OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital names new lead physician for heart and vascular practice

OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital has named Dr. Jennifer Dickerson as lead physician of the heart and vascular team. She has already started in her new role to allow for a transition period with Dr. Gregory Eaton, who will retire in June.

An Ohio native, Dickerson returned to the Buckeye State after completing her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University. She graduated from medical school at Wright State University in Dayton before completing her cardiology fellowship at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. It was there she became the director of echocardiography and vice chair of the Department of Internal Medicine for Quality.

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Dickerson brings years of experience in cardiac imaging to her role, specifically cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac computed tomography. In fact, she says it’s part of the reason she joined OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital in the first place.

“I was attracted to Mansfield Hospital and the OhioHealth Heart and Vascular program and the opportunity to start the advanced cardiac imaging programs — cardiac MRI and cardiac CT — to serve as the foundation for the structural heart program. Being able to bring the latest technology to a smaller community to keep high quality care local is paramount,” Dickerson said.

Since Dickerson joined Mansfield Hospital in 2017, the Heart and Vascular practice developed its structural heart program. It brings the latest, less-invasive procedures close to home, such as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. The hospital has also grown safer tests to assess heart activity.

“Our attention to minimizing patient exposure to medical radiation both with cardiac stress testing and cardiac computed tomography is an example of the ‘patient first’ focus of our practice and we are leaders in the OhioHealth system in this endeavor,” Dickerson said.

Dickerson enjoys spending time with her husband and going on walks with her dog, as well as getting involved in the Mansfield community through events such as GoRed for Women.

This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital names new lead physician for heart and vascular practice