Moon Township, PA, (July 30, 2010) – The Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Philip D. Nicol to the office located in Leetsdale, PA. As a practicing cardiologist in Moon Township since 1999, Dr. Nicol brings to Heritage Valley years of experience and clinical specialty interests in nuclear cardiology, congestive heart failure, cardiac transplantation, and myocardial infarction. He will be relocating to a new office in Moon Township this fall.

Dr. Nicol completed his residency at Toronto General Hospital and earned his medical degree at the University of Toronto, where he completed his Cardiology Fellowship. He then joined the staff of the Cardiac Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital as a Canadian Heart Foundation Fellow. In 1993, he moved to the Department of Medicine at Allegheny General Hospital, eventually becoming the Director of Nuclear Cardiology in 1998 and Cardiac Transplant from 1996–1999. Dr. Nicol has maintained a successful private cardiology practice in Moon Township for the past 10 years.

“We are pleased to have Dr. Nicol join Heritage Valley Health System and the Heart & Vascular Center team in Leetsdale,” said Norm Mitry, President and CEO of Heritage Valley Health System. “In order to better serve our patients in Moon Township and the airport corridor, Dr. Nicol will be opening a new Heart & Vascular Center location in Moon Township this fall.”