On Aug. 15, Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) will celebrate 40 years of impacting the lives of thousands of patients by providing advanced cardiovascular care.
Over the past 40 years, CIS grew from one clinic to 20. Now, with nearly 1,200 team members and 60 physicians, CIS continues to treat all forms of cardiovascular disease with the latest technology and compassionate care.
Through the years, CIS has pioneered hundreds of new procedures and devices to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. CIS physicians strive to not only use the latest advancements, but to educate and train others in them as well. CIS entered the landscape of virtual care in 2018 with a 24/7 Virtual Care Center in Lafayette, and more recently, CIS opened its Ambulatory Surgery Center in Gray, La., to offer comfortable, cost-effective and innovative outpatient procedures. CIS has grown nationally through the use of new technology, virtual care, and interventional and outpatient procedures.
“CIS has truly been my dream realized,” said Craig Walker, MD, founder. “Our mission is, and always was, to provide our patients the highest-quality cardiovascular care available. Our passion is patient care. It is amazing to see how CIS has grown, and our success would not have been possible without our team, our patients and our supporters. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”