Patient Stories

JoAnn Grubb had been active her whole life, but the shortness of breath caused by her narrowing aortic valve was slowing her down. “We’d been following my heart valve problem for a couple of years and finally it was at a place where it had to be replaced,” said JoAnn. She went to Genesis HealthCare System to see a cardiothoracic surgeon on the advice of her regular cardiologist, Dr. Abdulhay Albirini.

Penny Higgins, 70, had been experiencing the stereotypical heart attack symptoms that often get ignored—chest pain, indigestion, fatigue.

Vanessa’s test results identified one of her cancerous areas as triple negative and the other as sensitive to estrogen and progesterone.

Bob was 89-years old when he was diagnosed with aortic stenosis and underwent TAVR at Genesis Heart & Vascular Institute.

onna Taylor knew she had poor eating habits and that she could be at risk for developing diabetes. The Zanesville woman has a family history of diabetes. Her father was diabetic and required insulin injections and her paternal grandmother was diabetic and lost her sight.

Learning healthy eating habits helped Jay shed more than 40 pounds, lower his A1C from 11 to 5.4 and no longer need the long list of medications he was taking daily.

Salon owner, Tina Cummings, is back to work in 10 days after surgery at Genesis for bilateral inguinal hernias and an umbilical hernia.

Police officer, Marcus Ramsey, saved his own life by scheduling a colonoscopy early.

Knee replacements last longer with KneeAlign technology, a surgical option available for patients, like Glenna Simon, at Genesis.