JasonFoerstMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute

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Office
2001 Crystal Spring Ave
Roanoke, VA 24014
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Education & Training

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2010 - 2011
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2007 - 2010
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2007 - Present
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
ABSORB III Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Performance of Bioabsorbable Vascular Scaffolds (Absorb) Compared to Xience Stents - an Optical Coherence Tomography Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
Unknown status
Absorb IV Randomized Controlled Trial Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
NHLBI DIR LAMPOON Study: Intentional Laceration of the Anterior Mitral Leaflet to Prevent Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 20
Completed
Not Applicable
EARLY TAVR: Evaluation of TAVR Compared to Surveillance for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 12
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
NHLBI DIR Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Annuloplasty Early Feasibility Study Start of enrollment: 2019 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapies in Patients with Mitral Annular Calcification.
Kietrsunthorn, P., Ghrair, F., Schelegle, A., Foerst, J.> ;Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2024 Apr 1
3 citations
Transcatheter Left Ventricular Restoration in Patients With Heart Failure.
Nadira Hamid, Ulrich P Jorde, Mark Reisman, Azeem Latib, D Scott Lim, Susan M Joseph, Alena Kurlianskaya, Oleg Polonetsky, Petr Neuzil, Vivek Reddy, Jason Foerst, Hema...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2023 Jul 1
Association of Radial Artery Access with Reduced Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury.
Patrick S Kietrsunthorn, Tonja M Locklear, Clifford E Fonner, Chalak O Berzingi, Jason R Foerst, Mohd A Mirza, David C Sane, Eric Williams, Robert A Shor, Gregory J De...> ;Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 2023 Jan 1
Missed Connections: Identification of Atrial Septal Defect by MRI.
Timothy J O'Toole, Faisal Dadi, Patrick Kietrsunthorn, Jason Foerst, Ali Hama Amin> ;Case Reports in Cardiology. 2023 Jan 1
Stroke-Like Symptoms During Sexual Intercourse in a 25-Year-Old Female with a Patent Foramen Ovale.
Adair M McCabe, Nicholas M Platek, James R Palmieri, Jason R Foerst> ;Cureus. 2022 Jul 1
Limitations of Percutaneous Closure of a Complex Secundum Atrial Septal Defect.
M Scott Binder, Isabel E Binder, Jason R Foerst> ;CASE. 2022 Jul 1
5 citations
Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Ventriculoplasty: From Bench to Bedside.
Toby Rogers, Adam B Greenbaum, Vasilis C Babaliaros, Jason R Foerst, Jaffar M Khan, Christopher G Bruce, Annette M Stine, Lowell F Satler, Emily Perdoncin, Patrick T G...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Jun 27
24 citations
Transcaval Versus Transaxillary TAVR in Contemporary Practice: A Propensity-Weighted Analysis.
Robert J Lederman, Vasilis C Babaliaros, John C Lisko, Toby Rogers, Paul Mahoney, Jason R Foerst, Jeremiah P Depta, Kamran I Muhammad, James M McCabe, Andrei Pop, Jaff...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 May 9
1 citations
Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, with Present-Day Innovations and Up-to-Date Techniques.
Salem A Salem, Jason Foerst> ;Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2021 Oct 1
Connecting the Dots: A Case of Hemoptysis with Lung Nodules.
Venkateswara Kollipara, Badri Giri, Susanti Ie, Jason Foerst, Moises Cossio> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Jul 30
15 citations
3D printing tissue-mimicking materials for realistic transseptal puncture models.
Lindsey B. Bezek, Matthew Cauchi, Raffaella De Vita, Jason Foerst, Christopher B. Williams> ;Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2020 Jul 9
2 citations
A case series: alternative access for refractory shock during cardiac arrest.
Charles Q Cui, Bryon S Cook, Matthew Cauchi, Jason Foerst> ;European Heart Journal. Case Reports. 2019 Jul 4
132 citations
