Heart and Vascular Center

Behzad Taghizadeh, MD, FACC Charles Harris, Jr., MD, FACC Kenneth Rhinehart, MD, FACC

Paula Carter, PA-C Dan Schwartz, PA-C Tiffany Noel, PA-C Lindsey Hawks, PA-C Michael Davanzo, PA-C

Endovenous Laser Therapy Cardiac Ultrasound Echocardiography Carotid Ultrasound Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound Renal Ultrasound Exercise Stress Echo Treadmill Stress Testing Nuclear Testing Holter Monitoring Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) Test External Counterpulsation (ECP) Therapy

Winston-Salem, NC Mount Airy, NC Galax, VA Stuart, VA

Nurses Technologists Front Office Coordinators Business Office Coordinators Administration

News & Events

Welcome to The Heart and Vascular Center

Main Graphic We are proud to offer the latest in diagnostic cardiac testing. Our scans are performed with state of the art nuclear imaging and echocardiography equipment.

The Heart and Vascular Center not only offers the best equipment and technology available, but is supervised and managed by skilled technologists, specially trained in this field.

Our physician staff includes board certified Cardiologists and Internal Medicine physicians.

Patients receive the most qualified service, with most testing results within 24 hours.

Our Mission

The Heart And Vascular Center strives to set the industry standard for quality patient care, using state of the art facilities and technology, conducting research to determine new and best treatment alternatives, and by making our practice easily accessible to our patients.

Now Specializing in the Treatment of Varicose Veins

The Heart and Vascular Center and Piedmont Vein Center announce the availability of a new alternative in the treatment of varicose veins. This procedure, called endovenous laser therapy, is a non-surgical method of resolving the unsightly, painful and potentially dangerous effects of varicose veins.

Piedmont Vein Center, located at Heart and Vascular Center's Winston-Salem location, is very pleased to offer this new therapy to patients. For more information on this procedure please visit Piedmont Vein Center.