Spencer King III, MD
Interventional cardiologist
A pioneer in cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography, and interventional cardiology, Dr. Spencer King III was co-developer of the multipurpose technique of coronary arteriography and has directed invasive and interventional cardiology training for more than 150 cardiology fellows. In 1972, he became the first director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of Emory University Hospital, and in 1980, he recruited Andreas Gruentzig to begin the interventional cardiology program.
