Kevin Harris

Dr. Harris moved from Washington University School of Medicine to his current role as director of the Aortic Dissection Program at Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute in 1998. He is a clinical cardiologist and echocardiographer with clinical and research interests in aortic disease and aortic dissection, valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and heart disease in athletes.

He is actively involved in cardiology education, serving as associate program director for cardiology training for the HCMC/Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital training program. Previously, he served for 12 years on the University of Minnesota fellowship committee. Dr. Harris is director of the Aortic Dissection Program and a member of the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) group, and he has authored more than 100 manuscripts.

In 2024, Dr. Harris joined the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation board of directors, noting his gratitude for the support he has received over the years. Since its inception, he has been closely involved in the MHIF clinical research internship program and has enjoyed mentoring several interns, finding it gratifying to see research projects come to completion and to witness the career trajectories of the interns.