SL_profile_Jeff Health_0224_Layout 1 3 / 4 / 24 11 : 37 AM Page 1 The BeatGoes On grew up . ” Also , at the outset of his career , he completed his general iventhe evolution of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Depart - surgery and cardiothoracic residencies at Thomas Jefferson University ment at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital in Hospital . East Norriton , residents of the Philadelphia suburbs “ Being here has afforded me the opportunity to be a real doctor Gwho need advanced heart surgery can be assured of again , not just a surgeon , ” he says . “ I tell people I’m a family doctor on receiving state - of - the - art care close to home . the inside and a surgeon on the outside . I recently treated a patient in his “ We have a beautiful facility staffed by a team of surgeons , nurse early 60s who came in with severe chest pain , and he ended up needing practitioners , physician assistants , and other care providers who work a triple bypass . We probably extended his life by 20 or 30 years . It’s collaboratively , ” says Raymond L . Singer , M.D . , chief of cardiac surgery amazing to be able to tell someone like that , ‘ You’re OK , ’ or to tell their at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital . “ We also have access to all family , ‘ You’re husband , wife , dad , the latest technology . We’re able or mom is going to be OK . ’ ” to do many procedures in mini - Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Dr . Singer credits his kind - mally invasive fashion , but when hearted approach to his incisions are required , they’re Hospital enhances its ability to upbringing . Rather than coming kinder and gentler now . It’s from a family of doctors , he likes nothing like it was 15 years ago . ” safeguard the community’s cardiac to say he came from a family of Dr . Singer came to the East patients . Both of his parents — Norriton campus in March 2019 , health through expert surgical tavern owners and military vet - after a 27 - year tenure at Lehigh erans — went through surgery and Valley Hospital in Allentown . His personnel , innovative technology , chemotherapy to treat cancer . arrival marked a homecoming in “ Those experiences made me more ways than one . He grew and expanded services . realize the importance of being up in nearby Cheltenham , so he on time and available , treating cherishesthe opportunity to “ give by B I L L D O N A H U E | photos by J O DY R O B I N S O N otherswith courtesy , and doing a back to the community where I SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 15 ISSUE 6 44 |