Phillip A. Smith, MD, FACC, is an interventional and structural heart cardiologist with Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Baton Rouge and Zachary. He treats heart valve disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke risk from atrial fibrillation, often with catheter-based procedures such as TAVR, MitraClip, TriClip, Watchman, PFO closure and CardioMEMS.  He is CIS's structural heart cardiologist for its Baton Rouge and Zachary offices, performing TAVR, MitraClip, TriClip, Watchman, PFO and ASD closure and CardioMEMS implants for CIS patients.Dr. Smith earned his medical degree at LSU Health School of Medicine in Shreveport and completed residency and fellowships in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT.