SamerMGarasMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Service Line Ascension Jacksonville

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Dr. Samer Garas is a cardiologist in Jacksonville, FL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside and St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside. He received his medical degree from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and has been in practice 22 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and interventional cardiology and is experienced in cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention, peripheral vascular disease, peripheral endovascular interventional cardiology, and structural heart interventions.

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2001 - 2002
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1998 - 2001
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 1995
Washington UniversityB.A., Biology and Business, 1986 - 1990

PubMed

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: a prospectiv...
Puskas, J. D., Williams, W. H., Duke, P. G., Staples, J. R., Glas, K. E., Marshall, J. J., Leimbach, M., Huber, P., Garas, S., Sammons, B. H., McCall, S. A., Petersen,...> ;J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Apr
43 citations
Overview of therapies for prevention of restenosis after coronary interventions.
Samer M Garas, Philip Huber, Neal A. Scott> ;Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2001 Nov 1

Journal Articles

Adjunctive Antithrombotic Therapy
Garas SM, Marshall JJ, Journal of Applied Radiolog
Overview of Therapies for Prevention of Restenosis after Coronary Interventions
Garas SM, Huber P, Scott NA, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Books/Book Chapters

Medicine and Surgery
Chapter: Myocardial Infarction
Garas SM, Zafari AEditors: Vanderbush E.
The AHA Clinical Cardiac Consult
Chapter: Syncope
Garas SM, Langberg JEditors: Alpert JS.

Abstracts/Posters

Angiographic Analysis and Proposed Database Criteria for the Evaluation of Off-pump Coronary Bypass Grafts
Garas SM, Steiner MA, Leimbach ME, et al, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Evaluation of Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery
Puskas J, Garas SM, Marshall JJ, et al, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

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