Joseph Craft III, MD, FACC, a St. Louis native, is board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Following graduation from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill as an ACC awarded scholar athlete with Dean’s List recognition, Dr. Craft received a medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1999, where he served as class president for 2 years and was an American Heart Association Student Scholar. He completed his internship, residency and chief residency at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Resident Teaching Award and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, followed by cardiology fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Craft served as President of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society and has held numerous national and local leadership positions in the American Medical Association. He has authored numerous articles in medical journals. Dr. Craft has been elected a St. Louis Best Doctor annually since 2013.

Dr. Craft’s interests include consultative cardiology, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography, as well as chronic heart disease management.