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Kendall M. Griffith, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI

Biography

Dr. Griffith is a Board Certified Interventional Cardiologist, distinguished Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention.

He runs a thriving practice, My Heart Doctor, in Statesboro, Georgia.

Before practicing in Georgia, he ran a successful practice, Cardiovascular Associates of the Virgin Islands and traveled throughout the Caribbean to proctor and conduct cardiac procedures.

Dr. Griffith is also the former Chief Executive Officer of the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center (JFL) in St. Croix, Virgin Islands where he established the first Interventional Cardiology program in the Virgin Islands in 2002. He performed the Virgin Islands’ first coronary angioplasty and successfully implanted the Virgin Islands’ first cardiac defibrillator. He was instrumental in the training of the cardiac catheterization laboratory staff in Guyana. Dr. Griffith also proctored the first permanent pacemaker and Cardiac Defibrillator implantation in St. Lucia, WI as well as Tortola, BVI.

Dr. Griffith also served as Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Cardiac Center (VICC)  for eight years and Medical Officer at JFL for three years. He is a past Chairman of Virgin Islands Medical Institute Board of Directors. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, Virgin Islands Medical Society and Council Member of the Caribbean Cardiac Society.

Credentials and Education

Morehouse College
Undergraduate Degree
1988

University of Miami School of Medicine
Graduate Degree
1994

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami
Residency
1997

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Fellowship
2001

Affiliations

  • Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Effingham Health System
  • Burke Health
  • East Georgia Regional Medical Center

Specialties

Interventional Cardiology – Board Certified

Cardiovascular Disease – Board Certified

Procedures and Conditions Treated

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiac Defibrillator Implantation
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Interventional Cardiology