St. John Hospital and Medical Center received accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with PCI on May 20, 2009, demonstrating our commitment to providing excellent, timely cardiac care to our patients. Learn more here.
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.
W. Warren Shelden Heart and Circulatory Center
The W. Warren Shelden Heart and Circulatory Center is unique in Southeast Michigan and across the country by creating an environment where specialists in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, vascular surgery, neurosurgery and radiology can provide a crossfunctional approach to patient care. The Shelden Heart and Circulatory Center houses 10 stateof-the-art rooms: five cardiac catheterization labs, two electrophysiology labs and two interventional radiology labs. It also features private pre-procedure/recovery rooms to improve the patient and family experience.
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.
Our Surgical Chief
Sanjay Batra, MD
Dr. Batra attended medical school at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and completed his general surgery residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit. Dr. Batra completed a cardiovascular and thoracic surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Batra is board certified through the American Board of Surgery and National Board of Medical Examiners and board eligible in the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Batra specializes in adult cardiac surgery, valve repair, minimally invasive and off-pump heart surgery, thoracic and esophageal surgery, pacemakers and implantable cardio-defibrillators
