Ryan James Tedford, MD

Ryan James Tedford, MD is a Cardiologist in Charleston, SC. He focuses on heart failure and cardiac transplantation, providing advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients throughout the Charleston area. As a specialist affiliated with MUSC Health Cardiology at Ashley River Tower, Dr. Tedford offers expert care for complex cardiac conditions and has earned a perfect 5.00 rating from a patient review.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Tedford is a Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical University of SC, holding the Dr. Peter C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Heart Failure. He leads the heart‑failure section and serves as medical director of cardiac transplantation, while also founding and directing the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship Program. An internationally recognized researcher, he has authored more than 200 peer‑reviewed papers covering right‑ventricle hemodynamics, pulmonary hypertension, left‑heart disease, exercise physiology, systemic sclerosis, and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Tedford contributes to multiple scientific advisory boards, clinical trial steering committees, and serves as co‑chair of the pulmonary‑hypertension task force for the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension. He is deputy editor of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and sits on the editorial board of Circulation: Heart Failure.

The practice is located on Courtenay Drive at 25 Courtenay Dr, a short walk from Calhoun Street and just 0.1 mile from Roper Hospital. It is also within a few hundred meters of the James Island Expressway, the Jonathan Lucas House Marker, and the Charleston Medical District’s Greenway, with Lockwood Drive nearby.

Dr. Tedford’s combination of clinical leadership, research distinction, and academic mentorship makes him a premier heart‑failure and transplant specialist serving patients in Charleston.

Services:

• Acute Coronary Syndromes Management
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Consultation
• Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
• Complex Coronary Artery Intervention
• Congenital Cardiology
• Coronary CT Angiography
• General Cardiology
• Percutaneous Closure of Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen Ovale