ER doc survives the ER after heart attack

Friday, April 11, 2012, Dr. Andrew Ziller was enjoying his day off. He did his morning workout at the gym, came home to his wife Kerry and relaxed before they went to lunch. “I felt fine,” says Ziller, 59, medical director of Rose Medical Center’s emergency department for the past two years. “Suddenly, I developed chest pains like I’ve never had before. I didn’t know what it was. “When Kerry came down after doing laundry, I was pacing back and forth with this incredible pain in the middle of my chest. I thought it might be my esophagus; I was playing doctor with myself.” Ziller, who seemed to be in excellent health, never suspected a heart attack. His blood pressure and cholesterol were great. He […]