Phillip Smith, MD, FACC

Phillip A. Smith, MD, FACC, is an interventional and structural heart cardiologist with Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Baton Rouge and Zachary, Louisiana. He specializes in treating heart valve disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke risk associated with atrial fibrillation. His expertise includes minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), MitraClip, TriClip, Watchman, PFO closure and CardioMEMS implantation. Dr. Smith performed Baton Rouge General’s first TriClip procedure in 2026 and helped develop the hospital’s acute myocardial infarction (MI) cardiogenic shock protocol, adopted in 2024–2025. He earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport and completed his residency and fellowships in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Smith is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology, with additional certifications in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT.