New Operating Room At Berkeley Medical Focuses On Cardiovascular Care

A new hybrid operating room in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle seeks to expand local options for cardiovascular care.

WVU Medicine has opened a new hybrid operating room at Berkeley Medical Center, its hospital based in Martinsburg. Surgeons from the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute have already begun performing procedures in the facility, WVU Medicine shared in an April 10 press release.

The operating room can conduct advanced imaging, which is especially helpful for patients with “complex conditions and multiple comorbidities,” according to the release. Hybrid operating rooms offer advanced tech like this alongside traditional surgical services to eliminate the need to transfer patients across departments for care.

The hybrid operating room “enables us to perform complex vascular procedures with greater accuracy, in a safer and more efficient environment,” said Omar Nadra — a vascular surgeon who conducted the first procedure in the center. “Our patients now have access to some of the most advanced surgical technologies available, right here in Martinsburg.”

The operating room will offer several vascular procedures like angiograms, fistulograms, aortic repairs, carotid stenting, artery revascularization, carotid endarterectomy and arterial bypasses, according to the press release.

“This milestone reflects our continued commitment to expanding access to advanced healthcare in the Eastern Panhandle,” said Mark O’Hern, CEO of WVU Hospitals East, in the press release. “The new hybrid OR represents the future of surgical care and reinforces our investment in bringing high-quality heart and vascular services closer to home for our patients.”

The space will also host thoracic surgery and pulmonology services, with tomography imaging technology. That allows doctors to locate pulmonary tumors, enabling them to conduct diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

WVU Medicine did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this story.