Tracy L Stevens MD

Summary

• TRACY STEVENS, M.D. is a Board Certified Cardiologist with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants and is on staff at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO. She is the Julia Irene Kauffman Endowed Chair for Women’s Cardiovascular Health, the Ben D. McCallister MD Community Ambassador, and Professor of Medicine at the Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Stevens received her M.D. degree at the Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy at the Univ. of Missouri-Columbia. She is the recipient of the UMKC Take Wing Award and the Alumni Spotlight Award. She completed her Cardiology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, where she was also the National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Research Fellow. Dr. Stevens was awarded the Mayo Clinic Outstanding Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Disease, as well as the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Donald C. Balfour Award for Meritorious Research. Involvement in professional activities includes prior Presidency of the American Heart Association, Greater Kansas City Division, and Councilor of the Missouri Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. She has served as Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation, President of the Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Alumni Board and is the Vice Chair of Saint Luke’s Foundation. Dr. Stevens is the Medical Director of Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center, recognized as the first women’s heart center of its kind in the U.S. and recipient of the Inaugural Woman’s Day Red Dress Award. She has been recognized as a pioneer in promoting women’s cardiovascular health at two White House events, including the proclamation signing by President George W. and Mrs. Laura Bush in support of the Heart Truth Campaign. She has hosted Mrs. Bush to Saint Luke’s on three occasions. Dr. Stevens is the recipient of the WomenHeart Wenger Award and a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association.