University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position:
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Other Related Positions Currently Held:
Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota
Aldo Castañeda Professorship in Congenital Heart Surgery
Board Certifications:
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Sees Patients At:
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
Clinical Interests:
Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Cardiac Transplantation
Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Education:
Medical School – Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Site of Residency – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Sites of Fellowship –
Duke Universtiy, Durham, NC (Cadiothoracic Surgery)
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Surgery)
Research Interest:
Characterizing the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates
Selected Recent Publications:
Patel VS, St. Louis JD, Oduntan O, Landolfo KP. “Intrathoracic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (Von Reckinghausen’s Disease)” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Mar; 131(3):736-7.
St. Louis J: Stage I Palliation for Interrupted “Right” Aortic Arch Associated with Mitral Atresia. Ann Thorac Surg (Accepted in Press) 2006.
St. Louis J: Pentalogy of Cantrell Associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Herniation of the Ventricular Mass into the Abdominal Cavity. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2006 June, 5(3): 200-202.
St. Louis J, Bannan M, Lutin W, Wiles: Surgical Strategies and Outcomes in Patients with Shones Complex: A Retrospective Review. Ann Thorac Surg 84: 1357-63, 2007.
St. Louis J, Wheeler, Derek, Wiles H: Elective use of the left ventricular assist after delayed arterial switch operation for D-transposition of the great vessels with intact ventricular septum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 July, 134: 252-253.
Wheeler DS, St. Louis JD: Pentalogy of Cantrell associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Aug 28(4): 311-313.
Qian Zhang, Sonali Gupta, Pulkit Malik, Davin Jagnandan, Mario B. Marrero,
James. D. St Louis, R.Daniel Rudic, David W. Stepp, David J.R. Fulton: NADPH Oxidase 5 is Expresed in Human Blood Vessels and Activates Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase. (Submitted)
St. Louis J, Hopkins R. “The Biological Valve Spectrum and a Rational for Prosthetic Valve Choice” 2nd ed. Spring-Verlag, New York, 2005, pp 602-612.
St. Louis J, McCann R: “Lymphedema”: Sabistons Textbook of Surgery. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 16th Edition, Townsand (ed) W.B. Saunders Co., 2001, pp 1446-1452
St. Louis J, Jaggers J. “Left Ventricular outflow tract obstruction”: Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children, 2nd Edition, Nichols (ed) Mosby, 2006, pp 609 -625.
St. Louis J. “Truncus Arteriosus”: Critical Heart Disease in the Infant and Children, 2nd Edition, Nichols (ed) Mosby, 2006, pp 689-699
Wheeler D, St. Louis J. “Congenital Heart Disease: Left to Right Shunt Lesions”: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, 1st Edition, Wheeler, Wong and Shanley, Springer-Verlag, 2007 (in press)
St.Louis J Nomenclature and Classification of Congenital Anomalies of the Heart” : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical
Evidance, 1st Edition, Wheeler, Wong and Shanley, Springer-Verlag, 2007 (in press)
