AdventHealth Brings Vascular Center to Wauchula

AdventHealth Partners has added on to their established multi-specialty practice in the heart of Wauchula, offering patients convenient access to a renowned team of interventional and vascular physicians, beginning February 2^nd . AdventHealth Wauchula Vascular Center is located at 524 Carlton Street, led by board-certified physicians Dr. Thomas Shimshak, and Dr. Joseph Massaro. The Vascular Center and AdventHealth Sebring Medical Center provides patients with accurate, thorough evaluations and diagnoses followed by the most advanced available education and treatments to prevent and manage vascular disease. This includes the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of peripheral arterial obstructive disease of the legs, critical limb ischemia, carotid artery disease, kidney artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and chronic venous disease. The practice provides diagnostic testing with ankle-brachial index, arterial ultrasound (duplex), CT and MR angiography, catheter-based arteriography treatments include balloon angioplasty, peripheral stents, carotid stenting, drug-coated balloon angioplasty, orbital, excisional, rotational and laser atherectomy (plaque removal), distal embolic protection, stent graft therapy for aortic aneurysms, and mechanical thrombectomy (clot removal). For more information on AdventHealth Wauchula's Vascular Center or to make an appointment, call Call863-471-3926 or Call863-402-CARE. About AdventHealth Partners AdventHealth Partners is the area's premier, multi-specialty physician group, dedicated to improving the health and wellness of communities throughout the Heartland. With nearly 40 providers representing over 14 medical specialties in 25 locations, we have a broad range of medical and surgical specialties to meet your needs. Our neighborhood practices are conveniently located throughout Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee, and Polk counties. Our physicians provide care at their practices as well as at three AdventHealth locations in Sebring, Lake Placid, and Wauchula.