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Kevin J. Whitehead
( out of 30 reviews )

Kevin J. Whitehead, MD

Languages spoken: French, English, Norwegian

Clinical Locations

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    801-213-3599
  • Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

    208-367-2121
  • HHT Center

    801-581-8188
  • Cardiovascular Center

    801-585-7676
  • Utah Adult Congential Heart Clinic

    801-585-7676
  • Dr. Kevin Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Utah, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children's Medical Center. He also is an Attending Physician at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is co-director of the Utah Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Comprehensive Echocardiography. He cares for adults with congenital heart disease, heart disease in pregnancy, and other patients with cardiac complications of genetic diseases (such as muscular dystrophies). As an outgrowth of his interests in congenital and genetic cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Whitehead is also the Director of the Utah Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence, and in this role provides overall medical management and coordination of care to HHT patients seen at the University.

    Dr. Whitehead received his M.D. from the University of Alberta, and did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Western Ontario. He completed Cardiology fellowship and a Cardiovascular Research fellowship at the University of Utah, where he was named a Pfizer Cardiovascular Research Fellow in 2000. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association, and a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the North American Vascular Biology Organization.

    Specialties

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Primary
    Pediatrics - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions
    Cardiovascular Medicine

    Patient Rating

    4.8 /5
    ( out of 30 reviews )

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    February 26, 2023

    The doctor and the assistant were so very kind and informative and caring for my son! We felt very good about the appointment

  • Dr. Kevin Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Utah, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children's Medical Center. He also is an Attending Physician at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is co-director of the Utah Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Comprehensive Echocardiography. He cares for adults with congenital heart disease, heart disease in pregnancy, and other patients with cardiac complications of genetic diseases (such as muscular dystrophies). As an outgrowth of his interests in congenital and genetic cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Whitehead is also the Director of the Utah Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence, and in this role provides overall medical management and coordination of care to HHT patients seen at the University.

    Dr. Whitehead received his M.D. from the University of Alberta, and did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Western Ontario. He completed Cardiology fellowship and a Cardiovascular Research fellowship at the University of Utah, where he was named a Pfizer Cardiovascular Research Fellow in 2000. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association, and a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the North American Vascular Biology Organization.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Pediatrics -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions
    Cardiovascular Medicine

    Research interests

    • Developmental Biology
    • Adult Congenital Heart Disease
    • Vascular Development

    Education history

    Fellowship Cardiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Internal Medicine - University of Western Ontario Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Western Ontario Intern
    Medicine - University of Alberta - School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Medical Science - University of Alberta B.Med.Sci.
    Undergraduate Biochemistry - University of Lethbridge
    Undergraduate Pre-Medicine - University of Lethbridge