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Dr. James Higgins and son Dr. Chris Higgins in their Harvard Family Physicians building offices.
Higgins Cardiology James Higgins, M.D., and Chris Higgins, M.D., enjoy father-son practice The team of James Higgins, M.D., and son Chris Higgins, M.D., forms an experienced, highly-skilled invasive cardiology practice in Tulsa. The heart specialists perform several procedures including routine heart catheterization, emergent and elective cardiac/peripheral angioplasty/stenting, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, venous and cardiac ablation, cardioversions, and all non-invasive procedures such as arterial, venous, and cardiac sonography, nuclear stress testing, and CT angiography. Dr. James Higgins opened his cardiology practice in 1986. The South Dakota native is a graduate of South Dakota State University, where he was a two-time All-American in basketball, and earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester in New York. He interned at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, completed residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco. Higgins served as director of invasive cardiology for the U.S. Air Force until leaving the military and establishing a medical practice in Tulsa. “The best form of therapy is to prevent the heart attack,” says Higgins. “Over many years, I’ve seen constant improvements and advancements in
surgical and preventive procedures, including the development of unbelievably good medicines that effectively help control blood pressure and lower cholesterol.” Dr. Chris Higgins joined his father’s Tulsa practice in 2013. He is a graduate of Holland Hall School, Princeton University, and earned his medical degree at Columbia University. He served his internship and residency at Duke University, and fellowship at The Texas Heart Institute in Houston. “I enjoy cardiology because it offers a very diverse field in medicine,” he says. “It combines being a radiologist, surgeon, primary care physician and intensive care doctor in one sub-specialty which I find very rewarding. Plus, so many people are affected by cardiovascular disease. Cardiologists today are doing quick-fix procedures that save people who are literally at death’s door.” Higgins Cardiology 7912 E. 31st Court, Suite 320 918-496-8499
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