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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – West Virginia University Hospitals-East’s City Hospital has filed a certificate of need (CON) application with the West Virginia Health Care Authority to expand its cardiac catheterization lab services in the Eastern Panhandle.

Last week, a CON was filed on behalf of City Hospital requesting permission to expand the hospital’s current diagnostic cardiac cath lab to offer treatment options including primary (emergency) coronary intervention and elective therapeutic cardiac catheterization services.

If approved, City Hospital will be able to move to phase two of the regional health system’s strategic initiative to establish a comprehensive cardiovascular program in the Eastern Panhandle. Phase one involved the opening of the diagnostic cath lab at City Hospital in June 2009.

“Over the past year, our cardiologists have successfully performed over 180 diagnostic cardiac catheterizations at City Hospital,” stated Anthony P. Zelenka, chief administrative officer.

According to Zelenka, construction is currently underway for a 12,000 square foot addition to the hospital that will house a new fully equipped cardiac cath lab. The project remains on schedule and the lab is scheduled to open in October.

Officials hope to gain CON approval within this timeframe as well so that the interventional service can be launched when the new cath lab opens this fall. “This will arm the hospital’s cardiologists with state-of-the-art digital equipment to perform procedures that can identify and treat heart disease,” Zelenka said.

Neal S. Gaither, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a cardiologist with University Cardiovascular Associates and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at West Virginia University, is the medical director of WVUH-East’s cardiovascular services at City Hospital. Gaither is a Fellow of both the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angioplasty and Interventions.

“The new interventional and diagnostic catheterization lab will bring advanced technology to the Eastern Panhandle,” Gaither said. “WVUH-East is significantly enhancing our capabilities as cardiologists to diagnose and treat heart disease while giving patients the choice of staying here in Martinsburg for the majority of their cardiology needs,” he added.

University Cardiovascular Associates opened an office in the Medical Arts Building on the City Hospital campus earlier this year. The group includes eight board certified cardiologists who work in the Martinsburg office as well as their Winchester office, the Cardiovascular Group at Selma.

“WVUH-East is very fortunate to have a dedicated and skilled cardiac cath lab staff and cardiologists,” stated Zelenka. “If we can expand our lab to offer these added capabilities, WVUH-East will provide a critical health care need for the first time to the communities we serve in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties,” Zelenka added.

WVUH-East is a regional, not-for-profit, healthcare system established in January 2005 to serve West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle. The system includes City Hospital, Jefferson Memorial Hospital and all of their affiliates. WVUH-East’s parent company, West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, is a member of the Fairmont-based West Virginia United Health System, the state’s largest healthcare network.