ECMO

The Heart & Vascular Institute, at Hartford Hospital, is among the few area hospitals to offer ECMO — an amazing procedure that directly oxygenates the blood so damaged hearts and lungs can rest and recover.

And we’re the only hospital in New England to offer portable ECMO, so we can even bring this lifesaving technology to other hospitals. Just one more way we’re striving to make more advancements accessible to more people.

ECMO for Healthcare Providers


What is ECMO?

For patients with respiratory and/or cardiac failure, time is indeed a matter of life and death. That’s why an innovative procedure known as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), is helping to give the human body the time it needs to heal.

ECMO is performed by a machine that provides partial heart-­‐lung bypass for patients with severe, but reversible, respiratory failure and/or cardiac disease for whom other intensive care therapies have failed. ECMO is used only after medicine and a breathing machine (ventilator) have failed to improve the condition of a patient with respiratory failure.

What does ECMO do?

ECMO directly oxygenates and removes carbon dioxide from the blood, acting as a temporary artificial lung or heart outside the body that keeps life-­‐giving oxygen circulating inside the body — which can buy time for the diseased or damaged organs to rest and recover.

How does ECMO work?

When a patient is placed on ECMO, blood will flow through the ECMO tubing, pushed along by the turning motion of the pump, where it receives oxygen from the machine’s lung. This goes on until the heart and/or lungs are able to work on their own.

Portable ECMO

Hartford Hospital is the only hospital in New England currently offering “ECMO-on-the-go” whereby a team of specialists can bring the ECMO technology to another hospital when they have a patient who needs this life-saving technique.

ECMO for Healthcare Providers

Hartford Hospital is the only hospital in the region to offer a 24/7 mobile ECMO program composed of a highly trained team of clinicians. Find out how to refer a patient to our program.

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Meet our ECMO Specialists:

Name Specialties Location
McAree, Patrick C., PA-C McAree, Patrick C., PA-C
4.7 /5
123 surveys
860.456.2898
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Willimantic
Sheth, Tejas V., MD, FACR, RhMSUS Sheth, Tejas V., MD, FACR, RhMSUS
4.8 /5
278 surveys
860.524.2610
  • Rheumatology
  • Hartford
  • Plainville
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Palkar, Atul, MD, FACP Palkar, Atul, MD, FACP 860.886.1862
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Norwich
Bao, Shanshan, MD Bao, Shanshan, MD 860.289.3375
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Hartford
Bleich, Steven, MD Bleich, Steven, MD 860.522.0604
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Glastonbury
Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Wallingford
  • Cheshire
  • West Hartford
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Pahlawanian, Anahid Maria, DO Pahlawanian, Anahid Maria, DO 860.246.6589
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • East Hartford
Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD
4.9 /5
82 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Richardson, Elizabeth Ann, DO Richardson, Elizabeth Ann, DO 860.972.4262
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hartford
  • Hartford
  • Bridgeport
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Kapur, Sakshi, MD Kapur, Sakshi, MD 860.258.3480
  • Hematology / Oncology
  • Wethersfield
Mitchell, Caitlyn Ashley, OD Mitchell, Caitlyn Ashley, OD 203.574.2020
  • Optometry
  • Waterbury
Shulman, Brandon, MD Shulman, Brandon, MD 203.845.2200
  • Hand Surgery
  • Norwalk
  • Westport
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Shafqat, Mohammad Shuja, MD Shafqat, Mohammad Shuja, MD 800.633.8446
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Roslyn Heights
Gardner, Tina Marie, MD Gardner, Tina Marie, MD 860.380.5150
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Canaan
  • Torrington
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Abavana, Christina, MD Abavana, Christina, MD
4.8 /5
139 surveys
203.254.2320
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Fairfield
  • Milford
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Prioreschi, Brandon E., MD Prioreschi, Brandon E., MD 860.986.7326
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Middletown
  • Marlborough
  • Westbrook
  • Newington
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Avraham, Tomer, MD Avraham, Tomer, MD 860.390.6000
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Old Lyme
Chirunomula, Latha Swarna, MD Chirunomula, Latha Swarna, MD 203.931.0034
  • Internal Medicine
  • West Haven
Duckworth, April Marie, MD Duckworth, April Marie, MD
4.9 /5
303 surveys
860.224.5416
  • Breast Surgery
  • Plainville
  • Manchester
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Carroll, Lenore Ann, APRN Carroll, Lenore Ann, APRN
4.8 /5
187 surveys
860.636.2010
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Middletown
  • Old Saybrook
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Daoud, Vladimir Paul, MD Daoud, Vladimir Paul, MD 860.246.2071
  • General Surgery
  • Bloomfield
  • Avon
  • West Hartford
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Upadhyay, Ashish, MD Upadhyay, Ashish, MD 475.337.7463
  • Spine Surgery
  • Bristol
Chen, Tiffany T., MD Chen, Tiffany T., MD 203.777.7500
  • Otolaryngology
  • New Haven
Glomski, Shahar, MD Glomski, Shahar, MD 203.694.8402
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Meriden
Stockton, Robert C., DO Stockton, Robert C., DO 203.265.3280
  • Spine Surgery
  • Wallingford
  • Meriden
  • Cheshire
  • Southington
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Our ECMO Locations: