Steven M. Kindsvater MD

Steven Kindsvater, MD is a board-certified cardiovascular specialist skilled in the full range of heart and vascular care including cardiovascular disease prevention and advanced imaging. His expertise lies in the areas of coronary, carotid, and peripheral vascular intervention, electrophysiology, and congestive heart failure. Dr. Kindsvater has a special interest in heart rhythm management and pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, as well as advanced heart failure therapies including cardiac resynchronization therapy and the newest heart failure medical and device treatments. He is actively involved in cardiovascular research around congestive heart failure, electrophysiology devices, and preventative cardiovascular therapies.

Dr. Kindsvater was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force prior to attending medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He subsequently completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Kindsvater also completed two fellowships, one in cardiology at Brooke Army Medical Center and one in interventional cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. In 2004, Dr. Kindsvater was assigned as the Chief of Cardiovascular Services at Keesler Medical in Biloxi, Mississippi. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed the hospital in 2005, he played a key role in rebuilding the hospital amidst discussions of permanent closure. During his tenure from 2004 to 2015, Dr. Kindsvater led the busiest heart and vascular center in the U.S. Military.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Kindsvater is an active faculty member of the General Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Electrophysiology fellowship programs at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital where he also serves as vice-chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine.