Our Practice & History
Baton Rouge Cardiology Center is the trusted leader in heart and vascular care in the greater Baton Rouge area. Our team of board-certified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and support staff deliver high-quality care every day to patients dealing with serious conditions, both common and rare. As an independent medical practice, we specialize exclusively on the prevention, early detection and treatment of heart and vascular conditions. Patient care is individualized and focused, utilizing current treatment methods to improve the quality of life of individuals living in our community.
History
Our roots run deep in Baton Rouge. Dr. James Calvin was one of the first cardiologists in this region when, in 1965, he joined the internal medicine clinic on North Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Dr. T.R. Kilpatrick joined him two years later, and Dr. Boyd E. Helm became the third cardiologist at that clinic in 1975. They partnered in 1978 to start a cardiology clinic that in 1985 became known as Baton Rouge Cardiology Center.
As demand for services increased, the partners, along with several new doctors, moved to the current location on Brittany Drive in 1986. Our Cardiovascular Specialty Care Center, which houses an outpatient catheterization (cath) lab for diagnosing heart conditions, opened in 1993. Since then, we have continued to grow and open clinics closest to where our patients live to make care accessible and convenient.
Hospital Affiliations & Privileges
Baton Rouge Cardiology Center collaborates with a network of hospitals, specialty facilities, and outpatient catheterization laboratories across the communities we serve. These affiliations encompass a diverse range of partnerships between our physicians, their practices, and the healthcare institutions.
- Baton Rouge General – Ascension – Prairieville, LA
- Baton Rouge General – Bluebonnet – Baton Rouge, LA
- Baton Rouge General – Mid City – Baton Rouge, LA
- Cardiovascular Specialty Care Center of Baton Rouge – Baton Rouge, LA – (Outpatient Cath Lab)
- Field Health System – Centreville, MS
- Hood Memorial Hospital – Amite, LA
- Our Lady of the Lake Ascension – Gonzales, LA
- Our Lady of the Lake Assumption Community Hospital – Napoleonville, LA
- Our Lady of the Lake Livingston – Walker, LA
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center – Baton Rouge, LA
- Pointe Coupee General Hospital – New Roads, LA
- West Ascension Parish Hospital (dba Prevost Memorial Hospital) – Donaldsonville, LA
- Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge – Baton Rouge, LA
- St. James Parish Hospital – Lutcher, LA
- The Spine Hospital of Louisiana – Baton Rouge, LA
- West Feliciana Parish Hospital – St. Francisville, LA
- Woman’s Hospital – Baton Rouge, LA
