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Jose Tafur Soto, MD, Cardiology, New Orleans, LA

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Cardiology New Orleans, LA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology

Interventional Cardiology and Valvular/Structural Heart disease at The John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute

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  • Office

    1514 Jefferson Hwy
    New Orleans, LA 70121
    Phone+1 866-624-7637
    Fax+1 504-838-8853

Summary

  • Dr. Tafur is an interventional cardiologist and is the Cardiology fellowship program director at Ochsner. His primary professional focus has been on structural heart interventions and postgraduate medical education. Dr. Tafur has served in the international committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and in the education standards committee of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Since joining the faculty at Ochsner, he has received teacher, mentor and research mentor of the year awards. He has authored multiple manuscripts and book chapters in transcatheter aortic valve replacement and peripheral arterial disease.

    Dr. Tafur is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) and endovascular medicine by the American Board of Vascular Medicine (ABVM). Dr. Tafur performs complex high-risk coronary interventions, transcatheter valve replacement and repair, peripheral arterial angioplasty and stenting and percutaneous treatment for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, amongst others.

    Dr. Tafur attended medical school at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, his hometown. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas in Houston. He continued to do his fellowship in cardiology at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, followed by additional training in interventional cardiology and structural heart disease at Ochsner. He joined the faculty in 2017 and became the Cardiology program director in 2020. He is married and has two children under five. He enjoys biking, fishing, cooking, traveling and cheering for the New Orleans Saints.

Education & Training

  • Ochsner Medical Center
    Ochsner Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2016 - 2017
  • Ochsner Clinic Foundation
    Ochsner Clinic FoundationFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2015 - 2016
  • Ochsner Clinic Foundation
    Ochsner Clinic FoundationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012 - 2015
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
  • Universidad del Valle Health Sciences
    Universidad del Valle Health SciencesClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • MS State Medical License
    MS State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2019 - 2023
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2019 - 2021
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2009 - 2012
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
  • American Board of Vascular MedicineEndovascular Medicine
  • National Board of EchocardiographyEchocardiography

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Cardiology Fellowship Mentor of the Year Awards Ochsner Cardiology Fellowship, 2018-2019
  • Fellow and Resident Research Mentor of the Year Awards Ochsner Academics, 2018
  • Teacher of the year award Ochsner Cardiology Fellowship, 2017-2018
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Renal Artery Stenosis: When to Revascularize in 2017  
    Tafur JD, White CJ., Curr Probl Cardiol. 2017 Apr, 4/1/2017
  • Selecting patients likely to benefit from renal artery stenting  
    JD Tafur-Soto, CJ White, Future medicine Interventional Cardiology, 5/9/2014
  • Persistently high venousto-arterial carbon dioxide differences during early resuscitation are associated with poor outcomes in septic shock  
    Ospina-Tascon GA, Bautista-Rincon DF, Umana M, Tafur JD, Gutierrez A, Garcia AF, Bermudez WF, Granados M, Arango-Davila CA and Hernandez G, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in end stage liver disease
    Tafur JD, Valovska T, Ramee S, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC, 3/18/2017
  • TCT-752 Endovascular Therapy Versus Medical Therapy for Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Randomized Controlled T...
    Pedro A. Villablanca Spinetto, Afiachukwu Onuegbu, David Briceno, Gaurav Rao, Olufisayo Otusanya, Jose D. Tafur, Mohsin Salih, Divyanshu Mohananey, Mohammed Makkiya, C..., TCT 2015, San Francisco, 10/13/2015
  • Endovascular Therapy Versus Medical Therapy for Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Randomized Controlled Trials
    Pedro A Villablanca Spinetto, Afiachukwu Onuegbu, David Briceno, Gaurav Rao, Olufisayo Otusanya, Jose D Tafur, Mohsin Salih, Divyanshu Mohananey, Mohammed Makkiya, Chr..., TCT, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2015
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Lectures

  • Lactic acidosis: a rare initial presentation of a common disease. Case report 
    Houston, TX - 1/1/2010
  • Persistence of high venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference during early goal-directed therapy could be related to multiorgan dysfunction in septic shock 
    Barcelona, Spain - 1/1/2010
  • Emergence of KPC producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Carribean 
    Washington, DC - 1/1/2008

Authored Content

  • What is a heart valve?April 2019

Press Mentions

  • Signs of heart valve disease
    Signs of heart valve diseaseApril 14th, 2021

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish