The Southeast’s first all-digital cardiovascular specialty facility, the Pepin Heart Hospital & Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute in Tampa, Florida officially opened its doors on April 3, 2006. This brand new, free-standing heart hospital in Tampa is filled with the advancements in technology, techniques, and revolutionary patient-centered care and is raising expectations when it came to the diagnosis, treatment, and study of cardiovascular disease.  Most importantly, our Tampa heart center is also filled with a team of physicians, nurses, technicians, and staff who have worked together for more than 17 years to create one of the most successful heart programs in the Tampa Bay area.  

Our physicians and clinical specialists have built a comprehensive cardiovascular program with the experience of providing over 76,000 angioplasty procedures and over 11,000 open heart surgeries.  We opened the areas first accredited chest pain emergency room which means that we provide a gold standard of care in acute cardiovascular medicine by meeting and exceeding standards set by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.