JimsD.Jean-JacquesDOFACC, FHFSA

President Medical Executive Committee, St. Joseph Healthcare Board of Trustees, Chief of Medicine, Director of Heart Failure Clinic, Chairman Ethics Committee, President Maine Medical Society, Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Bangor Region YMCA, Maine Medical Association Board of Directors, Founder of The Haitian Network of Maine

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Office
360 Broadway
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone+1 207-907-1770

Fax+1 207-907-3675

Summary

Highly personable, tri-lingual, and team-spirited cardiologist working at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, ME. He started and is the Director of the Heart Failure Clinic at St. Joseph Hospital. He also serves as Chief of Medicine, President of the Medical Executive Committee, St. Joseph Healthcare Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the Ethics Committee. He previously served as the Vice-President of the Medical Executive Committee, Chairman of the Credentials Committee, Chairman of the Bylaw Committee and Secretary/Treasurer of the Medical Executive Committee at the same institution. He received specialized training in advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical circulatory assist device and transplant cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. He is board certified in internal medicine, non-invasive cardiology, and advanced heart failure/transplant cardiology. In the community, he serves as the Medical Advisory Board to the Maine State Department Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Member Charter Committee of the town of Hampden ME, President Maine Medical Society (Affiliate of the National Medical Association), Founder of The Haitian Network of Maine, Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Bangor Region YMCA and Maine Medical Association Board of Directors and Ad Hoc Committee Member on Race, Ethnicity and Healthcare Disparity.

February is American Heart Month

BANGOR - February is American Heart Month. During her interview at noon on Wednesday, Susan Farley learns more about some cardiac-related health concern from Dr

National Heart Health Month - How to keep your heart healthy

Jims D. Jean-Jacques and Craig Colson (interviewer). "National Heart Health Month - How to keep your heart healthy”. Featured on February 15th, 2018.

Clinical Expertise

Cardiomyopathies, Nuclear cardiology, Heart failure, Systolic heart failure, Diastolic heart failure, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Cardiology, Echocardiogram

Education & Training

University of RochesterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2016 - 2017
Garden City HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2013 - 2016
Garden City HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
Rowan University School of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2009
Boston UniversityBA, Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, 1997 - 2000
Boston UniversityB.A., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 1997 - 2000
Roxbury Community CollegeA.A., Biology, 1993 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

ME State License 2017 - 2026
MI State License 2010 - 2018
AOA Board of Internal Medicine Cardiology
AOA Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
AOA Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

St. Joseph Healthcare Board of Trustees St. Joseph Healthcare, 2023
President Medical Executive Committee St. Joseph Hospital, 2023
Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Bangor Region YMCA, 2022
Chairman Credentials Committee St. Joseph Hospital, 2020-2022
Vice-President Medical Executive Committee St. Joseph Hospital, 2020-2022
Medical Advisory Board Maine State Department Maine State Department Bureau of Motor Vehicles, 2021
Chief of Medicine St. Joseph Hospital, 2021
Vice-President Maine Medical Society (Past) Chapter National Medical Association, 2019-2021
Board of Directors Maine Medical Association, 2020
Secretary & Treasurer/Medical Executive Committee (past) St. Joseph Hospital, 2019-2020
Chairman Bylaws Committee (past) St. Joseph Hospital, 2019-2020
Chairman Ethics Committee St. Joseph Hospital, 2019
Director Heart Failure Clinic St. Joseph Hospital, 2017
Adjunct & Clinical Faculty - Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2013-2016
Heart Failure University Award Heart Failure University (HFU) Travel Award, 2015
Educational Committee Cardiology Chair - Michigan Osteopathic Association Michigan Osteopathic Association, 2014-2015
Humanism in Medicine Award Kennedy University Hospital, New Jersey, 2009
Scholars Research Fellowship Award UMDNJ-School Osteopathic Medicine, 2006
The National Dean’s List Award The National Dean’s List Award, 1997-2000
Poster Presentation Award American Society for Cell Biology, 1997-1999
Research Fellow Mass Bay Community College National Science Foundation, 1997
Minorities Committee Travel Award American Society for Cell Biology, 1997
Humanism in Medicine Award Kennedy University Hospital, 2009
The National Dean’s List Award 0, 1997-1999
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Clinical Trials

Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial - Inflammation Imaging Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 18
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

174 citations
A prospective study demonstrates an association between JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the early control of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
Renaud Du Pasquier, Marcelo J. Kuroda, Y. Zheng, Jims Jean-Jacques, Norman L. Letvin
Brain. 2004-09-01
31 citations
Presence of JC virus-specific CTL in the cerebrospinal fluid of PML patients: rationale for immune-based therapeutic strategies.
Renaud Du Pasquier, Patrick Autissier, Y. Zheng, Jims Jean-Jacques, Igor J. Koralnik
AIDS. 2005-12-02
73 citations
Malignant transformation of primary chicken spleen cells by human transcription factor c-Rel.
Thomas D. Gilmore, Catherine Cormier, Jims Jean-Jacques, Maria-Emily R Gapuzan
Oncogene. 2001-10-25

