JohnCharlesHeiserMD

Thoracic Surgery • Grand Rapids, MI

Cardiovascular Surgery

Chief Division Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

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Office
100 Michigan St Ne
Suite 8830
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone+1 616-459-7258

Fax+1 616-459-5215
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Education & Training

University of ColoradoResidency, Thoracic Surgery, 1981 - 1983
University of ColoradoResidency, Surgery, 1976 - 1981
University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical CampusClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1988 - 2025
CO State Medical License 1977 - 2011
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American college of chest physicians
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Safety & Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System-Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis With Significant Comorbidities in Extreme Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Impact of aortic valve replacement in symptomatic low-risk patients with less than severe aortic stenosis.
Saki Ito, Roger Laham, Vuyisile T Nkomo, John K Forrest, Michael J Reardon, Stephen H Little, Mubashir Mumtaz, Hemal Gada, Tanvir Bajwa, David Langholz, John Heiser, A...> ;Open Heart. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Randomized Feasibility Trial of Prophylactic Radiofrequency Ablation to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery.
Charles L Willekes, Justin S Fanning, John C Heiser, Stephane Leung Wai Sang, Tomasz A Timek, Jessica Parker, Mary K Ragagni> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Mar 16
28 citations
Structural Valve Deterioration After Self-Expanding Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients at Intermediate or High Risk.
Daniel O'Hair, Steven J Yakubov, Kendra J Grubb, Jae K Oh, Saki Ito, G Michael Deeb, Nicolas M Van Mieghem, David H Adams, Tanvir Bajwa, Neal S Kleiman, Stanley Chetcu...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2023 Feb 1
32 citations
Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients: 5-Year Outcomes of the SURTAVI Randomized Clinical Trial.
Nicolas M Van Mieghem, G Michael Deeb, Lars Søndergaard, Eberhard Grube, Stephan Windecker, Hemal Gada, Mubashir Mumtaz, Peter S Olsen, John C Heiser, William Merhi, N...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2022 Oct 1
4 citations
Outcomes in Patients With Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis (from the Evolut Low Risk Trial).
William M Merhi, John Heiser, G Michael Deeb, Steven J Yakubov, D Scott Lim, Mark Bladergroen, Peter Tadros, George Zorn 3rd, Timothy Byrne, Merick Kirshner, Jian Huan...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Apr 1
24 citations
Propensity-Matched 1-Year Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Bicuspid and Tricuspid Patients.
G Michael Deeb, Michael J Reardon, Basel Ramlawi, Steven J Yakubov, Stan J Chetcuti, Neal S Kleiman, Abeel A Mangi, Firas Zahr, Howard K Song, Hemal Gada, Mubashir Mum...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Mar 14
36 citations
2-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients.
John K Forrest, G Michael Deeb, Steven J Yakubov, Joshua D Rovin, Mubashir Mumtaz, Hemal Gada, Daniel O'Hair, Tanvir Bajwa, Paul Sorajja, John C Heiser, William Merhi,...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2022 Mar 8
2 citations
Freestyle Aortic Bioprostheses in Patients 60 Years old and Younger
Jawad Khazaal, Mary Ragagni, Jessica Parker, Tomasz A. Timek, Edward L. Murphy, John Heiser, Charles L. Willekes> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Aug 8
5 citations
Long-term outcomes of etiology specific annuloplasty ring repair of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
Tomasz A. Timek, Marcin Malinowski, Robert L. Hooker, Jessica Parker, Charles L. Willekes, Edward Murphy, Theodore Boeve, Stephane Leung, Justin S Fanning, John C Heiser> ;Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021 Jan 1
11 citations
Clinical outcomes of TAVI or SAVR in men and women with aortic stenosis at intermediate operative risk: a post hoc analysis of the randomised SURTAVI trial.
Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Michael J. Reardon, Steven J. Yakubov, John Heiser, William Merhi, Stephan Windecker, Raj Makkar, Wen Cheng, Mark Robbins, Peter S. Fail, Edgar...> ;Eurointervention. 2020 Nov 20
16 citations
Long-Term Outcomes of Mosaic Versus Perimount Mitral Replacements: 17-Year Follow-Up of 940 Implants.
Tyler J. Beute, Matthew Goehler, Jessica Parker, Theodore Boeve, John Heiser, Edward L. Murphy, Tomasz A. Timek, Charles L. Willekes> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
4 citations
