CARDIOLOGY SELECTIVE
WORKFLOW CHANGES
Effective 05/01/2025
Why?
The role of the CCU/CICU as a standalone entity at Sinai Hospital is changing.
What’s different?
Medicine patients with active cardiac issues requiring ICU-level care (i.e. STEMI, complete heart block) will be admitted to the MICU service serving as primary team with Cardiology serving as a consulting service.
What’s the impact on the CCU/Cardiology Selective Rotation?
Starting 05/01/25, the resident(s) on this selective rotation will no longer be caring for ICU-level patients. From 7am onward, the resident(s) will participate in seeing inpatient cardiology consults with Baltimore Heart cardiologists as well as attend scheduled SCC sessions.
How does this impact communication with Cardiologists?
Interventionalists will contact the MICU attending for STEMI/cath lab patients requiring ICU-level care, as well as be clear on who will continue to follow the patients from cardiology and sign out to appropriate cardiology attendings if needed. Cardiologists will follow the same pathway to transfer patients from another hospital or the floor requiring ICU-level care. After-hours cardiac issues or questions will be directed from the ICU team to the cardiologist/service following the patient, akin to the workflow for the rest of the hospital.
How does this impact everyone else?
Starting 05/01/.25, if a patient suddenly has cardiac ICU-level needs (such as during a rapid response), the MICU intensivist should be called (not the CICU APP).
Please reach out to Dr. Sugumar if you have any questions or any area of doubt. Thank you!
Contact Numbers
Sinai MICU Intensivist: 443-539-6012. Covered 24/7.
Pulmonary Consult phone: 443-537-6030.
Sinai Cardiology - O: 410-601-7790
Kanjwal, Mohammed - C: 410-299-4147
Pfeffer, Brad - C: 202-276-2268
Baltimore Heart - O: 410-521-5600
Abuzahra, Mohammed - C: 443-799-7879
Bansal, Darpan - C: 443-676-4330
Dubin, Jonathan - C: 410-456-1809
Soodan, Ajay - C: 410-916-5323
Tabrizchi, Ali - C: 301-524-5551, P: 410-817-1274
Woodholme Cardiovascular - O: 410-469-4000
Barnstein, Andrew - C: 410-292-1496, P: 410-832-0618
Cummings, Charles - C: 410-746-5936, P: 410-832-0477
DuBois, Benjamin - C: 410-917-5749, H: 410-466-8313
Englehardt, Martin - C: 410-303-2059
Israel, Warren - C: 410-868-8992
Rogers, Jonathan - C: 410-371-5183
Shah, Paresh - C: 443-992-5465
Independent Cardiologists
Albornoz, Martin - C: 410-227-1993, P: 410-351-0156
Ezeugwu, Camellus - C: 443-271-5626, P: 410-232-4029, O: 443-927-2262
Gurbel, Paul - C: 410-591-2473, H: 410-433-1135
Herzog, William - C: 410-627-8606, P: 410-748-9375
Howell, Shawn - C: 443-722-5045
Morgan, Athol - C: 443-996-1133, O: 410-893-4073
Pressel, Michael - C: 410-804-4290
Reicher, Barry - C: 443-928-8393, H: 410-580-0334
Salmon, Duncan - P: 410-453-3527, VM: 410-494-1689
Sher, Ronald - C: 410-456-9488
Smith, Warren - C: 410-916-3270, P: 410-232-2158
Warren, Stafford - C: 304-545-2889, P: 443-481-1000