Strong Heart and Vascular Center

Division of Vascular Surgery

Joseph P. Hart, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery

Specialty Areas

• Carotid and Peripheral Intervention
• Aortic Surgery and Endovascular Grafting
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Renal Artery Disease
• Dialysis Access Surgery

• B.A. Grinnell College, 1991
• M.D. Northwestern University Medical School, 1995
• Resident, General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1995-2003
• Fellow, Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2003-2005
• Research Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University, 1997-2000
• Graduate Study, Biomedical Engineering/Tissue Engineering, Columbia University, 1999-2000
• Specialist Registrar, Vascular Surgery, Limerick (Ireland) Regional Hospital, 2001
• Fellowship, Carotid and Peripheral Intervention, A.Z. Sint Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium 2005-2006; Marco Polo Scholar of the Society for Vascular Surgery

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2006-present

• Endovascular therapy for critical limb ischemia
• Carotid stenting: outcome and risk factor analysis
• Operative strategy in aortic graft infection
• Canine model of thoracic aortic stent grafting
• Angiostatin in diabetic limbs requiring amputation

Societies

• Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
• Society for Vascular Surgery
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
• International Society for Vascular Surgery
• Corresponding Member, European Society for Vascular Surgery
• Candidate and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons
• Association for Academic Surgery, Candidate Member
• Society for Vascular Ultrasound
• American Medical Association
• National Eagle Scout Association
• Regis Alumni Association

Selected Publications

• Tomlinson J, McNamara J, Matloubieh J, Hart J, Singh MJ, Davies MG, Rhodes JM, Illig KA. Intermediate Follow-Up after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Can We Forgo CT Scanning in Certain Patients? Ann Vasc Surg 21(6):663-70, 2007.

• Bakken AM, Palchik E, Hart JP, Rhodes JM, Saad WE, Davies MG. Impact of diabetes mellitus on outcomes of superficial femoral artery endoluminal interventions. J Vasc Surg 46(5):946-958, 2007.

• Hart JP, Peeters P, Verbist J, Deloose K, Bosiers M. Do device characteristics impact outcome in carotid artery stenting? J Vasc Surg 44(4):725-30, 2006.

• Bosiers M, Hart JP, Deloose K, Verbist J, Peeters P. Endovascular therapy as the primary approach for limb salvage in patients with critical limb ischemia: experience with 443 infrapopliteal procedures. Vascular 14(2):63-9, 2006.

• Hart JP , Eginton MT, Brown KR, Seabrook GR, Lewis BD, Edmiston CE, Towne JB, Cambria RA. Operative Strategies in Aortic Graft Infections: Is Complete Graft Excision Always Necessary? Ann Vasc Surg 19(2):154-60, 2005 .
  
• Hart JP, Cabreriza SE, Walsh RF, Printz BF, Blumenthal BF, Park DK, Zhu AJ, Gallup CG, Weinberg AD, Hsu DT, Mosca RS, Quaegebeur JM, Spotnitz HM . Echocardiographic analysis of ventricular geometry and function during repair of congenital septal defects. Ann Thorac Surg 77:53-60, 2004.
  
• Spencer AU, Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Rabkin DG, Weinberg AD, Spotnitz HM. Aortic regurgitation in the heterotopic rat heart transplant: effect on ventricular remodeling and diastolic function. J Heart Lung Transplant 22(8):937-945, 2003.
  
• Hart JP , Wallis F, Kenny B, O Sullivan B, Burke PE, Grace PA. Endovascular exclusion of iliac artery to iliac vein fistula following lumbar disc surgery. J Vasc Surg 37(5): 1091-1093, 2003.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Gallup CG, Hsu D, Spotnitz HM. Validation of left ventricular end-diastolic volume from stroke volume and ejection fraction. ASAIO Journal 48(6): 654-657, 2002.
  
• Gallup CJ, Cabreriza SE, Hart JP , Walsh R, Weinberg A, Spotnitz HM. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume from ejection fraction and stroke volume in pigs during IVC occlusion. J Surg Res 106(1):76-81, 2002.
  
• Jia CX, Rabkin DG, Hart JP , Dean DA, Cabreriza SA, Weinberg AD, Spotnitz HM. Regional variation in myocardial water content in the edematous pig heart. J Surg Res 106(1):70-5, 2002.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Dickstein ML, Esrig BC, Oz MC, Spotnitz HM. Immediate effects of reconstructive surgery for left ventricular anterior aneurysm on ventricular dimension and performance. Surgical Forum LI: 153-6, 2000 .
  
• Soto PF, Jia CX, Rabkin DG, Hart JP , Carter YM, Sardo MJ, Hsu DT, Fisher PE, Pinsky DJ, Spotnitz HM. Improvement of rejection-induced diastolic abnormalities in rat cardiac allografts with inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 120(1): 39-46, 2000.
• Starr JP, Jia CX, Amirhamzeh MMR , Rabkin DG, Hart JP , Hsu DT, Fisher PE, Szabolcs M, Spotnitz HM. Coronary perfusate composition influences diastolic properties, myocardial water content, and histologic characteristics of the rat left ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg 68(3): 925-30, 1999.
  
• Starr JP, Jia CX, Rabkin DG, Amirhamzeh MMR , Hart JP , Hsu DT, Soto P, Pinsky D, Spotnitz HM. Pressure volume curves in arrested heterotopic rat heart isografts: role of improved myocardial protection. J Surg Res 86(1):123-9, 1999.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Jia CX, Dean DA and Spotnitz HM. Conductance artifacts in a novel in vitro model of ventriculo-thoracic electrical coupling. ASAIO Journal 45(1): 64-8, 1999.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Jia C-X, Umana JP, Goldstein DJ, Hill-Edgar A, Weinberg AD, Galantowicz ME, Dickstein ML, Burkhoff D, Rose EA, Spotnitz HM. Left ventricular function in a porcine model of dilated cardiomyopathy during left ventricular reduction surgery. Surgical Forum XLIX: 246-8, 1998.
  
