Mary N Walsh, MDCardiology in Indianapolis, IN

Mary N. Walsh, MD, is a heart specialist specializing in congestive heart failure at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis and Fishers, Indiana. Her areas of expertise include nuclear cardiology, heart failure, and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Walsh provides advanced care for cardiovascular disease, such as narrowed or blocked coronary arteries, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation (AFib), a leaky heart valve, and inherited conditions that can cause congestive heart failure. She starts by listening to understand you and your health. Then, Dr. Walsh works with you to create a care plan that's right for you. Our care team delivers personalized care for all stages of congestive heart failure, using medication therapies, minimally invasive heart procedures, heart valve replacement, structural heart surgery and heart transplantation.

Whether you have new symptoms or want to talk to a specialist about a diagnosis of congestive heart failure, Dr. Walsh is here for you. She helps manage all stages of congestive heart failure (CHF) due to a weak or diseased heart.

Dr. Walsh also has an expertise in nuclear cardiology and cardiac transplantation with a special interest in cardiovascular disease in women. You'll have an entire heart care team dedicated to your physical and emotional health needs. Dr. Walsh has a special interest in cardiovascular disease in women.

Dr. Walsh is a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) locally and nationally. She was previously elected as president of the Indiana Chapter, and has served on and chaired multiple committees and work groups. She served as the organization's national president in 2017-2018.

Dr. Walsh also participates in clinical research studies: heart failure and systems approaches for quality initiatives in the practice setting. She is a deputy editor of Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Case Reports, editorial consultant for JACC: Heart Failure, Associate Editor of the Journal of Cardiac Failure and a reviewer for multiple scientific journals. She is an author of more than 200 articles and book chapters.

Dr. Walsh is the medical director of the heart failure and cardiac transplantation programs at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center. Dr. Walsh has been recognized for the Wenger Award for Medical Leadership in 2014, the St. Vincent Distinguished Physician Award in 2018, the Women's Day Red Dress Award in 2019 and has been elected by her peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America annually since 2005.

Dr. Walsh also serves as a clinical associate professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, is the program director of the Ascension St. Vincent Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Fellowship and leads the Ascension Health heart failure service line. She is also the medical director of the Ascension St Vincent Cardiovascular Research Institute.