Anicka Slachta

After graduating from Indiana University-Bloomington with a bachelor’s in journalism, Anicka joined TriMed’s Chicago team in 2017 covering cardiology. Close to her heart is long-form journalism, Pilot G-2 pens, dark chocolate and her dog Harper Lee.

LATEST ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Neurosurgeon who brought CT, MRI to New York dies at 90

Mortality risk model combines EHR data, language processing to account for frailty

DBT screenings have higher cancer-detection rates, fewer false positives than 2D mammography

Weak work-life balance leads to burnout for cardiologists—especially women

Palliative care: Why is it so difficult for cardiologists to talk about death?

TAVR: Who’s the wrong candidate?

How deep learning is helping cardiologists—not threatening their jobs

For claustrophobic patients, MRIs can be a worst-case scenario

‘Should healthcare care whether I’m happy or unhappy?’ Why the quadruple aim matters to cardiologists

How a fidget spinner exposed flaws in x-ray in guiding removal