Thomas Waggoner DO, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI

Dr. Thomas E. Waggoner, DO, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI is a Structural Interventional Cardiologist as well as a Vascular Specialist with Pima Heart & Vascular who specializes in coronary artery disease, heart valve disorders, and vascular disease. He is the medical director of the structural heart disease program, program director for the new structural heart disease fellowship, and medical director of the cardiovascular research program at TMC. He is the principal investigator in multiple ongoing clinical research studies as we as a national physician proctor for many of the latest complex trans-catheter cardiac devices. He was selected as a young leader in Vision 2020 to lead in the field as a young interventional cardiologist. He has performed many first-in-patient cardiac device implants in Southern Arizona and is a leading structural interventional cardiologist in the region.

A proud Ohio native, Dr. Waggoner graduated from medical school at The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and was a chief medical resident at Seton Hall University and chief cardiology fellow at Northside Hospital in Florida. He did his Interventional cardiology, Structural Heart, and Endovascular training at Deborah Heart and Lung Institute in New Jersey.

Dr. Waggoner performs cutting-edge minimally invasive cardiac procedures in the fields of interventional cardiology and structural heart. These include trans-catheter heart valve repairs and replacements as well as trans-catheter left atrial appendage occlusion devices, in which he has established himself as a local leader in this particular field. He has a passion for getting the job done well and treating patients as a whole person.