Riverside Methodist Hospital works with hospitals across Ohio through joint partnerships and affiliations to make quality healthcare accessible in communities throughout the region.

A connection between Riverside and O’Bleness Memorial Hospital enhances heart care services in Athens and brings quality, comprehensive cardiovascular care closer to home.

Access to Riverside’s award-winning heart care

Working together with our team of dedicated cardiologists, O'Bleness and Riverside provide comprehensive cardiovascular care throughout central and southeastern Ohio. Through this connection, O'Bleness' patients have seamless access to Riverside's award-winning cardiovascular care. In fact, U.S.News and World Report has again ranked Riverside among the top 50 hospitals for heart and heart surgery. 

O’Bleness Heart Services in southeastern Ohio

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. That's why O'Bleness offers a wide array of services for heart care in southeastern Ohio as well as a connection with Riverside.

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O’Bleness Heart Services include:

• skilled emergency care
• physicians specializing in
  cardiology and vascular diseases
• diagnostic procedures
• cardiac/vascular catheterization
• cardiac rehabilitation
• nutrition counseling

These services – available at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital and our Cornwell Center for Cardiovascular and Diabetes Care – provide coordinated care for those with cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes, conditions that are often closely linked.

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Working together, O’Bleness and Riverside’s team of dedicated cardiologists provide comprehensive cardiovascular care throughout central and southeastern Ohio regions.

Read about Chuck Howerth, a patient who has benefited from the O’Bleness-Riverside Heart Connection.

Q&A with Mitchell Silver, DO medical director of O'Bleness' catheterization laboratory