Robert M. Wheatley, MD, FACC
Dr. Wheatley is a native of Springfield, Kentucky. After graduating with honors from the University of Kentucky, he received his medical education at the University of Louisville where he graduated cum laude and was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He served a Residency, Chief Residency, and Fellowship in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty boards of Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Wheatley holds fellowships in the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Wheatley's major focus in clinical practice is interventional cardiology.
Dr. Wheatley has participated as a principal and co-investigator in a number of clinical interventional trials over the past several years, and he has remained active in the clinical teaching program at Centennial Heart Cardiovascular Consultants.
Dr. Wheatley is married to Sue Lee, MD, and has two daughters, Samantha and Andrea.
- Undergraduate Education: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 1981
- Medical School: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 1985
- Residency:
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1985-1988
(Chief Resident) Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1990-1991 - Fellowship:
Fellow - Cardiology / Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1990-1991
Senior Associate / Cardiology Fellow / Emory University Atlanta, GA 1991-1992
Fellow - Interventional Cardiology / Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1992-1993 - Specialties: Interventional Cardiology
- Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology 1999
- Cardiovascular Disease 1991
- Internal Medicine 1988
National Board of Medical Examiners 1986 - Professional Societies:
Fellow, American College of Cardiology 1995
Fellow, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions 2000 - Medical Licensure:
Tennessee
Kentucky