About Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
Dr. Kevin Heist received his MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University School of Medicine, and received an MMSc degree from the Harvard/MIT Health Sciences Training Program. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at UC San Francisco, and he then completed Fellowships in both Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at MGH. He is the Program Director for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at MGH.
His clinical and research interests focus on catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation (AF), supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular tachycardia (VT), as well as implantation and followup of cardiac device therapy including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices. He has published over 150 peer reviewed papers on these topics, and is frequently invited to give educational lectures on these subjects at major national and international meetings.
His practice is currently accepting new patients.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy (biventricular pacing)
- Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
- Catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia
- Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia
- Implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy
- Pacemaker therapy
- Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Locations
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center
102-104 Endicott St.
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6191
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Mass General: Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4500
Medical Education
- MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Residency, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
There are two major foci to my research efforts. The first focus is identification of predictors of outcome from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) to treat congestive heart failure. Optimization of these factors, including patient selection, device placement issues including lead site selection, device programming and patient follow-up, has been demonstrated to result in improved outcomes after CRT implantation. The second major focus is identification of anatomical and procedural variables associated with success of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT). I am actively pursuing investigation in both of these areas at the present time, and this work has resulted in multiple publications and presentations at national meetings.
I thought Dr. Heist was extremely professional, well-informed, took as much time as I needed, asked if he could answer any questions, of which I did have some because this is a new diagnosis for me. And I was extremely impressed with how he spoke with me and listened to me.
Dr. Heist combines a wonderful bedside manner with clinical skills, what more could a patient want?
Dr. Heist answered addressed my concerns thoroughly, and once things were explained, he asked if I had any additional questions! He was very professional, and easy to chat with!
Aside from the fact that Dr. Heist is probably the most knowledgeable and capable physician I've dealt with, that's surpassed only by his actual real interest in how I was doing and what I could do to become more comfortable and more healthy. So I appreciate that and I would recommend him to anybody. He should clone himself and take care of ... Read More
Excellent at listening and explaining in easy to understand terms
Dr Heist reviews my medical history & does not limit discussion to my arrhythmia... He understands the multiple systems of our bodies & how they interact! A nostalgic glimpse of visiting a doctor 40 years ago!!
Dr. Heist provided great support, answered my questions and explored all my concerns. He was open to my input about continued care. I gratefully appreciate his excellent medical care and knowledge about my heart issues.
Dr. Heist answered all of my questions in an" easy to understand" way and said he would be available if I had any further issues with atrial fibrillation or the like.
Thank God I have Mass General around my health. The doctor was wonderful. Everybody was wonderful. And thank God that Mass General is here and not someplace else. I love the hospital, and I love everybody that works there.
My doctor, Dr. Heist, was prompt, was on time. He greeted me, very personable, answered any questions I had, although my questions were limited, and my health was in his care. And I'm so happy that I have him as a doctor, one of the nicest doctors I've ever come across.