Williams Syndrome Association Heart Award, WSA
(2017)
Teaching
Associate Professor
(2009)
School of Medicine,
Pediatrics
Pediatric cardiology, Medical decision making, Approaches to empower children as patients, Patient Wellbeing.
Publications
Darst JR. An Interventional Mindset: Why We Are the Way We Are. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Mar;41(3):475-478. PubMed PMID: 32198583
Bloom JL, Darst JR, Prok L, Soep JB. A case of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura with dilated coronary arteries. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2018 Sep 4;16(1):54. PubMed PMID: 30180850
Ing RJ, Kramer RE, Darst J, Mayes LM, Twite MD. Button battery ingestion in children: a role for angiography?. Can J Anaesth. 2017 Mar;64(3):321-322. PubMed PMID: 27804024
Ing RJ, Kramer RE, Darst J, Mayes LM, Twite MD. Button battery ingestion in children: a role for angiography?. Can J Anaesth. 2016 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27804024
Aldoss O, Fonseca BM, Truong UT, Bracken J, Darst JR, Guo R, Jones TL, Fagan TE. Diagnostic Utility of Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography in Congenital Cardiac Catheterization. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Oct;37(7):1211-21. PubMed PMID: 27278632
Liptzin DR, Sturgill M, Kim J, Abman SH, Darst JR, Ibrahim J, Browne L. An Unusual Etiology of Infantile Hemoptysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr 1;193(7):e14-5. PubMed PMID: 26757056
Friesen RH, Twite MD, Nichols CS, Cardwell KA, Pan Z, Darst JR, Wilson N, Fagan TE, Miyamoto SD, Ivy DD. Hemodynamic response to ketamine in children with pulmonary hypertension. Paediatr Anaesth. 2016 Jan;26(1):102-8. PubMed PMID: 26564806
Eastaugh LJ, Thiagarajan RR, Darst JR, McElhinney DB, Lock JE, Marshall AC. Percutaneous left atrial decompression in patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac disease*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan;16(1):59-65. PubMed PMID: 25319629
Eastaugh LJ, Thiagarajan RR, Darst JR, McElhinney DB, Lock JE, Marshall AC. Percutaneous left atrial decompression in patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan;16(1):59-65. PubMed PMID: 25319629
Eastaugh LJ, Thiagarajan RR, Darst JR, McElhinney DB, Lock JE, Marshall AC. Percutaneous left atrial decompression in patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan;16(1):59-65. PubMed PMID: 25319629
Friesen RH, Nichols CS, Twite MD, Cardwell KA, Pan Z, Pietra B, Miyamoto SD, Auerbach SR, Darst JR, Ivy DD. The hemodynamic response to dexmedetomidine loading dose in children with and without pulmonary hypertension. Anesth Analg. 2013 Oct;117(4):953-9. PubMed PMID: 23960035
Bartakian S, Fagan TE, Schaffer MS, Darst JR. Device closure of secundum atrial septal defects in children <15 kg: complication rates and indications for referral. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Nov;5(11):1178-84. PubMed PMID: 23174643
Takatsuki S, Darst JR, Das BB, Fagan TE, Wolfe R, Ivy DD. Clinical manifestations and long-term follow-up in pediatric patients living at altitude with isolated pulmonary artery of ductal origin. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jun;33(5):775-81. PubMed PMID: 22430374
Implementation of Therapeutic Pediatric Hypnosis, Specialized Training
(2021)
Foundations of Therapeutic Pediatric Hypnosis, Specialized Training
(2018)
EPEC Palliative Care training, Certificate
(2017)
Foundations of Therapeutic Pediatric Hypnosis, Specialized Training
(2017)
Conditions & Treatments
Child and Teen Health
Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
Mental Health and Behavior - Anxiety
Mental Health and Behavior
Mental Health and Behavior - Stress
Heart and Circulation
Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests are congenital heart disease. I am also very motivated to examine the effect of symptoms--with or without "identified" disease--on the lives of young people.
Care Philosophy
To try to understand how children and adolescents perceive their symptoms, their illness or their disease...and to start there, at each visit. To help teach young people that symptoms and disease may be part of their life, but that it does not define them.
Volunteer Activities
RoundUp River Ranch--Medical Volunteer, Heart Week 2014-present
Public Speaking Yes
Psychological effects of disease on children
Psychological effects of the practice of medicine
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
(2002)
Undergraduate Schools:
BS, Vanderbilt University (TN)
(1998)
Residency Programs:
Oregon Health & Science University, Pediatrics (2005)
Fellowships:
University of Colorado, Pediatric Cardiology
(2008)