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Drs. Rahman and Xenopoulos Named 2020 Top Docs

On behalf of the entire medical team at Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee, we are proud to congratulate Dr. Ayaz Rahman and Dr. Nicholas Xenopoulos for their 2020 recognition as a Top General Cardiologist and a Top Interventional Cardiologist in Cityview Magazine’s Top Doc issue.  Winners are chosen by the local medical community via secret ballot. […]

Welcome Kristi Needham, NP-C

We’re proud to welcome Kristi Needham, NP-C to our heart care team at Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee! Learn more about Kristi.

Welcome Jade Gormley, NP-C

We’re proud to welcome certified nurse practitioner Jade Gormley to our heart care team. She will care for patients at Parkwest Medical Center.

Welcome Amanda Underwood, NP-C

Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee is proud to welcome certified nurse practitioner Amanda Underwood, NP-C to our heart care team. Amanda joins board-certified interventional cardiologist Ayaz Rahman, MD of CAET in the structural heart program at Parkwest Medical Center.

Welcome M. Beth Johnson, APN

Beth Johnson, APN joins Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee and Covenant Health, the region’s top-performing healthcare network.

Welcome Christy Vollmer, PA-C

Christy Vollmer, PA-C Joins Cardiology Associates of East Tennessee and Covenant Health, the region’s top-performing healthcare network.

Hometown Hero: Loudon Woman Credits Parkwest Doctor for Second Change

We Loudon folks have to take care of each other,” Ayaz Rahman, MD, an interventional cardiologist at Parkwest Medical Center, said as he sat at a conference room table across from 67-year-old Mary Linhart.” Dr. Rahman is an Emory University-trained interventional cardiologist whose niche specialty is structural heart and valve disease – just the kind of […]

Road Block: Parkwest’s Heart Team Works Together Using PCI to Clear Way for Better Life

Faye Feezell’s huffing and puffing was getting worse. She figured it was her Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) kicking in. The pain across Gil Wheeler’s back and shoulders was so bad that his teeth hurt. He attributed it to the back surgery he’d had a year earlier. Neither was right. Instead, the Harriman woman and […]