Established in 1970, MedVance Institute is a health care career training organization. Based in Houston, Texas, the organization offers diploma and degree-granting health care programs. It prepares students for a range of medical career options, including medical assistant, medical billing and coding specialist, practical nursing, radiologic technology, surgical technology and sterile processing technician. MedVance Institute s cardiovascular technology program prepares students for assisting physicians in diagnosing and treating cardiac (heart) and peripheral vascular (blood vessel) ailments.