Jeffrey Darst, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Director, Heart Institute
• Medical Director, Clinical Operations, Cardiology
• Medical Director, Outpatient Cardiology, CHCO Anschutz Campus

Recognitions

• Patient Satisfaction Award, PRC/CHCO (2024)
  2013-2024
• 5280 Top Docs, 5280 Magazine/Peer vote (2021)
• 5280 Top Docs, 5280 Magazine Peer Vote (2022)

Publications

• 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
• Bingler MA, Darst JR, Fagan TE. Cryo-balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jan;33(1):109-14. PubMed PMID: 21892648
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Liptzin DR, Baker CD, Darst JR, Weinman JP, Dishop MK, Galambos C, Brinton JT, Deterding RR. Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis: Diagnostic evaluation and clinical course. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Dec;53(12):1651-1658. PubMed PMID: 30019520
• 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
• Darst JR. An Interventional Mindset: Why We Are the Way We Are. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Mar;41(3):475-478. PubMed PMID: 32198583

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification (2008, 2022)
• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2005, 2022)
• EPEC Palliative Care training, Certificate (2017)
• Foundations of Therapeutic Pediatric Hypnosis, Specialized Training (2018)
• Implementation of Therapeutic Pediatric Hypnosis, Specialized Training (2021)

• 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