06/23/2026
For 40 years, John Kohlmeyer has watched the clouds drift over Mt. Mansfield from his deck in Richmond. But the quiet couldn’t quiet one thing: stubbornly high blood pressure that medications struggled to control.
“I’m not a big fan of medication being the answer to everything,” John says. “So when this came up as an opportunity to be a true fix, I was very interested.”
That opportunity was renal denervation — a minimally invasive procedure now FDA-approved and available at UVM Medical Center. Using a thin catheter, our interventional cardiologists calm the overactive nerve signals near the kidneys that drive blood pressure up.
For John, it was quick, nearly painless and life-changing. The lightheadedness and leg swelling that once troubled him? Gone.
Nearly half of U.S. adults have hypertension, and far too many can’t get it under control. Now, patients across Vermont and northern New York can access this advanced treatment close to home — no out-of-state travel required.
“Patients shouldn’t have to leave the area to benefit from the latest advances in cardiovascular medicine.” — Rony Lahoud, MD, interventional cardiologist at UVM Medical Center.
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