Anterior Leaflet Laceration to Prevent Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Jaffar M. Khan, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, Adam Greenbaum, Jason Foerst, Shahram Yazdani, James M. McCabe, Gaetano Paone, Marvin H. Eng, Bradley G. Leshnower, Patrick Glea...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 May 28
1 citations
Use of a cardiac septal occluder for the closure of a benign bronchoesophageal fistula.
Meeta Desai, Parth J. Parekh, Mohammad Shakhatreh, Jason Foerst, Paul Yeaton> ;Videogie. 2018 Jun 7
4 citations
Percutaneous electrosurgical technique for treatment of subclavian vein occlusion: Application of transcaval techniques.
Jason Foerst, David M. Kim, Terrence P. May> ;Heartrhythm Case Reports. 2017 Oct 5
9 citations
Safety and predictors of next-day discharge after elective transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Sulaiman Rathore, Yevgeniy Latyshev, Sheree Emore, Joseph Rowe, Jason Foerst> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2017 May 19
Minor defects of the luminal integrity in arterial introducer eSheaths after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Michael Buege, Till Koehler, Ralf Heiderhoff, Marc Papenheim, Si Wang, Heinrich Schleiting, Wolfgang H. Arnold, Jason Foerst, Melchior Seyfarth, Klaus Tiroch, Thomas R...> ;Plos One. 2017 May 8
9 citations
Percutaneous Repair of Left Ventricular Wire Perforation Complicating Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Regurgitation
Jason Foerst> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016 Jul 11
13 citations
Safety of MitraClip Implant in the Unstable Patient: Feasibility of Concomitant Left Ventricular Support Device
Jason Foerst, Alexander Cardenas, Gary Swank> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016 Apr 11
4 citations
Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Conventional and Radial TIG Catheters for Transradial Diagnostic Coronary Angiography.
Marc Vorpahl, Till Koehler, Jason Foerst, Spyridon Panagiotopoulos, Heinrich Schleiting, Klaus Koss, Gunda Ziegler, Hilmar Brinkmann, Melchior Seyfarth, Klaus Tiroch> ;Cardiology Research and Practice. 2015 Sep 8
358 citations
Pathology of Second-Generation Everolimus-Eluting Stents Versus First-Generation Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Humans
Fumiyuki Otsuka, Marc Vorpahl, Masataka Nakano, Jason R. Foerst, John B. Newell, Kenichi Sakakura, Robert Kutys, Elena Ladich, Aloke V. Finn, Frank D. Kolodgie, Renu V...> ;Circulation. 2014 Jan 14
3 citations
Circumferential Strut Fracture as a Mechanism of “Crush” Bifurcation Restenosis
Sulaiman Rathore, Timothy Ball, Masataka Nakano, Aaron V. Kaplan, Renu Virmani, Jason Foerst> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2013 Mar 1
5 citations
Longitudinal Stent Compression Demonstrated by Angiographic “Wedding Band” and 3-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography
Jason Foerst, Nicolas Foin, Bruce D. Hettleman> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Dec 1
6 citations
Late Complication: Xience V Stent Fractures With Restenosis
Jason R. Foerst, Timothy Ball, Masataka Nakano, Renu Virmani, Aaron V. Kaplan> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Feb 1
Letter by Vorpahl and Foerst Regarding Article, “Impact of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Fracture on 4-Year Clinical Outcomes”
Marc Vorpahl, Jason R. Foerst> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2011 Dec 1
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Lectures

Best Practices for Large Bore Arterial Access
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019

Press Mentions

The Shortlist: MedStar Health, Cedars-Sinai, Carilion Clinic, and MoreApril 9th, 2019
Carilion Structural Heart Program Treats 200th Patient Using Innovative Valve ReplacementApril 4th, 2016

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Carilion Roanoke Memorial HospitalRoanoke, Virginia
Salem Veterans Affairs Medical CenterSalem, Virginia
Beckley Veterans Affairs Medical CenterBeckley, West Virginia

Industry Relationships

Clinical Events Committee Member, MedtronicInterventional Cardiologist on the CEC panel for Medtronic CoreValve EUS trial and Evolut R trials2013 - Present
Consultant, St. Jude MedicalLead training courses for physicians and cath lab staff for OCT and FFR2013 - Present