Feb 18, 2019 2 min read

St. Clair Hospital has appointed noted heart surgeon and innovator Andy C. Kiser, M.D., FACS, FACC, FCCP, as its new chief of cardiac surgery. Dr. Kiser joins St. Clair from the East Carolina Heart Institute, affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, where he served as chief of cardiac surgery and the John Mark Williams Distinguished Professor in Cardiac Surgery. Prior to that, he served as chief of cardiac surgery and the Byah Thomason-Sanford Doxey Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Kiser is internationally recognized for his expertise in minimally invasive valve and coronary artery surgery and for pioneering paracardioscopic procedures to treat atrial fibrillation or Afib. Moreover, he is the inventor of a number of medical devices and the founder and CEO of the Advanced Cardiac Access Training Institute, which has provided education and advanced training in surgical skills and procedural simulation to other surgeons across the United States and around the world. Dr. Kiser has authored numerous scientific papers and textbook chapters on cardiothoracic surgery and a wide range of other topics. He will be performing cutting-edge, minimally invasive procedures at St. Clair. Dr. Kiser earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also completed a residency in general surgery, as well as fellowships in cardiac and thoracic surgery. Dr. Kiser is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Chest Physicians. He recently earned an MBA degree at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, also part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Kiser participates with all insurers and will maintain an office in the St. Clair Professional Office Building on the campus of St. Clair Hospital.