Dr. Mahir Sati Joins Covenant Cardiology Covenant HealthCare welcomes Mahir Sati, DO, FACC, RPVI, as a member of the Covenant Medical Group. Dr. Sati joins the Covenant Cardiology Team as an Invasive Cardiologist. He specializes in coronary angiography, pacemaker implantation, cardiac testing including echocardiography and cardiac stress testing, peripheral vascular testing including anklebrachial index (ABI), arterial Doppler and venous Doppler, and cardiovascular consultations. The office is located at 900 Cooper, Suite 4100 in Saginaw, and the team can be reached at 989.583.4700. Dr. Sati has additional practice locations in Marlette and Bay City.
Covenant Once Again Achieves American Heart Association Top Honor for Quality Stroke Care Flag raised by patient as he shares his story. Covenant HealthCare once again achieved top honors from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association receiving the Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The Award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, researchbased guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Recently a flag was raised by Bay City stroke survivor, Troy Tackett, in front of the Covenant main campus at 700 Cooper. The flag will fly in honor of the more than 600 patients who received stroke care at Covenant in the past year. “Two years ago, in 2018, I had a double stroke- a shower- on
both sides of my brain,” said Tackett at the flag raising. “I was at work and got to Covenant. When I was just arriving, I remembered that I went blind, and I thought ‘this is it.’ But I’m a man of faith, and I believe God puts me in the right place at the right time when tragedy strikes. And I’m going to tell you, the thirty minutes… it’s serious.” “I’m grateful to Melissa and Dr. Smith who were on that day [and all the nurses], that they reacted and that they had their program down solid so I can be here two years later. Not only to survive, but [also] come back from therapy, back playing my guitar, back playing my drums, I’m back workingand in fact got promoted. I’m a blessed man.” “This Award is tied directly to meeting quality measures for stroke care including providing lifesaving thrombolytic medication to patients within 30 minutes of arriving to our hospital,” says Melissa Duchene, RN, BSN, Stroke Program Administrator at Covenant HealthCare. “Our Stroke Team works diligently every day to ensure we provide the highest quality care to every patient who enters our hospital. This Award shows our dedication to patients and the community.” According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death, and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
Specialized Clinic for Patients at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer The Covenant HealthCare Breast High Risk Assessment and Prevention Clinic specializes in the care of women who are at an increased risk for developing breast cancer. Our breast surgical oncology team of experts provide specialized care and increased access to the necessary resources for reducing breast cancer risk and ensuring early detection and prevention. Your visit will include a discussion of your risk level, education on risk reduction and a specific surveillance plan recommendation that is personalized to you and your lifestyle. The chances of a woman developing breast cancer in her lifetime is one in eight. For some women, the risk of developing the disease is considered much higher. WOMEN CONSIDERED AT HIGH RISK MAY HAVE: • Previous history of breast or ovarian cancer • Family history of breast cancer • Dense breast tissue requiring specialized examinations
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