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Jimmy Kerrigan, MD, Cardiology, Nashville, TN

JimmyLeeKerriganMD, FACC, FSCAI

Cardiology • Nashville, TN

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional Cardiologist, Saint Thomas Heart, Saint Thomas West Hospital

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Summary

  • Jimmy Kerrigan, MD, FSCAI, FACC is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and an interventional cardiologist at Saint Thomas Heart at Ascension Saint Thomas West in Nashville, Tennessee. He serves as co-director of complex coronary intervention for Ascension Saint Thomas, co-chairs the Interventional Cardiology Affinity Group for Ascension, and chairs the Interventional Cardiology Chronic Total Occlusion Affinity Group for Ascension. He is also co-director of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team at Ascension Saint Thomas West. He is interested in the management of complex coronary disease, including chronic total occlusions, imaging, physiology, peripheral arterial revascularization, cardiogenic shock, and management of pulmonary embolism. He is board-certified in interventional cardiology, general cardiology, nuclear medicine, interpretation of vascular ultrasound, and internal medicine. He currently sees outpatients in Nashville, Gallatin, and Fayetteville, Tennessee. After finishing college at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, he attended Washington University in St. Louis for medical school, where he continued his training as an intern and resident in internal medicine. After working for a year as a hospitalist at Barnes Jewish Hospital, he joined the Cleveland Clinic for general cardiology fellowship followed by a two-year fellowship in interventional cardiology, focusing on structural heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and complex coronary intervention in his second year. He then joined Ascension Saint Thomas Heart in August 2019. He and his wife, Deborah, a stroke neurologist in Nashville, have two school-aged children and enjoy hiking, fishing, and attending sporting events in their free time.

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Education & Training

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2017 - 2019
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2017
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2010
  • Vanderbilt University
    Vanderbilt UniversityB.A, Biological Sciences and English Literature, Summa Cum Laude, 2006
  • Gallatin High School
    Gallatin High SchoolDiploma, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2017 - 2020
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2012 - 2019
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
  • American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support
  • American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
  • American Registry for Diagnostic Medical SonographyRegistered Physician in Vascular Interpretation
  • Certification Board of Nuclear CardiologyDiplomate

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Internal Medicine Clinical Resident of the Year Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
  • Internal Medicine Resident of the Month, February Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2011
  • President, American Medical Association - Medical Student Section, Washington University Chapter Washington University in St. Louis, 2007-2008
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Anticoagulation Management Issues in Pericarditis-induced Atrial Fibrillation.  
    Jimmy Kerrigan, ACC.org, 3/25/2016

Books/Book Chapters

  • Cardiology Secrets 
    Chapter: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement 
    Jimmy Kerrigan, Amar Krishnaswamy, Stephanie MickEditors: Levine.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 5,2017

Abstracts/Posters

  • Racial Differences in Rates of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis.
    Kerrigan J, Yeung M, Huang PH, Sodhi S, Maniar H, Zajarias A, American College of Cardiology 61st Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2012
  • Ethnic Differences in Patients Referred for Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis.
    Kerrigan J, Yeung M, Huang PH, Damiano R, Zajarias A, American College of Physicians Missouri Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, Osage Beach, MO, 1/1/2010
  • 43-Year-Old Woman with a Large Pericardial Effusion Attributable to Minoxidil.
    Kapadia C, Kerrigan J, Rasalingam R, American College of Physicians Missouri Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, Osage Beach, MO, 1/1/2009

Lectures

  • Racial Differences in Rates of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis. 
    Saint Louis, MO - 1/1/2013
  • The Cox Maze Procedure for the Treatment of Lone Atrial Fibrillation: A Twenty Year Experience. 
    Saint Louis, MO - 1/1/2007

Press Mentions

  • Ascension Saint Thomas Docs First in Tennessee to Offer New Technique to Improve Chest Pain in Patients with Stents
    Ascension Saint Thomas Docs First in Tennessee to Offer New Technique to Improve Chest Pain in Patients with StentsFebruary 23rd, 2021
  • Activated Clotting Time and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry
    Activated Clotting Time and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO RegistryDecember 24th, 2023

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

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