Kendall Griffith, MD

Cardiology Specialist

Kendall Griffith MD

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.

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.

Medical Education

  • University of Miami

Residency

  • Jackson Memorial Hospital

Fellowship

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center – Miami

Board Certifications

  • American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Procedures and Conditions Treated

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