William A. Blincoe, MD | Piedmont Heart Institute
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Dr. William Blincoe was born in Midland, Texas April 30, 1953. Raised in the midwest, primarily Wichita, Kansas, with 3 siblings and wonderful, loving parents. He grew up always wanting to be a physician if he could not be a professional athlete
He decided to “go away” for college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, graduating in 1975. He tried to play football but again was reminded this was not going to make a career. He went to med school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in
Kansas City, Kansas and graduated in 1979. He completed his first two years of Medicine residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas and his last year of Medicine residency at Emory Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia. He started a cardiology fellowship in 1982 at Emory under Dr. J. Willis Hurst. The fellowship program was one of the largest in the nation at the time with over 50 fellows. A truly exciting time to be “in training” with the advent of coronary angioplasty and other cardiovascular advances in the early 1980’s.
Dr. Blincoe joined a small cardiology practice based at Piedmont in 1985. Over time this group grew, morphed and merged with the culmination of the development of the Piedmont Heart Institute in 2007. He practiced general and interventional cardiology from the outset but retired from the cath lab in 2017. He has held a variety of clinical, governance and leadership positions at Piedmont Hospital and Piedmont Heart Institute. Currently, Bill is Chief of Staff of the Physician Enterprise for Piedmont Healthcare, supporting over 1000 physicians and 600 advanced practice providers. He still takes call and has clinic two times a week but spends majority of his time with administrative duties. Dr. Blincoe is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1985. He is a proud founding member of the Georgia ACC Foundation. He will be happy to tell you about the Foundation!
Dr. Blincoe is happily married to Marti Blincoe for 43 years. He moved to Atlanta and was able to transfer to Emory “for love” in 1981. Marti and Bill have 3 daughters and now three son-in-law’s with five grandchildren, all living in Atlanta, Georgia.
This award will be presented Saturday evening at the President’s Reception and Dinner.