JohnRLairdMD

Cardiology • Saint Helena, CA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Professor, Internal Medicine, UC, Davis School of Medicine

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Office
6 Woodland Rd
Ste 201
Saint Helena, CA 94574
Phone+1 707-963-7200

Fax+1 707-963-7203
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Education & Training

National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1987 - 1990
Madigan Army Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1996 - 2006
DC State Medical License 1996 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Atrium iCAST Iliac Stent Pivotal Study Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The Complete® SE SFA Study for the Treatment of SFA/PPA Lesions Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Study of Autologous Concentrated Bone Marrow Aspirate (cBMA) for Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Randomized Study of Laser and Balloon Angioplasty Versus Balloon Angioplasty to Treat Peripheral In-stent Restenosis Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
Controlling and Lowering Blood Pressure With The MOBIUSHD™ Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
BARD® Study of LIFESTREAM™ Balloon Expandable Covered Stent Treating Iliac Arterial Occlusive Disease Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Attention-Based UNet Deep Learning Model for Plaque Segmentation in Carotid Ultrasound for Stroke Risk Stratification: An Artificial Intelligence Paradigm.
Pankaj K Jain, Abhishek Dubey, Luca Saba, Narender N Khanna, John R Laird, Andrew Nicolaides, Mostafa M Fouda, Jasjit S Suri, Neeraj Sharma> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2022 Sep 27
17 citations
A Powerful Paradigm for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification Using Multiclass, Multi-Label, and Ensemble-Based Machine Learning Paradigms: A Narrative Review.
Jasjit S Suri, Mrinalini Bhagawati, Sudip Paul, Athanasios D Protogerou, Petros P Sfikakis, George D Kitas, Narendra N Khanna, Zoltan Ruzsa, Aditya M Sharma, Sanjay Sa...> ;Diagnostics. 2022 Mar 16
25 citations
Understanding the bias in machine learning systems for cardiovascular disease risk assessment: The first of its kind review.
Jasjit S Suri, Mrinalini Bhagawati, Sudip Paul, Athanasios Protogeron, Petros P Sfikakis, George D Kitas, Narendra N Khanna, Zoltan Ruzsa, Aditya M Sharma, Sanjay Saxe...> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2022 Mar 1
13 citations
Nutrition, atherosclerosis, arterial imaging, cardiovascular risk stratification, and manifestations in COVID-19 framework: a narrative review.
Tsoulfas, G., Smiksha Munjral, Puneet Ahluwalia, Ankush D Jamthikar, Anudeep Puvvula, Luca Saba, Gavino Faa, Inder M. Singh, Paramjit S. Chadha, Monika Turk, Amer M. J...> ;Frontiers in Bioscience. 2021 Nov 30
17 citations
Inter-Variability Study of COVLIAS 1.0: Hybrid Deep Learning Models for COVID-19 Lung Segmentation in Computed Tomography
Tsoulfas, G., Jasjit S. Suri, Sushant Agarwal, Pranav Elavarthi, Rajesh Pathak, Vedmanvitha Ketireddy, Marta Columbu, Luca Saba, Suneet K. Gupta, Gavino Faa, Inder M. ...> ;Diagnostics. 2021 Nov 1
35 citations
Multimodality carotid plaque tissue characterization and classification in the artificial intelligence paradigm: a narrative review for stroke application
Luca Saba, Skandha S. Sanagala, Suneet K. Gupta, Vijaya K. Koppula, Amer M. Johri, Narendra N. Khanna, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, Petr...> ;Annals of Translational Medicine. 2021 Jul 1
25 citations
A Review on Joint Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque Area Measurement in Ultrasound for Cardiovascular/Stroke Risk Monitoring: Artificial Intelligence Framework
Mainak Biswas, Luca Saba, Tomaz Omerzu, Amer M. Johri, Narendra N. Khanna, Klaudija Višković, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, Antonella Bal...> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2021 Jun 2
13 citations
Role of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular risk prediction and outcomes: comparison of machine-learning and conventional statistical approaches for the analysis...
Amer M. Johri, Laura E. Mantella, Ankush D Jamthikar, Luca Saba, John R. Laird, Jasjit S. Suri> ;The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 May 29
40 citations
Multiclass machine learning vs. conventional calculators for stroke/CVD risk assessment using carotid plaque predictors with coronary angiography scores as gold standa...
Ankush D Jamthikar, Deep Gupta, Laura E. Mantella, Luca Saba, John R. Laird, Amer M. Johri, Jasjit S. Suri> ;The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 Apr 1
15 citations
Cardiovascular disease and stroke risk assessment in patients with chronic kidney disease using integration of estimated glomerular filtration rate, ultrasonic image p...
Ankush D Jamthikar, Anudeep Puvvula, Deep Gupta, Amer M. Johri, Vijay Nambi, Narendra N. Khanna, Luca Saba, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner,...> ;International Angiology. 2021 Mar 1
28 citations
Wilson disease tissue classification and characterization using seven artificial intelligence models embedded with 3D optimization paradigm on a weak training brain ma...
Mohit Agarwal, Luca Saba, Suneet K. Gupta, Amer M. Johri, Narendra N. Khanna, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, Petros P. Sfikakis, Athanasio...> ;Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 2021 Feb 5
27 citations
Six artificial intelligence paradigms for tissue characterisation and classification of non-COVID-19 pneumonia against COVID-19 pneumonia in computed tomography lungs.