Journal Articles

JC virus induces a vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response in multiple sclerosis patients
Du Pasquier RA, Stein MC, Lima MA, Dang X, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Zheng Y, Letvin NL, Koralnik IJ., Journal of Neuroimmunology, 7/1/2006
JC virus induces a vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response in multiple sclerosis patients
Du Pasquier RA, Stein MC, Lima MA, Dang X, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Zheng Y, Letvin NL, Koralnik IJ, Journal of Neuroimmunology, 1/1/2006
Presence of JC virus-specific CTL in the cerebrospinal fluid of PML patients: rationale for immune-based therapeutic strategies
Du Pasquier RA, Autissier P, Zheng Y, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Koralnik IJ., AIDS, 12/2/2005
Detection of JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in healthy individuals
Du Pasquier RA, Schmitz JE, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Zheng Y, Gordon J, Khalili K, Letvin NL, Koralnik IJ, Journal of Virology, 9/1/2004
A prospective study demonstrates an association between JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the early control of progressive multifocal Leukoenc...
Du Pasquier RA, Kuroda MJ, Zheng Y, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Letvin NL, Koralnik IJ., Brain, 9/2004
A prospective study demonstrates an association between JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the early control of progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopaathy
Du Pasquier RA, Kuroda MJ, Zheng Y, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Letvin NL, Koralnik IJ, Brain, 1/1/2004
Stable expression of the avian retroviral oncoprotein v-Rel in avian, mouse, and dog cell lines
Gilmore TD, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Richards R, Cormier C, Kim J, Kalaitzidis D., Virology, 11/2003
Genetic Control of Manno (Fructo) Kinase Activity in Escherichia Coli
Andrew A. Sproul, Linda T.M. Lambourne, Jims D. Jean-Jacques, and Hans L. Kornberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 12/18/2001
Genetic Control of Manno (Fructo) Kinase Activity in Escherichia Coli
Andrew A. Sproul, Linda T.M. Lambourne, Jims Jean-Jacques D., and Hans L. Kornberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), 12/2001
Malignant transformation of primary chicken spleen cells by human transcription factor c-Rel
Gilmore TD, Cormier C, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Gapuzan ME, Oncogene, 10/2001
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Books/Book Chapters

Cardiology Consult Manual
Chapter: Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cardiac Tumors
Page 419 - 433Jims Jean-Jacques & Eugene StorozynskyEditors: Hanna Z. Mieszczanska, Adam S. Budzikowski.Springer, ChamEdition 1st,2018

