Owen Heart Center
When you select the Asheville Heart team of world-class cardiothoracic surgeons to perform your surgical procedure, you can be safe in the knowledge that they have unique access to the award-winning facilities of the Owen Heart Tower at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
This state-of-the-art facility is ranked by Solucient as the only Top 100 Heart Hospital in the Carolinas, and is one of only four facilities in the state to win the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence in 2007/2008. The 5-story center contains:
- 60 private rooms for heart patients
- 16-bed cardiac intensive care unit
- 6 cardiothoracic operating rooms
- 40-bed cardiovascular progressive care unit
- 20-bed cardiovascular intensive care unit
- 70-seat amphitheater for physicians, staff and community education programs
- Conference rooms for family use
- Chapel with 24-hour chaplain service
The facility is located in the beautiful smoky mountains of western North Carolina, providing peaceful, relaxing and rejuvenating surroundings conducive to healing the body, mind and spirit.
To get to the Heart Tower, approach Mission Hospital via Biltmore Avenue. Heading south, the Heart Tower will be on the right immediately after passing under the MAHEC bridge (the second bridge you will pass under). Turn right into the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospital, then first right again. The 5-story Heart Tower is on the left and there’s a patient drop-off area in front of the main entrance. For the closest parking, go past the patient entrance and follow the road around to the right to the top (outside) deck of the parking lot. If there are no available spaces, go back by the Heart Tower and turn right at the intersection. Follow the signs to the main hospital parking.
When you enter the Owen Heart Tower, there are waiting areas to the left and right and an information desk in the center. The main Cardiovascular (CV) area is on the fourth floor, which can be accessed by the “E” Evergreen elevators behind the information desk.