Robert Riley MD MS

Summary

• Dr. Riley is an Interventional Cardiologist specializing in the care of patients with complex and high-risk coronary artery disease and cardiogenic shock. H/e currently serves as the Director of Interventional Cardiology, the Complex Coronary Therapeutics Program, and the Mechanical Circulatory Support/ECMO Programs at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics in Bellevue, WA. He focuses on the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions, multivessel coronary artery disease (including patients turned down for CABG surgery), atherectomy, and those in need of mechanical circulatory support.
  
  He was born in Knoxville, TN and completed his undergraduate education at Furman University with a degree in Chemistry. He attended medical school at the University of Virginia and completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington. He then completed his Cardiology fellowship at Wake Forest University, during which he obtained a Masters degree in Clinical and Population Translational Science. He then returned to the University of Washington to complete his Interventional Cardiology fellowship, followed by the first ever advanced fellowship in Complex, High-Risk, and Indicated PCI and Hemodynamic Support before starting a large high-risk PCI program at Christ Hospital in Ohio. He was recently recruited back to Seattle where he now serves as the Director of the Complex Coronary Therapeutics Program at Overlake Medical Center. He is very active in clinical research and enjoys speaking at national and international meetings.
  Dr. Riley also joined Egg Medical as part-time Chief Medical Advisor in 2024. In this role he directs the clinical research program, key opinion leader engagement, and helps lead medical affairs.