James Heywood, M.D.

In practice since 1987, J. Thomas Heywood, MD, is fellowship trained in cardiovascular disease and specializes in treating patients with congestive heart failure and those with advanced heart failure. Dr. Heywood joined Scripps Clinic in 2005 to serve as the director of the Heart Failure Recovery and Research Program in the division of cardiology. In addition to his clinical practice, he conducts research on heart failure, including renal dysfunction in heart failure, implanted heart failure mon