Second operating room to open this summer at cardiac center

The second operating room at the Cardiovascular Institute of Mississippi should be up and running by this summer.

Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center Chief Operating Officer Philip Pandolph said recently that the heart center opened with two operating rooms, but only one is fully furnished to use.

He said the decision to have the second operation room availalbe is because of the increased volume of patients and a larger surgical staff.

Full-time cardiothoracic surgeons are Dr. David Ladden and Dr. Taylor Pickett. Working part time is cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jerry Pratt.