hospitals many of the latest procedures.
Leading by Caring
Whether care is delivered in the physician’s office, emergency center, cardiac catheterization lab, operating room or cardiac rehabilitation center, St. John Hospital offers a continuum of care and services which enables the patient to move easily through each step in the diagnosis, treatment and recovery process.
Our Cardiac Chief
Thomas LaLonde, MD
Dr. LaLonde is a cardiologist specializing in clinical, invasive and interventional cardiology. He currently serves as medical director of the cardiac catheterization lab and director of the interventional cardiology training program at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit. Dr. LaLonde has completed special training to be certified in several interventional procedures such as: directional coronary atherectomy; transluminal extraction coronary atherectomy; coronary stent placement; rotational atherectomy and rheolytic thrombectomy. As a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Wayne State University, Dr. LaLonde teaches medical students and residents in cardiology and invasive/interventional cardiology. A widely-published author in the medical literature, Dr. LaLonde also has participated in more than 15 sponsored clinical research trials. Dr. LaLonde has been recognized as a “Top Doc” each year for the last 10 years in Hour Detroit magazine’s annual survey.
