Bronson Brings Cardiology Services to South Haven

June 03, 2009

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Patients along the lakeshore who are in need of heart care can now be seen by a cardiologist at Bronson Cardiology South Haven, a new medical practice located in the Shoreline Medical Office Building. The practice provides coronary and peripheral vascular angiography, balloon angioplasty and stent coronary and peripheral arteries, atherectomy, pacemaker insertion and intravascular ultrasound.

The office is staffed by cardiologists Brett J. Eliuk, DO, FACC and Robert A. Williams, DO, FACC from Advanced Cardiac Healthcare P.L.C.

Dr. Eliuk specializes in general cardiology, including cardiac catheterization, pacemakers and imaging. He is a clinical cardiologist and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and has special certification in nuclear cardiology.

Dr. Williams specializes in general cardiology, including cardiac catheterization and imaging. He is a cardiologist and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.

Bronson Cardiology South Haven is located at 965 South Bailey Avenue in Suite LL-5. The practice has immediate openings for patient consultations, however a physician referral is required. The cardiologists may be reached at (800) 483-8333.

About Bronson Methodist Hospital

Bronson Methodist Hospital, located at 601 John St. in downtown Kalamazoo, Mich., is the flagship of Bronson Healthcare Group, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving all of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. With 380 licensed beds and all private rooms, Bronson Methodist Hospital provides care in virtually every specialty - cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology - with advanced capabilities in critical care as a Level I Trauma Center; in neurological care as a Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center; in cardiac care as the region's first accredited Chest Pain Emergency Center; in obstetrics as the leading BirthPlace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of only six children's hospitals in the state. The hospital is the recipient of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence, and was recognized as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care in 2008 by Thomson Reuters.

Bronson Healthcare Group is one of Kalamazoo's largest employers and has been ranked for six consecutive years by Working Mother magazine as one of the nation's 100 best companies to work for. Annually, Bronson provides more than $83 million in community benefits through outreach and charitable care for the un- and under-insured. Bronson also serves the largest percentage of Medicaid patients of any Michigan hospital outside of southeast Michigan.

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