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Redding, California’s Shasta Regional Medical Center is celebrating recognition as one of the Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the U.S. for superior inpatient performance. It’s one of only three California community hospitals to receive the recognition. “It’s quite a tribute to the whole cardiac team,” says Dr. Doug McConnell, Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at Shasta Regional. The Board Certified Cardiac-Thoracic Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons likens the team performance at Shasta to a symphony. “We all have to bring our skills to bear – blood banking, surgery, telemetry – I know the timing and the score, but can’t do it without the other parts being played correctly.”