Abstracts/Posters

Relationship between hospital length of stay and 30-day readmissionfollowing an acute admission for decompensated heart failure: Aretrospective institution-speci...
Jims D. Jean-Jacques, D. O.†, Emmanuel N. Papasifakis, D.O., 2016 SCS Research Poster Day, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY College of Osteopathic Medicine Statewide Campus System, 5/25/2016
Relationship between hospital length of stay and 30-day readmissionfollowing an acute admission for decompensated heart failure: Aretrospective institution-speci...
Jims D. Jean-Jacques, D. O., Emmanuel N. Papasifakis, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.,F.A.C.C., F.S.N.C, Michigan Osteopathic Association - Spring Scientific Convention, Dearborn, MI, 5/2016
Cloning, Expression and Analysis of Cdc6 gene and its role in oncogenesis
Jims Jean-Jacques D., Kosalai Kaliappan, Esther E. Biswas, Subhasis Biswas, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stafford, New Jersey, 2007
The cellular immune response against JC virus is instrumental in the containment of PML. Second international Conference Polyomavirus and Human dise...
RA Du Pasquier, MJ Kuroda, JE Schmitz, Jims Jean-Jacque D., Y Zheng, NL Letvin, and IL Koralnik, Journal of Neurovirology Volume 10, Supplement 2, Sapporo, Japan, 6/11/2004
The cellular immune response against JC virus is instrumental in the containment of PML
RA Du Pasquier, MJ Kuroda, JE Schmitz, Jims Jean-Jacque D., Y Zheng, NL Letvin, and IL Koralnik, Journal of Neurovirology, Sapporo, Japan, 1/13/2004
The polymavirus JC induces a vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response in multiple sclerosis patients
Renaud A. Du Pasquier, Marion Stein, Marco de Lima, Jims Jean-Jacques D., Yue Zheng, Norman L. Letvin, Igor J. Koralnik, Service of Neurology and Service immunology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004
JCV VP1-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Play a Role in the Early containment of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopaathy
Renaud A. Du Pasquier, marcelo J. Kuroda, Joern E. Schmitz, Yue Zheng, Jims Jeaan-Jacques D., Norman l. Letvin, Igor J. Koralnik, Division of Pathogenesis and Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2003
Malignant Transformation of Chicken Lymphoid Cells by Human c-Rel: the First In Vitro Assay for Transformation of Lymphoid Cells by a Human Rel/NF-kB Transcription ...
Thomas D. Gilmore, Catherine Cormier, and Jims Jean-Jacques D., Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Leukemia and Lymphoma, Keystone, Colorado, 3/23/2001
Malignant Transformation of Chicken Lymphoid Cells by Human c-Rel: the First In Vitro Assay for Transformation of Lymphoid Cells by a Human Rel/NF-kB Transcription Fac...
Thomas D. Gilmore, Catherine Cormier, and Jims Jean-Jacques D., Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Leukemia and Lymphoma, Keystone, CO, 1/28/2001
Genetic Control of Manno (Fructo) Kinase Activity in Escherichia Coli
Andrew A. Sproul, Linda T.M. Lambourne, Jims Jean-Jacques D., and Hans L. Kornberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), 1/1/2001
Post-Translational Regulation of Prostaglandin Synthesis in Human Fibroblast and Prostate Cancer Cells
Jims Jean-Jacques D., Glen Rowe, Dora Tovar, and Bruce A. Jackson, Annual Meeting of the Student National Medical Association, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 9/1999
Post-Translational Regulation of Prostaglandin Synthesis in Human Fibroblast and Prostate Cancer Cells
Jims Jean-Jacques D., Glen Rowe, Dora Tovar, and Bruce A. Jackson, Annual Meeting of the Student National Medical Association, Boston University School of Medicine, 1/1/1999
Translational Regulation of Prostaglandin in Human Lung Fibroblast Cells.
Shawn Smith, Glen Rowe, Armetta D. Hill, Dora Tovar, Jims Jean-Jacques D., and Bruce A. Jackson, 38th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 38th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 12/12/1998
Effect of Il-1b and TGF-b on the Transcriptional Rates of the Cyclooxygenase I & II and Phospholipase A2 Genes in Fibroblasts.”
Jims Jean-Jacques D., Young Um, Dora Tovar, and Bruce A. Jackson, Supplement to Molecular Biology of the Cell, Volume 8,, 37th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Molecular Biology of the Cell,, 12/13/1997
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Lectures

National Heart Health Month - How to keep your heart healthy
Jims D. Jean-Jacques and Craig Colson (interviewer). - 2/15/2018
Cloning, Expression and Analysis of Cdc6 gene and its role in oncogenesis
1/1/2007
The polymavirus JC induces a vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response in multiple sclerosis patients
Lausanne, Switzerland - 1/1/2004
JCV VP1-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Play a Role in the Early containment of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopaathy.
Boston, MA - 1/1/2003
Translational Regulation of Prostaglandin in Human Lung Fibroblast Cells
1/16/1998
“Effect of Il-1Beta and TGF-Beta on the Transcriptional Rates of the Cyclooxygenase I & II and Phospholipase A2 Genes in Fibroblasts
1/17/1997
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Committees

President, Medical Executive Committee 2022 - Present
Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Bangor Region YMCA 2022 - Present
President, Maine Medical Society 2021 - Present
Board of Directors, Maine Medical Association 2021 - Present
Medical Advisory Board, Maine State Department Bureau of Motor Vehicles 2021 - Present
Chief of Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital 2021 - Present
Chairman, Ethics Committee 2019 - Present
Founder, The Haitian Network of Maine 2017 - Present
Director of the Heart Failure Clinic, St. Joseph Hospital 2017 - Present
Vice-President, Medical Executive Committee 2020 - 2022
Chairman, Credentials Committee 2020 - 2022
Vice-President, Maine Medical Society 2019 - 2021
Secretary & Treasurer (past), Medical Executive Committee 2019 - 2020
Chairman (past), Bylaws Committee 2019 - 2020

Research History

Principal InvestigatorCardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial randomized multi-center clinical trial testing the inflammatory hypothesis of atherothrombosis by evaluating methotrexate in reducing the rates of recurrent MI among stable post-MI patients with DM type 2.2010 - 2016
Summer Scholars Research ProgramCloning, Expression and Analysis of Cdc6 gene and its role in oncogenesis.2005 - 2006
Research Assistantexperiments in cellular immunology investigating neurologic complications of HIV infection, clinical studies of HIV dementia, PML and associated neurological disorders. Performed optimization of ex vivo expansion of JC Virus peptide specific Human CD8 T Cells.2003 - 2005