Baystate Heart & Vascular Program to Host Free Lecture, Tour June 29

GREENFIELD — The Baystate Heart & Vascular Program will host a free community lecture and tour on Wednesday, June 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s (BFMC) main conference rooms. Presenters Dr. Senthil Sivalingam and Dr. Heba Wassif will share information about the latest advances in heart and vascular care available in Greenfield. The event will include a tour of the program’s new location at BFMC. Heart-healthy refreshments will be served, and handouts will be provided.

Sivalingam, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, will discuss slow heart rates, when it’s time to worry and seek treatment, and talking points to discuss with one’s physician. A graduate of Madras Medical College in India, he completed his internship and residency at Baystate Medical Center. He also holds a fellowship in cardiology from Tufts University School of Medicine/Baystate Medical Center, and a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Sivalingam joined Baystate Medical Center in 2012 and Baystate Franklin Medical Center in 2015.

A non-invasive cardiologist, Wassif will discuss the risks, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, as well as new screening options to help improve one’s overall heart health. She received her master’s degree in public health from the Bloomberg John Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, and her medical degree from Cairo University in Egypt. She served as an internal medicine resident at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic and as the chief resident for the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She completed her cardiology fellowship at John Hopkins Hospital/School of Medicine in Baltimore and an interventional-cardiology fellowship with additional advanced cardiology training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. Wassif joined Baystate Franklin Medical Center in 2015.