{"id":11893,"date":"2025-08-12T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=11893"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:14:03","slug":"west-86-joins-ballad-healths-abingdon-heart-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2025\/08\/12\/west-86-joins-ballad-healths-abingdon-heart-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"West \u201986 joins Ballad Health&#8217;s Abingdon heart institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrew West, MD, has joined Ballad Health CVA Heart Institute Abingdon, specializing in interventional cardiology.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew West \u201986, photo courtesy https:\/\/www.balladhealth.org\/\" class=\"wp-image-11895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/AndrewWestMD6C-E-2-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dr. West offers a broad range of services and treatments, including cardiac catheterization, general cardiology evaluations and percutaneous coronary intervention, according to a written statement.<br><br>With a commitment to treating each person as he would his own family, Dr. West approaches care with compassion, precision and a deep respect for the individual.<br><br>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing more gratifying than helping someone through a serious medical event and seeing them smile again,&#8221; he said.<br><br>Dr. West earned degrees from Indiana University in Indianapolis, and Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.<br><br>As part of Ballad Health CVA Heart Institute, Dr. West&#8217;s patients have seamless access to the full range of Ballad Health facilities, specialists and other care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While at Wabash, Andrew majored in biology and minored in chemistry. 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