Michael Robert Zile, MD

Michael Robert Zile, MD is a cardiologist in Charleston, SC, specializing in heart failure and transplant care. He serves patients at MUSC Health Cardiology at Ashley River Tower, where he handles new patient visits. Dr. Zile holds the Charles Ezra Daniel professor of medicine title at the Medical University of SC and directs cardiology at the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston. He also serves as an adjunct professor of bioengineering at Clemson University.

Dr. Zile graduated from Rush University School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, and pursued clinical and research cardiology fellowships at Tufts-New England Medical Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boston. His research focuses on cardiac function, congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure, and valvular heart disease, involving both basic laboratory studies on disease mechanisms and translational clinical research for treatment development. His work is supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Medical University of SC. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of several professional societies, including the American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America.

The office is located at 25 Courtenay Drive, just steps from Calhoun Street. It sits about a tenth of a mile from Roper Hospital and the James Island Expressway, and roughly a tenth of a mile from the Charleston Medical District's Greenway and the Jonathan Lucas House Marker.

Dr. Zile stands among the recognized leaders in cardiac function and heart failure research in the region, with a career defined by extensive academic appointments and nationally supported clinical and laboratory research.

His dual role as a clinical cardiologist and academic researcher at major Charleston institutions makes him a distinctive presence in the local cardiology community.

Services:

• Acute Coronary Syndromes Management
• Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
• Cardiac Transplantation
• Cardiology
• Clinical Research
• Complex Coronary Artery Intervention
• Coronary CT Angiography
• Heart Failure & Transplant