John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Phone314-362-1291
Fax314-747-1417
Additional Titles
- Director, Structural Heart Disease
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Education
- B.A.: Drew University, Madison, NJ (1975)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Anatomy and Neurobiology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1979)
- PhD: St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO (1979)
- M.D.: University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (1983)
- Intern and Resident, Medicine: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis , MO (1986)
- Fellowship, Cardiology: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (1989)
- Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (1990)
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disase
- Interventional Cardiology
Recognition
1971
National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award
1975
Honors in Chemistry, Drew University
New Jersey American Chemical Society Undergraduate, Research Award, Co-Winner
1978
Teaching Assistant St. Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
1980
March of Dimes, Medical Student Research Grant
1988
American Heart Association Research Fellowship
1998
Co-Chairman-Society: Cardiac Angiography & Interventional (SCAI) Meeting
2000
Outstanding Cardiology Alumnus Award
Yale University School of Medicine
2002
Magnetically Navigable and/or Controllable Device for Removing Material from Body Lumens and Cavities. Stereotaxis, Inc. Patented August 6, 2002.
2004
Board of Trustees: The Society for Angiography and Interventions
2007-2016
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in St. Louis
2009
Brien McMahon High School Hall of Fame
2011
American Heart Association: Hugh McCulloch Award Recipient
2017
Master Interventionalist of SCAI
Clinical Interests
Complex coronary intervention, hemodynamics support, structural heart disease including mitral, aortic, and adult congenital
Research Interests
Cardiac Catheterizations, coronary artery disease, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), myocardial infarction, coronary-artery stenting, structural heart disease. The treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis, percutaneous repair of mitral regurgitation and percutaneous replacement of aortic valve for aortic stenosis, percutaneous repair of congenital defects and ASD, PFO, VSD and PDA.