Memorial Health System’s Cardiovascular Surgeons & Specialists Are 100% Committed to Your Quick Recovery

At Memorial Health System Heart & Vascular Center, top doctors and specialists of multiple disciplines come together as a team to coordinate your cardiovascular care right from the start.

With our unique team approach, you essentially get all your expert medical opinions all at once, which saves you precious time and assures a well-coordinated cardiovascular care plan.

And when we say "top doctors and specialists," we mean it. Our heart surgeons are highly practiced. They perform nearly twice as many operations as any other hospital in southern Colorado.

Translation: Our people are the reason for our success—as well as the successful recovery of so many of our heart and cardiovascular patients.

With that in mind, let us introduce you to some of our cardiothoracic surgeons…

Meet Our Team of Doctors

• Bryan Mahan, D.O.

Bryan graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hillsdale College in 1976. He then completed his postgraduate medical education in 1988 after assignments at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, San Francisco County Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Bryan has specialized in cardiothoracic surgery for the last 20 years and is currently the Chairman of the Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Memorial Hospital.

• Burt Fowler, M.D.

Burt graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an M.D. in 1976. He completed his residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1983.

Burt has specialized in cardiothoracic surgery for nearly 30 years, and is a fellow with the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Angiology.

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How to Get Help Now

If you have a cardiovascular condition, it is critical you get care as soon as possible.

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Learn More

To learn more about Memorial Heart & Vascular Center, please keep reading.

At Memorial, our mission is to provide the highest quality health care. Therefore, it's our job to do everything we can to help you make the right health care decision. This web site guides you through important steps that help you understand the healing process and the programs we have available at Memorial Health System Heart & Vascular Center.

The next web page introduces you to the treatments and procedures offered at Memorial.

» Step 3: Learn about our heart and vascular treatments and procedures