Cardiologist To Open Practice In Paris

Paris, Tenn.– Saint Thomas Heart and Henry County Medical Center announce the recruitment of the area’s first full-time invasive cardiologist. Dr. Wayne St. Michael Gibson is relocating from Colorado to Paris begin serving the people of Henry County on December 1, 2019.
 
Dr. Gibson will join advanced practitioner and rotating cardiology specialists at HCMC’s Kelley Clinic in Paris. Most recently, Dr. Gibson practiced at Evans Army Community Hospital in Fort Carson, Colorado, and the United States Air Force Academy Clinic in Colorado Springs. He previously served as a cardiologist at KentuckyOne Health Cardiology Associates in Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
 
After receiving his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, Dr. Gibson completed his cardiology fellowship at Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons in Harlem Hospital Center in New York. He was also an advanced fellow in nuclear cardiology at Mayo Clinic’s Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He has held several medical business leadership roles and holds a Master of Business Administration from Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas.
 
“Saint Thomas Heart has a long history of serving cardiology patients in Henry County and surrounding regions,” according to April Hackney, Vice President of Cardiac Services, Ascension Saint Thomas. “We are very excited to collaborate with Henry County Medical Center to extend our services by adding Dr. Wayne Gibson to the community on a full-time basis. He and our other cardiac physician partners are committed to providing personalized, high-quality care close to patients’ homes.”
 
Henry County Medical Center CEO Lisa Casteel said, “Henry County Medical Center has endeavored to build a cardiology program throughout the years, bringing visiting cardiologists to the community only to find a substantial need for a full time specialist.  We are excited to Grow Forward in our specialty services with our community and Saint Thomas by welcoming Dr. Wayne Gibson.”
 
Visiting rotating cardiologists Dr. Stephen Fahrig, Dr. David Gibson, Dr. Bjarki Olafsson, Dr. Vafa Mansouri, and nurse practitioner Cindy Norman will continue to serve patients in Paris by working alongside Dr. Gibson. Dr. Gibson and his wife Dr. Stephanie Gibson, a pathologist and population health expert, look forward to becoming active members of the Paris community.