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Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI, is an internationally-recognized cardiologist, inventor, educator and author. A diplomate of the American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases and American Board of Interventional Cardiovascular Diseases, Dr. Heuser is one of the early pioneers of angioplasty and is considered one of America’s top cardiologists. Dr. Heuser is currently in practice at the Phoenix Heart Center/Physicians Group of Arizona. He is Chief of Cardiology and Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Luke’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, as well as Director of the Interventional Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus.

With 13 patents granted for different catheters, stents and other medical devices, Dr. Heuser has served as principal investigator to research the safety and/or effectiveness of more than 100 medical devices and 70 pharmaceutical products, and has participated in more than 150 research studies. He has authored over 400 articles, textbooks and medical manuscripts, and is frequently invited to international medical conferences to present the findings of research developed in Phoenix.

Dr. Heuser received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, and completed his medicine internship and residency, as well as his cardiology fellowship, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.