Columbus Dennis Batiste Ii MD, FACC, FSCAI

Columbus D. Batiste, MD, FACC, FSCAI is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist. He served as the Chief of Cardiology at Kaiser Permanente Riverside and Moreno Valley Medical Centers from 2008 until 2020.

In 2011, Dr. Batiste led out in establishing the Integrative Cardiovascular Disease Program (based at Kaiser Permanente). The objective of this program is to prevent the onset and reoccurrence of cardiovascular disease focusing on lifestyle modification. In 2016 Dr. Batiste was an intricate member of the team that developed the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Home-Based Cardiac Rehab program in conjunction with Samsung Technologies. In 2018 Dr. Batiste assumed the role of Regional Medical Director of the SCPMG Home-Based Cardiac Rehab program across Southern California.

Dr. Batiste is passionate about narrowing the health disparities gap educating on the power of a whole food plant-based diet, exercise, and stress reduction. These efforts have led to collaboration with the non-profit Healthy Heart Nation along with the American Heart Association and Association of Black Cardiologists to deliver information through lectures, articles, and media.