Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
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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
American Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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.
Publications
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Dr. Heist is very knowledgeable and listens carefully to my concerns.
I am extremely grateful for the excellent care I have been received from this provider.
Great
Good . No need to adjust .
I felt like it was an extreme blessing to get Dr. Heist as my doctor on an issue that has been really unsettling to me since August. He gave me really sound advice and he did that knowing I was completely opposed to what we were talking about doing. But by the time I left his office, I was on the same page as he was and so grateful for his ability ... Read More
Everything was done in a professional manner.
Only my 2nd visit w Dr. Heist. First of all really appreciate moving appt. To Danvers campus. I come down from N.H. and this made everything simple. Know the area and parking much easier. Dr. Heist listened to my concerns and suggested dosage change for one of my meds. My concern about constant dizziness was eliminated almost immediately. He asked ... Read More
Dr Heist is kind and knowledge about my health. He never rushes the visit and always asks what else can I do for you today.
Helpful discussion of my experience with anti coagulation and the risks/benefits of having a watchman procedure. We also agreed that my current regime was reasonable and this was reassuring, as at this point I am not ready to commit to the watchman procedure.
I really appreciated Dr. Heist's office getting me in to see him promptly after requesting a meeting on the portal. And I respect Dr. Heist's professionalism and care