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Ornish Spectrum – Reversing Heart Disease Program

Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease is an outpatient experiential program. It is a non-invasive treatment option that combines four components to slow, stop and even reverse the progression of coronary artery disease.

Dr. Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease was the first program scientifically proven to reverse heart disease without drugs or surgery.  Now, for the first time, Medicare and other private insurance companies are covering this program in hospitals, clinics, and physician offices.  People are empowered with a proven program that can quickly reverse their heart disease and other chronic conditions, allowing them to sustainably transform their lives for the better.

The Ornish Spectrum is a program that helps you make healthy, sustainable lifestyle changes in:

Clinical outcomes consistently demonstrate that the Ornish participants show improvements in:

  • Blood pressure
  • Weight
  • BMI
  • Cholesterol
  • Angina
  • Depression
  • Hostility
  • VItality

Each Ornish certified site has a dedicated team of caring professionals to provide support every step of the way:

  • Physician / Medical Director
  • Nurse Case Manager
  • Exercise Physiologist
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Registered Stress Management Instructor
  • Registered Dietician

Here are the latest findings from all of the 3,780 patients who went through our program at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and West Virginia as of October 2011:

  • Overall attendance after 1 year was 87.9%;
  • 45.2% of these patients had heart disease– 34.0% had type 2 diabetes, and the others had only risk factors (high blood pressure, cholesterol, or weight), yet adherence was comparable in all categories of patients (85-90% after 1 year);
  • The average patient lost 13.3 pounds in the first 12 weeks and 15.9 pounds after 1 year;
  • Significant reductions in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL-cholesterol after 12 weeks were still significant after 1 year;
  • Exercise capacity increased from 8.7 to 10.6 METS after 12 weeks (18% increase) and to 10.8 METS after one year (24% increase);
  • Significant reductions in depression and hostility (the emotions most strongly linked with heart disease) after 12 weeks that were still significant after 1 year;
  • Hemoglobin A1C in diabetics decreased from 7.4% at baseline to 6.5% after 12 weeks and 6.8% after one year (complications of diabetes such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations can be prevented when hemoglobin A1C is less than 7.0%);
  • 96.5% of patients reported improvement in severity of angina (chest pain) after 1 year.

Ornish Certified Sites with the Reversing Heart Disease Program

*We are just beginning to train and certify programs, so the site network will be growing significantly in the next few months.

Pennsylvania Hospital Site List

West Virginia Hospital Site List

Hamot Heart Institute
Sterling Square, Suite 211
3330 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16508
Walter Horner
Program Director
E-mail: walter.horner@hamot.org
Phone 814-877-5480
Inquiries 814-877-5481
Fax: 814-860-7842

Jameson Health System
1211 Wilmington Avenue
Room 430
New Castle, PA 16105
Lori Brothers
Program Director
E-mail: lbrothers@jamesonhealth.org
Phone: 724-656-4660
Fax: 724-656-4160

Jefferson Regional Medical Center
PO Box 18119, 565
Coal Valley Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0119
Lexi Robinson
Team Leader
E-mail: Lexi.robinson@jeffersonregional.com
Info: 888-ORNISH-4-U
Fax: 412-653-1394

Monongahela Valley Hospital
1163 Country Club Road
Monongahela, PA 15063
Randall Komacko
Program Director
E-mail: ornishstaff@monvalleyhospital.com
Phone: 724-379-1960
Fax: 724-379-1961

Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
3200 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Program Director
Ed Haver
Phone: 304-388-9520, direct
304-388-9411, inquiries
Fax: 304-388-9422
E-mail: ed.haver@camc.org

West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.
Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506-8120
Program Director
David Harshbarger
Phone: 304/598-4000 x73079, direct
304/293-2520, inquiries
Fax: 304/293-3725
E-mail: harshbargerd@rcbhsc.wvu.edu
Web: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/Wellness/Dr-Dean-Ornish-Program/

Connecticut Hospital Site List

Oregon Hospital Site List

Stamford Hospital
Cardiac Rehabilitation Dept.
Tully Health Center
32 Strawberry Hill Court
Stamford, CT 06902
Murray Low, EdD, FAACVPR, FACSM/Program Director
E-mail: mlow@stamhealth.org
Phone: (203) 276-2183
Web: http://www.stamfordhospitalheart.com/		Silverton Hospital
WellspringHeart
1475 Mt. Hood Avenue
Woodburn, OR 97071
Sarah Fronza/Program Director
E-mail:  sfronza@silvhosp.org
Phone 971-983-5307(direct)
Inquiries 971-983-5212
Fax 971-983-5215
Web http://www.wsheart.com

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