Join us as we transform how
cardiovascular care is
delivered across the US.
Partner with the physician-owned, physician-led cardiovascular platform that’s committed to providing the highest quality cardiovascular care available. Our patient-first mission underlies all that we do, attracting top-tier physicians who share our vision for the future of cardiovascular care. Our unique model combines unrivaled clinical expertise with decision-making autonomy and equity ownership, enabling you to achieve greater control and greater opportunity. And our proven approach ensures a smooth transition and long-term success.
Partner with CVL
CVL is the integrated national platform that will help your practice scale and thrive in a dynamic market. Discover why some of the most advanced and respected cardiovascular groups in the country have partnered with CVL. Let’s work together to transform cardiovascular care.
See why our partners chose us and how they’re experiencing the CVL difference.
By leveraging the collective strength of the platform, we reduce financial pressure, support best practices, and improve sustainability. What sets CVL apart is our unwavering focus on providing our patients with the highest quality cardiovascular care available, a mission we’ve held for over 40 years. Our board also includes representation from CVL practices, ensuring they have a voice in decision-making.
– Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACA, FACP, FSCAI, FASCI, FCCP, FICA, Chief Medical Officer, Cardiovascular Logistics & Interventional Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Institute of the South
At a time of accelerated consolidation in healthcare, doctors have had to team up and scale to stay relevant. Having vetted many options, CVL was the clear choice for me and my practice. I love the selective nature, focusing only on the high-quality doctors. I chose to partner with people I have known and trusted for more than a decade.
– Yazan Khatib, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FABVM, FSVM, Cardiac & Endovascular Interventionalist, First Coast Cardiovascular Institute
We were intrigued by the idea of partnering with a platform that offers the capital and the know-how to help us keep expanding and innovating. When David (Konur) explained how CVL wants to change the way cardiovascular care is practiced, we realized how aligned the platform is with our own focus on delivering the most innovative, compassionate patient care.
– Lance Sullenberger, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCCT, Cardiologist, Capital Cardiology Associates
The CVL model brings together very seasoned practices that have historically established themselves as market leaders, participating at the forefront of driving innovation in cardiology on a national level. We appreciated the opportunity to work alongside like-minded physicians who share the same vision of changing the way we deliver cardiovascular care across the country.
– Ryan Hebert, MHA, RT(R), CCIR, Chief Executive Officer, Cardiovascular Institute of the South
When you join the CVL platform, you win in two ways: You continue to do what you believe is best to take care of your patients, and you gain the resources and support to achieve your growth goals. We realized we could make a bigger difference in the lives of our patients as a CVL practice.
– Ibrahim Aloustwani, MBA, CMPE, CPPM, CPB, Chief Executive Officer, First Coast Cardiovascular Institute
We viewed CVL as the cardiovascular platform with the greatest commitment to being physician-led and physician-owned in the market today. We also appreciated the integrity, deep experience, and commitment to quality care access that Lee Equity Partners brings.
– Frederic R. Simmons, Jr., Chief Strategy Officer, Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants
Joining CVL has allowed me to scale my business faster. Our practice leads our regional area in quality patient care, and partnering with CVL and its successful partner cardiology practices will allow us to expand nationally. CVL is also physician-owned and physician-led, which is unusual in the private equity market.
– Augustin DeLago, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Capital Cardiology Associates
With the rapidly changing healthcare landscape and increased demand for cardiovascular services, joining a physician-led platform has provided us with additional resources to grow our practice and provide our patients with state-of-the-art, innovative, and cost-effective care.
– Jorge Navas, MD, FACC, Cardiologist, Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants
We’re proud to join forces with CVL and to be part of a platform that puts patients and quality care first while investing in innovation. This partnership allows us to preserve our independence while gaining access to the resources and infrastructure needed to grow and continue leading the field of cardiovascular medicine.
– Mark Victor, MD, FACC, Cardiologist and Chief Executive Officer, Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia
OUR PRACTICES
Unite with elite, like-minded physicians.
CVL partners include some of the most well-respected cardiology practices and physicians in the country. They’re advancing cardiovascular medicine by introducing innovative diagnostic and treatment services and pioneering novel care delivery facilities.
If you’re interested in collaborating and sharing best practices with other premier physicians, CVL might be the right fit for you.
PHYSICIAN-OWNED, PHYSICIAN LED
Join top-tier physicians who are shaping the future of cardiovascular care.
Our platform model ensures you maintain the clinical autonomy to provide cardiovascular care the way you believe is best, combined with the local decision-making authority to control your day-to-day operations. The make-up of our board also reflects our physician-led approach, with physicians from our partner practices lending their insights and their voices as board members.
RESOURCES THAT DRIVE GROWTH
Leverage our resources to scale your practice and thrive.
Growing a cardiology practice is challenging in a fragmented, competitive market, especially as operational costs escalate. As a CVL partner practice, you’ll leverage our substantial resources to stay current on new capabilities and services that are key to advancing cardiovascular care. Our economies of scale will help your practice run efficiently and capitalize on growth opportunities. And our best-in-class technologies and focus on innovation will enable you to gain a competitive edge in your market.
EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Put our deep expertise and proven track record to work for your cardiology practice.
The CVL leadership team is highly experienced in both cardiovascular medicine and practice management, so we understand what it takes to run a financially and operationally sound cardiology practice while continually enhancing patient care. We’ve been innovating as a team across the cardiovascular space for 25 years, with a shared philosophy about how to advance care quality in this vital therapeutic area. And we’ve applied that expertise to create the operational efficiencies that lighten your team’s administrative workload and enable them to focus more time and attention on your patients.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean to partner with CVL as a cardiology practice?
Partnering with CVL means joining a national, physician-owned, physician-led platform that gives your cardiovascular practice the capital, operational support, and peer expertise to thrive, while preserving your clinical autonomy and decision-making authority. Partner practices gain equity ownership, participate in shaping the platform’s direction, and benefit from shared resources that would be difficult to access independently.
Why are leading cardiology practices choosing to partner with CVL?
ndependent cardiology practices today face mounting pressures, including rising operational costs, fluctuating reimbursements, and increasing regulatory burdens. CVL offers an alternative to hospital employment or traditional private equity by providing scale and resources through a model that keeps physicians in control.
What resources does CVL provide to help partner practices scale?
CVL provides partner practices with financial capital to invest in infrastructure and technology, back-office and administrative systems, data analytics tools, advanced diagnostic capabilities, and access to innovative service lines such as population health, value-based care programs, vein clinics, and virtual care. Economies of scale across the platform also reduce operational costs and free physicians to focus more on patient care.
Will a practice lose its independence or clinical autonomy by joining CVL?
No. Maintaining clinical and operational autonomy is a core principle of the CVL model. Partner practices continue to make their own day-to-day clinical decisions, retain their individual identities, and remain the primary drivers of patient care in their communities. CVL’s board—which includes physicians from partner practices—also ensures physicians have a meaningful voice in platform-level decisions.
How does CVL ensure a smooth transition for practices joining the platform?
CVL’s leadership team has over 25 years of experience founding and scaling cardiovascular practices, giving them practical understanding of what a successful transition requires. Their proven approach is designed to minimize disruption to daily operations while setting the foundation for long-term growth.