Midterm Outcomes for Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Failed Freestyle Bioprosthesis
Stephane Leung Wai Sang, Nathan DeBruine, Tyler Beute, John Heiser, Duane Berkompas, William Merhi> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
306 citations
Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the ...
Daniel J F M Thuijs, A. Pieter Kappetein, Patrick W. Serruys, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Marie-Claude Morice, Michael J. Mack, David R. Holmes, Nick Curzen, Piroze M. Dav...> ;Lancet. 2019 Oct 12
1934 citations
Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding valve in low-risk patients
Jeffrey J. Popma, G. Michael Deeb, Steven J. Yakubov, Mubashir Mumtaz, Hemal Gada, Daniel O'Hair, Tanvir Bajwa, John Heiser, William Merhi, Neal S. Kleiman, Judah Aske...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 Mar 16
225 citations
5-Year Outcomes of Self-Expanding Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients
Thomas G. Gleason, Michael J. Reardon, Jeffrey J. Popma, G. Michael Deeb, Steven J. Yakubov, Joon S. Lee, Neal S. Kleiman, Stan Chetcuti, James B. Hermiller, John Heis...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Dec 4
7 citations
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with severe mitral or tricuspid regurgitation at extreme risk for surgery
Stephen H. Little, Jeffrey J. Popma, Neal S. Kleiman, G. Michael Deeb, Thomas G. Gleason, Steven J. Yakubov, Stan Checuti, Daniel O'Hair, Tanvir Bajwa, Mubashir Mumtaz...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018 May 1
30 citations
Impact of Annular Size on Outcomes After Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
G. Michael Deeb, Stanley Chetcuti, Steven J. Yakubov, Himanshu J. Patel, P. Michael Grossman, Neal S. Kleiman, John Heiser, William Merhi, George L. Zorn, Peter Tadros...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
13 citations
Early Outcomes for Valve-in-valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Degenerative Freestyle Bioprostheses
Stephane Leung Wai Sang, Tyler Beute, John Heiser, Duane Berkompas, Justin Fanning, William Merhi> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017 Nov 20
5 citations
A propensity matched analysis of outcomes and long term survival in stented versus stentless valves
Blake N. Shultz, Tomasz A. Timek, Alan T. Davis, John Heiser, Edward L. Murphy, Charles L. Willekes, Robert L. Hooker> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2017 May 31
1804 citations
Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients
Michael J. Reardon, N. M. Van Mieghem, Jeffrey J. Popma, Neal S. Kleiman, Lars Søndergaard, Mubashir Mumtaz, David H. Adams, G. M. Deeb, Brijeshwar Maini, Hemal Gada, ...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Mar 17
52 citations
Outcomes in the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk Trial in Patients With a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score of 7% or Less
Michael J. Reardon, Neal S. Kleiman, David H. Adams, Steven J. Yakubov, Joseph S. Coselli, G. Michael Deeb, Daniel O'Hair, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon S. Lee, James B. Her...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2016 Nov 1
10 citations
The Midterm Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Michigan
Himanshu J. Patel, Morley A. Herbert, Gaetano Paone, John Heiser, Francis Shannon, Patricia F. Theurer, Gail F. Bell, Richard L. Prager> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016 Sep 1
10 citations
Outcomes in patients undergoing complex cardiac repairs with cross clamp times over 300 minutes
Blake N. Shultz, Tomasz A. Timek, Alan T. Davis, John Heiser, Edward L. Murphy, Charles L. Willekes, Robert L. Hooker> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2016 Jul 12
241 citations
3-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
G. Michael Deeb, Michael J. Reardon, Stan Chetcuti, Himanshu J. Patel, P. Michael Grossman, Steven J. Yakubov, Neal S. Kleiman, Joseph S. Coselli, Thomas G. Gleason, J...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2016 Jun 7
99 citations
Prosthesis-patient mismatch in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: A randomized trial of a self-expanding prosthesis.
George L. Zorn, Stephen H. Little, Peter Tadros, G. Michael Deeb, Thomas G. Gleason, John Heiser, Neal S. Kleiman, Jae K. Oh, Jeffrey J. Popma, David H. Adams, Jian Hu...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016 Apr 1
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Journal Articles

Trams athletes Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Proyhrsis
David H Adams, M.D.,Jeffrey J.Popma,M.D.,Michael J.Reardon,M.D.,Steven J.Yakubov,M.D.,Joseph S.Coselli,M.D.,Michael Deeb,M.D.,Thomas G. Gleason,M.D.,Maurice Buchbinder..., New England Journal of Medicine, 3/29/2014