The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Wake Forest University
The Wake Forest University Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, the first such program in North Carolina and one of the first in the nation, is located at the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program is the second phase of treatment for people recovering from heart attack, heart surgery or other heart-related illnesses. Participants meet three times a week for 12 weeks for exercise and education about nutrition, stress management, heart medications and other topics to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and promote recovery from their heart disease.
The first phase, for inpatients, comes during the patient’s admission for a heart attack or immediately after their cardiac intervention or surgery.
A multidisciplinary program, the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program offers heart patients the services of a team of experts under the direction of cardiologist Killian C. Robinson, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The staff includes:
- Cardiac RNs.
- Respiratory therapists.
- Exercise physiologists.
- Dietitians.
- Psychologists
Also, cardiology fellows provide patients and families with brief lectures and updates on cardiac diseases and treatments.
“Having all of these services at the Medical Center under one roof allows us to offer a high standard of cardiac rehabilitation care and disease prevention,” said Robinson.
Contact us with any questions you may have about the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Wake Forest Baptist.