Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants

Dr Taiyeb Khumri was born and raised in Ahmedabad, India and completed his medical education in India. He immigrated to the United States and has been living in the Kansas City area since 2002. He completed his training in Internal Medicine, Adult Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Cardiac Pacing at University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC).

Laura Schmidt, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants and on staff at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. Clinical interests include general cardiology, congenital heart disease, heart conditions in pregnancy, peripheral vascular disease and women’s cardiovascular health. In addition to her clinical interests, Dr Schmidt is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Co-Director of Saint Luke’s Heart Conditions in Pregnancy Program.

Bethany Austin, MD is a board certified cardiologist with Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants and is on staff primarily at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. She subspecializes in Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support. She is a Medical Director of the Heart Failure Program and Chair of the Cardiovascular Evidence-Based Practice Team, as well as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.