Posts by Jonathan James Passeri, MD
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Study Explores Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
The APOLLO Trial is investigating minimally invasive mitral valve replacement as an alternative to open heart surgery for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation. Massachusetts General Hospital's team is leading efforts to explore the innovative procedure's safety and effectiveness.
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First Minimally-invasive Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in New England Performed at Mass General
Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital recently became the first team in New England to perform a transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a non-calcified mitral valve.
Biography
Jonathan J. Passeri, MD, is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and New York Medical College. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital in 2007 as a staff member of the Cardiology Division and the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory. Currently, Dr. Passeri is the medical director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Valve Program and director of Interventional Echocardiography within the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory.
Dr. Passeri's main clinical focus is on the evaluation and management of valvular heart disease. He is a co-investigator in the PARTNER Trial, a pivotal clinal trial of transcatheter aortic valve replacement for patients with calcific aortic stenosis. Dr. Passeri also works closely with members of the cardiac catheterization laboratory in using advanced echocardiographic techniques to guide a variety of complex transcatheter structural heart procedures. Dr. Passeri lectures each year in a variety of Harvard Medical School's continuing education courses in cardiology.
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and nurses specialize in specific forms of both heart and vascular disease, and work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for cardiovascular conditions.