Samuel O. Jones, MD, MPH, FACC, works as director of Inpatient Electrophysiology at the Memorial Hospital for Chattanooga Heart Institute. He is past chair for ACC’s Health Affairs Committee and previously served as co-lead for the electrophysiology service line for the CommonSpirit Hospital System. Jones serves on the ACC’s Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees for the Chattanooga Medical Society.
He is board-certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and is an FACC, as well as a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. He retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force from San Antonio Military Medical Center in 2017, where he was associate professor of medicine for the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences and served as faculty for the cardiology fellowship for 10 years.
Jones completed his fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston while earning a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Jones earned his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an undergraduate degree from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jones had a distinguished military career, where he served as both the cardiology consultant and chief consultant of Internal Medicine Services to the Air Force Surgeon General. He served as an F-15 flight surgeon while based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida and spent time both deployed and on manning assists. His professional interest has centered around sports cardiology and sudden cardiac death. He has remained active in the ACC, chairing the Federal Cardiology section and serving on the NCDR Oversight Committee, Board of Governors from 2012-2015, and Tennessee State Chapter Council from 2018 to present.
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