• Rabkin DG, Jia CX, Cabreriza SE, Starr JP, Hart JP , and Spotnitz HM. A novel arresting solution for study of postmortem pressure-volume curves of the rat left ventricle. J Surg Res 80(2): 221-8, 1998.
  
• Spotnitz HM, Cabreriza SE, Hart JP. Intraoperative echocardiography--interpretation of changes in left ventricular wall thickness. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10(4): 273-283, 1998.
  
• Hart JP , Vonesh MJ, Durham JR, Ng KH, Payne KM, Blackburn DM, McPherson DD, Yao JST , Flinn WR, and Pearce WH. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the femoral artery bifurcation with noninvasive B-mode ultrasound and a new position registration device. Journal of Vascular Technology 17(4):211-216, 1993.
  
• Sullivan CH, Hart JP and Kramer J. The pattern of protein and glycoprotein synthesis in presumptive lens and non-lens ectoderm of the chicken embryo. Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology 200:38-44, 1991.

BOOK CHAPTER

• Peeters P, Hart JP , Verbist J, Deloose K, Bosiers M. Do we have the right stents for femoro-popliteal lesions? In: JP Becquemin, YS Alimi, eds. C ontroversies and updates in vascular surgery . Torino ( Italy ): Minerva Medica; 2006. p. 193-199.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

• Hasanadka R, Hart JP, Weihrauch D, Brown KR, Lewis BD, Seabrook GR, Warltier DC.  Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 and Expression of Angiostatin Play an Important Role in Angiogenesis in Diabetics with Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease. FASEB J 21:383.5, 2007.

• Bosiers M, Hart JP, Deloose K, Verbist J, Peeters P.  Flanders experience with endovascular treatments for below-the-knee-lesions in critical limb ischemia-patients: the FEET-BTK study. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 29 (Supplement 1): 188, 2006.

• Bosiers M, Hart JP, Deloose K, Verbist J, Peeters P.  Do device characteristics impact outcome in carotid artery stenting?  Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 29 (Supplement 1): 191, 2006.

• Cabreriza SE, Walsh R, Hart JP , Perez AT, Spotnitz HM.  In vivo measurement of left ventricular volume by 2-D echocardiography revisited: a validation study. ASAIO Journal 48(2):159, 2002.
  
• Quinn A, Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Holmes JW, Spotnitz HM. Regional functional depression immediately following ventricular septal defect closure. Circulation 106(19): II-687-II-688, 2002.
  
• Galup C, Cabreriza SE, Hart JP , Walsh R, Spotnitz HM. Ventricular end-diastolic volume from ejection fraction and stroke volume in adult pigs during IVC occlusion. Cardiology in the Young, 11(Suppl. 1):180, 2001.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Printz BF, Park DK, Zhu AJ, Weinberg AD, Hsu DT, Quaegebeur JM, Spotnitz HM. Intraoperative changes in ventricular dimension, geometry and function in surgery for congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young, 11(Suppl. 1):180-181, 2001.
  
• Cabreriza SE, Hart JP , Walsh R, Printz BF, Altmann K, Snyder M, Solowiejczyk D, Weinberg A, Hsu DT, Quaegebeur JM, Spotnitz HM. Intraoperative changes in left ventricular compliance following ventricular septal defect repair in children. Cardiology in the Young, 11(Suppl. 1):181, 2001.
  
• Walsh R, Cabreriza SE, Hart JP , Printz BF, Altmann K, Snyder M, Solowiejczyk D, Weinberg D, Hsu DT, Quaegebeur JM, Spotnitz HM. Perioperative changes in left ventricular function and geometry following atrial septal defect repair. Cardiology in the Young, 11(Suppl. 1):181, 2001.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Galup C, Spotnitz HM. Validation of left ventricular end-diastolic volume from ejection fraction and stroke volume. Cardiology in the Young, 11(Suppl. 1):181, 2001.
  
• Galup C, Cabreriza SE, Hart JP , Walsh RF, Spotnitz HM. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume from ejection fraction and stroke volume in pigs during inferior vena caval occlusion. ASAIO Journal 47(2):136, 2001.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Printz BF, Park DK, Zhu AJ, Weinberg AD, Hsu DT, Quaegebeur JM, Spotnitz HM. Intraoperative changes in ventricular dimension, geometry and function in surgery for congenital heart disease. ASAIO Journal 47(2):137, 2001.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza SE, Dickstein ML, Esrig BC, Oz MC, Spotnitz HM. Immediate effects of reconstructive surgery for left ventricular anterior aneurysm on ventricular dimension and performance. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 191:4 (Supplement 1): S77, 2000.
  
• Hart JP , Cabreriza C, Dean D, Jia C-X, Spotnitz H. Conductance artifacts in a novel in vitro model. ASAIO Journal 44(2):6A, 1998.
  
• Amirhamzeh M, Hart JP , Cabreriza C, Jia C-X, Dickstein M, Spotnitz H. Reducing errors in parallel conductance measurement. ASAIO Journal 44(2):6A, 1998.
  
• Cabreriza C, Jia C-X, Hart JP , Spotnitz H. In vivo end diastolic pressure volume relations in the rat heart. ASAIO Journal 44(2):6A, 1998.