Samer M Garas MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Service Line Ascension Jacksonville

Summary

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

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification athenaClinicals, athenahealth, Inc., 2015-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification athenaClinicals, athenahealth, Inc., 2015-2017
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

PubMed

1 citations
Short-Term Outcomes of Impella-Supported High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Surgically Ineligible Patients: Insights From PROTECT III.
Batla Falah, Behnam N Tehrani, Julia B Thompson, Yousuf Shah, Yiran Zhang
Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2025-10-01
432 citations
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: A prospectiv...
John D. Puskas, Willis H. Williams, Peggy G. Duke, James R. Staples, Kathryn E. Glas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2003-04-01
44 citations
Overview of therapies for prevention of restenosis after coronary interventions.
Samer M Garas, Philip Huber, Neal A. Scott
Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2001-11-01

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

A 'Medical Hotspot:' Jacksonville Physicians Tout Innovative Techniques in Health CareApril 29th, 2022
New Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery, a Lifesaver for Jacksonville PatientsSeptember 9th, 2021
Shock Wave Treatment Advances from Kidney Stones to Blocked Arteries at Jacksonville HospitalMay 10th, 2021