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Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the brain, spinal cord or optic nerves in which the immune system attacks the protective covering, called myelin, around nerve fibers. Though potentially disabling, MS symptoms often vary widely from person to person.

Schizophrenia is one of the most complex of all mental health disorders. It involves a severe, chronic and disabling disturbance of the brain. What once was classified as a psychological disease now is classified as a brain disease.

Heart failure occurs when muscles in the heart progressively weaken and enlarge. Lehigh Valley Heart Institute offers patients with heart failure more treatment options and the region’s largest team of cardiologists with board-certification in advanced heart failure.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) occurs when plaques build up in the arteries carrying blood through the body. These arteries stiffen and narrow, a condition called atherosclerosis. Vascular surgeons with Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute offer the complete range of PAD treatments to our patients.

Heart attacks are often caused by coronary artery disease. Lehigh Valley Heart Institute consistently ranks among the nation’s leaders in heart attack survival. We’re also the only center in the region with the expertise to treat a very serious heart attack, or STEMI.