The Chattanooga Heart Institute

Robert K. Berglund, MD, FACC
Dr. Robert Berglund is a renowned Chattanooga coronary care specialist. He was the first cardiologist in the Chattanooga area to perform excimer coronary laser angioplasty and he has helped lead Chattanooga's cardiovascular advancements through his involvement with area hospitals, educational facilities and professional organizations. Dr. Berglund received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, where he also served his residency and cardiology fellowship. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology....Read More

Gregory Keith Bruce, MD, FACC
Dr. Gregory Keith Bruce is an accomplished cardiologist who came to our practice from The Heart Group in Nashville. He sees patients at our Erlanger Plaza office at 979 E. 3rd Street, Suite 925....Read More

Eric H. Conn, MD, FACC
Dr. Eric Conn’s interest in medicine began early in life. While growing up, his interest in medicine was cultivated by spending summers at the University of Pennsylvania working as a technician in cardiovascular research laboratories. At home, his father, an academic cardiologist, served to further enhance his interest in the field of medicine. Dr. Conn’s continued involvement and dedication to cardiac research during his formal medical training led to his receipt of the first Merck Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology. He continues his focus in the newest advancements in cardiovascular care at The Chattanooga Heart Institute, with emphasis on interventional cardiology and a wide variety of patient research studies. ...Read More

Gordon D. Graham, MD, FACC
Dr. Gordon Graham is one of the few nuclear specialists in this region and the only one with board specialties in both nuclear medicine and cardiology. Dr. Graham is primarily involved in the diagnostic imaging program at The Chattanooga Heart Institute. ...Read More

James W. Hoback, Jr., MD, FACC
The first physician in the Chattanooga area to perform a directional coronary atherectomy (DCA), Dr. James Hoback remains on the forefront of cardiac advancements. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed both his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis. Dr. Hoback served as director of the Hennepin County Medical Center's Heart Station in Minnesota before moving to Chattanooga. He is also a clinical assistant professor with the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, at Erlanger. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology....Read More

Arthur A. Kort, MD, FACC
While studying physics and engineering as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Arthur Kort became interested in applying technology toward medical care. After graduating from M.I.T., Dr. Kort received his medical degree from New York University, and completed his residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. He completed a cardiology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He served as a faculty member at Duke participating in both medical research and teaching in the cardiology department before deciding to pursue private practice....Read More

C. Samuel Ledford, MD, FACC
Dr. Samuel Ledford came to The Chattanooga Heart Institute from the Naval Medical Center at San Diego, California where he was Assistant Division Head of Cardiovascular Diseases and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory....Read More

James L. Marcum, MD, FACC
Dr. Marcum earned his degree in medicine from the University of Texas at San Antonio and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Medical Center of Delaware. He completed his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Kentucky at Lexington....Read More

Robert J. Mills, MD, FACC
Dr. Robert J. Mills, joined our staff of physicians in 2006. Dr. Mills is located at our Cleveland, TN office at 400 Berywood Trail, NW, Suite A....Read More

Brian C. Mitchell, MD, FACC
Dr. Brian C. Mitchell graduated from the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He also received a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in anthropology, both magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee....Read More

V. Stephen Monroe, Jr., M.D.
Dr. Van Stephen Monroe earned his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine at Tampa and completed his internship, internal medicine residency, and cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. He held the position of assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine....Read More

Mitchell L. Mutter, MD, FACC
Dr. Mitchell Mutter received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He served his internship, internal medicine residency, and cardiology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine and specializes in interventional cardiology and pacemaker technology....Read More

Brian Negus, MD, FACC
A specialist in peripheral vascular disease, Dr. Brian H. Negus joined the Chattanooga Heart Institute from private practice in Gainesville, Georgia, where he also served as director of the cardiology laboratory at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. ...Read More

William F. Oellerich, M.D, Ph.D., FACC
Dr. William F. Oellerich earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis while concurrently earning a doctorate in philosophy in its Department of Pharmacology. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and served as chief resident at Barnes Hospital at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He also completed his fellowship in cardiology at Washington University School of Medicine. ...Read More

Joseph K. Powers, MD, FACC
A native of Belle Harbor, New York, Dr. Joseph K. Powers received his medical degree from New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. He served his residency and internship in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. ...Read More

David M. Salerno, MD, FACC
Dr. David Salerno was Chattanooga's first electrophysiologist. His expertise includes arrhythmia management, radiofrequency ablation and automatic defibrillator implantation....Read More

Gregg S. Shander, MD, FACC
Dr. Gregg Shander’s research on the heart’s electrical functions adds a new dimension to the Chattanooga Heart Institute’s renowned electrophysiology expertise. He came to our practice from The Heart Group in Nashville, Tenn....Read More

Mark C. Thel, MD, FACC
Dr. Mark Thel graduated with Distinction from the University of Virginia and cum laude from Georgetown University School of Medicine. At Georgetown he was president of the Honor Medical Society Alpha Omega Alpha. He served his internship, internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and interventional training at Duke where he was also the Chief Resident in the Department of Medicine. He received the Duke Medical School Davison Society teaching award in 1996. ...Read More

William P. Warren, M.D.
Dr. William P. Warren has special training in non-invasive diagnostic studies of echocardiography, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging. He joined the Chattanooga Heart Institute from his faculty position at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where he was named Teacher of the Year and received the American College of Cardiology Merck Fellowship Award....Read More

David J. Wendt, MD, FACC
Dr. Wendt received a bachelor in science degree and a graduate degree from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. He served his internship in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where he also completed his residency and served as Chief Medical Resident. After completing his residency, he received a public health service research award to investigate the role of the autonomic nervous system on the conduction of the cardiac impulse. ...Read More

Kinsman E. Wright Jr., MD, FACC
Dr. Kinsman Wright, along with Dr. Noel Hunt, founded The Chattanooga Heart Institute in 1977. Dr. Wright’s primary interest is pursuing new approaches in cardiac care and ensuring the most efficient, effective patient care. The first cardiologist to perform PTCA in Chattanooga, Dr. Wright continues to be a leader in cardiovascular advancements in this region. ...Read More