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UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Electrophysiologist Talha Farid, MD, holds a set of Abbott AVEIR DR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker devices. Implanted into the upper and lower chambers of the heart, these devices communicate and pace the heart without the use of lead wires. Dr. Farid is one of the first cardiologists in Iowa, and the only one in Cedar Rapids, who is trained to implant the AVEIR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system.

St. Luke’s performs Cedar Rapids’ first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has performed Cedar Rapids’ first implant of the AVEIR DR, the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system. The procedure was completed by electrophysiologist Dr. Talha Farid, the first in the city to be trained…

St. Luke’s Foundation accepting applications for 2025 Rural Healthcare Grants

As announced in a news release Wednesday, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Foundation is accepting…

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St. Luke’s, PCI announce bariatric surgery program

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital and Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI) have launched a…

Dr. Rebecca Milburn

Artwork by local photographer Christopher V. Sherman showcased in new St. Luke’s Marion emergency room

Marion-based fine arts photographer Christopher V. Sherman’s photographic artwork will be prominently displayed in the…

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UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids president named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s ‘CEOs to Know’ list

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids president Casey Greene has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s…

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St. Luke’s offers free pharmacy delivery to offset Hy-Vee closure

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Pharmacy is now offering free pharmaceutical delivery and mail service…

Hy-Vee First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids

Mercy, St. Luke’s recognized for quality maternity care

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids have…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

St. Luke’s Hospital opens Spinal Cord Injury Clinic

St. Luke’s Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) has opened a Spinal Cord Injury Clinic…

Dr. Elissa Zakrasek

UnityPoint Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services call off merger plans

UnityPoint Health is no longer pursuing a merger with Presbyterian Healthcare Services, UnityPoint officials announced…

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St. Luke’s goes pink to raise awareness about breast cancer

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has turned its campus pink to help raise breast cancer awareness…

St. Luke’s named to Becker’s Great Heart Programs list

Becker’s Hospital Review named UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids to its…

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St. Luke’s Hospital named to Becker’s Great Hospitals in America list

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital was named to the Becker’s Hospital Review “Great Hospitals…

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St. Luke’s receives Magnet redesignation for a fourth time

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has again achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has again achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). CREDIT UNITYPOINT

St. Luke’s receives advanced hip, knee replacement certification

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids has received Advanced Hip & Knee…

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UnityPoint announces recipients of AEDs, Stop the Bleed kits

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital, through St. Luke’s Foundation, has announced the recipients of 56 AEDs…

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St. Luke’s, UnityPoint locations reinstitute mandatory masking policy

St. Luke’s Hospital, along with all UnityPoint clinics and urgent care facilities, has reinstituted a…