Kelly C. McCants

Kelly McCants, M.D., Norton Healthcare’s medical director of advanced heart failure, also serves as executive director of the Norton Healthcare Institute for Health Equality. Dr. McCants has a true passion for addressing health disparities by identifying and removing obstacles that prevent people in underserved areas from receiving health care.

Growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dr. McCants drew inspiration from his mother and older brother and credits his stepfather with developing his aptitude. He is the first physician and only the fourth college graduate among 54 members of his extended family. Dr. McCants attended Tennessee State University before going to Meharry Medical College, both in Nashville. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at the University of Louisville. He returned to Louisville after a stint at Atlanta, Georgia’s Piedmont Hospital, where he was director of cardiac transplantation.