HJBR Jul/Aug 2019

Healthcare Journal of baton rouge I  JUL / AUG 2019 13 Craig M. Walker, MD OneonOne Cardiovascular Institute of the South Dr. Craig M. Walker is a world-renowned interventional cardiologist, lecturer, and educa- tor, known for establishing Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS), a cardiology practice with more than 20 locations, 65 cardiologists and more than 800 team members through- out Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition to his practice, he serves as a Clinical Profes- sor of Medicine at LSU and Tulane Medical Schools. He is also a Clinical Editor of Vascular Disease Management and is on the editorial board of many other vascular-based journals, including the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Endovascular Today and Global Vascular Digest. Dr. Walker has served as the primary investigator for many interventional break- through clinical trials, pioneering new techniques to advance the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). He has trained more than 1,000 physicians via “hands-on” periph- eral vascular training courses and many more via “observational” courses—many of whom are now known leaders in PVD treatment. Dr. Walker was the first Louisianan to receive the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award. He completed his pre-medicine collegiate degree in two years and received the Pre-Medicine Award from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He earned his doctorate from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisi- ana. He continued his training with a cardiology fellowship at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and a subsequent research fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Walker is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Cardiovascular Interventionists, the International College of Angiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interven- tions, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Council on Clinical Cardiology.