Luca Saba, Mohit Agarwal, Anubhav Patrick, Anudeep Puvvula, Suneet K. Gupta, Alessandro Carriero, John R. Laird, George D. Kitas, Amer M. Johri, Antonella Balestrieri,...> ;International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2021 Feb 3
6 citations
Performance of the Wingman catheter in peripheral artery chronic total occlusions: Short-term results from the international Wing-It trial.
John R. Laird, S Jay Mathews, Marianne Brodmann, Peter Soukas, Andrej Schmidt, Wing-It Trial Investigators> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Feb 1
36 citations
A narrative review on characterization of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19-infected lungs using artificial intelligence.
Tsoulfas, G., Jasjit S. Suri, Sushant Agarwal, Suneet K. Gupta, Anudeep Puvvula, Mainak Biswas, Luca Saba, Arindam Bit, Gopal S. Tandel, Mohit Agarwal, Anubhav Patrick...> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2021 Jan 18
20 citations
Integration of cardiovascular risk assessment with COVID-19 using artificial intelligence.
Tsoulfas, G., Jasjit S. Suri, Anudeep Puvvula, Misha Majhail, Mainak Biswas, Ankush D Jamthikar, Luca Saba, Gavino Faa, Inder M. Singh, Ronald Oberleitner, Monika Turk...> ;Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2020 Dec 30
30 citations
Artificial intelligence framework for predictive cardiovascular and stroke risk assessment models: A narrative review of integrated approaches using carotid ultrasound.
Ankush D Jamthikar, Deep Gupta, Luca Saba, Narendra N. Khanna, Klaudija Višković, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Naveed Sattar, Amer M. Johri, Gyan Pareek, Martin Mi...> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2020 Nov 1
45 citations
3-D optimized classification and characterization artificial intelligence paradigm for cardiovascular/stroke risk stratification using carotid ultrasound-based delinea...
Sanagala S. Skandha, Suneet K. Gupta, Luca Saba, Vijaya Kumar Koppula, Amer M. Johri, Narendra N. Khanna, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, P...> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2020 Oct 1
18 citations
Paclitaxel exposure: Long-term safety and effectiveness of a drug-coated balloon for claudication in pooled randomized trials
Peter Schneider, Marianne Brodmann, Laura Mauri, John R. Laird, Yoshimitsu Soga, Antonio Micari, Gary M. Ansel, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Prakash Krishnan, Qi Gao, Kenneth ...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020 Aug 24
16 citations
Does the Carotid Bulb Offer a Better 10-Year CVD/Stroke Risk Assessment Compared to the Common Carotid Artery? A 1516 Ultrasound Scan Study:
Vijay Viswanathan, Ankush D Jamthikar, Deep Gupta, Anudeep Puvvula, Narendra N. Khanna, Luca Saba, Klaudija Višković, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R Laird, Gyan Pareek, Mart...> ;Angiology. 2020 Jul 22
29 citations
Cardiovascular/stroke risk prevention: A new machine learning framework integrating carotid ultrasound image-based phenotypes and its harmonics with conventional risk ...
Ankush D Jamthikar, Deep Gupta, Narendra N. Khanna, Luca Saba, John R. Laird, Jasjit S. Suri> ;Indian Heart Journal. 2020 Jun 18
29 citations
Two-stage artificial intelligence model for jointly measurement of atherosclerotic wall thickness and plaque burden in carotid ultrasound: A screening tool for cardiov...
Mainak Biswas, Luca Saba, Shubhro Chakrabartty, Narender N. Khanna, Hanjung Song, Harman S. Suri, Petros P. Sfikakis, Sophie Mavrogeni, Klaudija Višković, John R. Lair...> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2020 Jun 17
13 citations
Laser atherectomy and drug-coated balloons for the treatment of femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis: 2-Year outcomes
Damianos G. Kokkinidis, Sean Behan, Omar Jawaid, Prio Hossain, Stefanos Giannopoulos, Gagan D. Singh, John R. Laird, Javier A. Valle, Stephen W. Waldo, Ehrin J. Armstrong> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020 Feb 15
44 citations
Cardiovascular/stroke risk predictive calculators: a comparison between statistical and machine learning models.
Ankush D Jamthikar, Deep Gupta, Luca Saba, Narendra N. Khanna, Tadashi Araki, Klaudija Višković, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, Petros P. ...> ;Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2020 Feb 3
14 citations
Development and validation of a predictive score for anterograde crossing of infrapopliteal chronic total occlusions: (The Infrapop-CTO Score).
Damianos G. Kokkinidis, Aaron Strobel, Omar Jawaid, Moosa N. Haider, Bejan Alvandi, Gagan D. Singh, John R. Laird, Stephen W. Waldo, Ehrin J. Armstrong> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020 Jan 6
47 citations
Global perspective on carotid intima-media thickness and plaque: should the current measurement guidelines be revisited?
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Lectures

UC Davis Vascular Lab 2012: Advanced Topics for Vascular Specialists and Other Healthcare Professionals
UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, California - 4/14/2012
Vascular Care 2012: Best Practices in Peripheral Vascular Treatment
UC Davis Health System, Olympic Valley, California - 2/5/2012

Press Mentions

Staff Shortages Limit Use of Last-Resort COVID-19 Treatment in SouthSeptember 10th, 2021
Vascular Medicine Expert Dr. Ehrin Armstrong Joins Adventist Heart & Vascular Institute in St. HelenaJune 24th, 2021
Welcoming Vascular Medicine Expert Dr. Ehrin ArmstrongJune 23rd, 2021
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