John Douglas Jr. MD
Overview
Dr. Douglas is professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Emory University Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of the South and received his M.D. degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina and at Emory University. Dr. Douglas was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Medical Corps and served at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and in An Hoa, South Vietnam. He completed fellowship in cardiology at Emory University and subsequently joined the Emory University School of Medicine faculty and the Emory Clinic where he has practiced invasive and interventional cardiology. In 1980, Dr. Douglas was a member of the team that performed the first coronary angioplasty at Emory University Hospital and in 1987 the first coronary stent in the United States. He was a partner of the late Andreas Gruentzig, the inventor of coronary angioplasty and participated in the development of current coronary angioplasty and stent techniques. He is a Fellow and prior member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention and is currently listed in Castle Connolly Guide of Americas Top Doctors, Atlantas Top Doctors, and The Best Doctors in America.
Clinical
Dr. Douglas practices invasive and interventional cardiology at Emory University Hospital. He sees patients needing diagnostic coronary angiography, intracoronary ultrasound, or measurement of coronary artery fractional flow reserve which is a measurement of coronary artery lesion significance. Performance of percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale has been done for approximately five years and a large experience with alcohol septal ablation therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy has been accumulated. Dr. Douglas has a special interest in percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO) and the application of devices to improve safety during high risk coronary intervention and stent procedures including the Tandom Heart.
Teaching
Dr. Douglas and his colleagues in Interventional Cardiology provide teaching and supervision for five Interventional Cardiology Fellows and have trained over one-hundred Interventional Cardiology Fellows. He participates annually on the faculty of Interventional Cardiology Board Review Courses provided by the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Intervention and T.C.T.
Research
Dr. Douglas research interests include improving outcomes of coronary angioplasty and stent procedures, investigation of the relationships between patent foramen ovale and neurologic events such as stroke and migraine headache, and techniques to improve the symptomatic status of patients with drug refractory hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy using alcohol septal ablation. He has had a long term interest in angioplasty and stent therapy in patients who experience recurrent angina after bypass surgery and was a primary investigator in a number of trials of stents and distal protection devices during percutaneous intervention in saphenous vein grafts. The combined use of minimally invasive surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention to treat multiple coronary arteries (the so-called Hybrid or Integrated Approach) is currently under investigation as is the use of the Tandem Heart to support patients during high risk coronary stent procedure.
Academic Appointment
- Master Clinician, Emory University School of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- MD from Washington University School of Medicine
- BA from University of the South
Research
Focus
- A primary research focus is to improve the results of percutaneous coronary revascularization by the use of stents, new antithrombotic agents, intracoronary radiation, and by development of methods to protect the myocardium from particulate microembolization.
Publications
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The Emory-Gruentzig Days-Birth of a New Field.
J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv Volume: 3 Page(s): 102154
08/01/2024 Authors: Vallabhajosyula S; King SB; Douglas JS; Anderson HVS; Marshall JJ -
Geographic variation and temporal trends in management and outcomes of cardiac arrest complicating acute myocardial infarction in the United States.
Resuscitation Volume: 170 Page(s): 339 - 348
01/01/2022 Authors: Atreya AR; Patlolla SH; Devireddy CM; Jaber WA; Rab ST; Nicholson WJ; Douglas JS; King SB; Vallabhajosyula S -
Functional coronary angiography in symptomatic patients with no obstructive coronary artery disease.
Volume: 98 Page(s): 827 - 835
11/01/2021 Authors: Kumar S; Mehta PK; Eshtehardi P; Hung OY; Koh J-S; Kumar A; Al-Badri A; Rabah R; D'Souza M; Gupta S -
Current state of the roles of alcohol septal ablation and surgical myectomy in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther Volume: 10 Page(s): 36 - 44
02/01/2020 Authors: Douglas JS -
Alcohol Ablation of ExtracardiacThoracicTumor.
JACC Case Rep Volume: 1 Page(s): 781 - 786
12/18/2019 Authors: Shekiladze N; Mirza O; Sandesara P; Bakhtadze B; Douglas JS -
The Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft: Durable and Self-Reparative.
JACC Case Rep Volume: 1 Page(s): 168 - 170
08/01/2019 Authors: Forouzandeh F; Douglas JS -
Low Coronary Wall Shear Stress Is Associated With Severe Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv Volume: 11 Page(s): 2072 - 2080
10/22/2018 Authors: Kumar A; Hung OY; Piccinelli M; Eshtehardi P; Corban MT; Sternheim D; Yang B; Lefieux A; Molony DS; Thompson EW -
Hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Volume: 91 Page(s): 203 - 212
02/01/2018 Authors: Sardar P; Kundu A; Bischoff M; Chatterjee S; Owan T; Nairooz R; Giri J; Halkos ME; Liberman H; Douglas JS -
Coronary Artery Straightening Causing Acute Severe Mitral Regurgitation.
J Invasive Cardiol Volume: 30 Page(s): E18 - E19
02/01/2018 Authors: Forouzandeh F; Douglas JS -
Performance of J-CTO and PROGRESS CTO Scores in Predicting Angiographic Success and Long-term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions.
Volume: 121 Page(s): 14 - 20
01/01/2018 Authors: Forouzandeh F; Suh J; Stahl E; Ko Y-A; Lee S; Joshi U; Sabharwal N; Almuwaqqat Z; Gandhi R; Lee HS