Spencer B. King
Interventional / Structural Cardiology
Emory Healthcare
About
Spencer B. King works in Interventional / Structural Cardiology affiliated with Emory Healthcare.
Spencer B. King III is Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Emory University School of Medicine and is affiliated with Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. He served as the first director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Emory University Hospital starting in 1972 and recruited Andreas Gruentzig to begin the interventional cardiology program in 1980. He has authored more than 600 papers on cardiology and edited multiple books including Interventional Cardiology.
Research focus
Coronary ArteriographyCardiac CatheterizationPercutaneous Coronary InterventionRestenosis PreventionPreventive Cardiology
Impact
793 pubs · 51,438 cites · h-index 102
Training
Residency in Internal Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
1968
Internship, Transitional Year
National Capital Consortium
1964
MD
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
1963
Affiliations
Work Experience
Emory University School of Medicine
New York State Cardiac Advisory Board
American College of Cardiology
1998 - 1999
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
1991 - 1992
Emory University Hospital
1972 - Present