Jessica Rove, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery-Cardiothoracic

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor of Surgery
• Director of Quality for Cardiothoracic Surgery

Recognition & Awards

• Extraordinary Service Award, University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff (2023)
  Recognizes individuals for specific acts of patient service that are “above and beyond the call of duty.” This prestigious recognition is reserved for individuals who exhibit exceptional dedication to patient care and make a substantial impact on lives during crucial moments.
• Resident Teacher of the Year, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado (2015)
• C. Walton Lillehei Resident Prize, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (2012)
• Paul C. Samson Resident Prize, Western Thoracic Surgical Association (2011)

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

• Suarez-Pierre A, Zakrzewski J, Anigbogu C, Iguidbashian JP, Ziogas IA, Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Hoffman JR, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY. Prolonged travel time to transplantation center is associated with poor outcomes following heart transplantation. Am J Surg. 2023 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38030453
• Wilson King R, Carroll AM, Higa KC, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY, Aftab M, Brett Reece T. Frozen Elephant Trunk for Acute Type A Dissection: Is Risk from Procedure or Patient Characteristics?. Aorta (Stamford). 2023 Jun;11(3):112-115. PubMed PMID: 37619568
• Suarez-Pierre A, Iguidbashian J, Kirsch MJ, Cotton JL, Quinn C, Fullerton DA, Reece TB, Hoffman JRH, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY. Importance of social vulnerability on long-term outcomes after heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2023 Oct;23(10):1580-1589. PubMed PMID: 37414250
• Suarez-Pierre A, Iguidbashian J, Vigneshwar N, Breithaupt J, Fullerton DA, Reece TB, Hoffman JRH, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY. Variability in Heart Yield From Donation After Brain Death Between Organ Procurement Organizations: An Opportunity for Improvement. ASAIO J. 2023 Jul 1;69(7):e322-e332. PubMed PMID: 37382896
• Higa KC, Mayer K, Quinn C, Jubina L, Suarez-Pierre A, Colborn K, Jolley SE, Enfield K, Zwischenberger J, Sevin CM, Rove JY. Sounding the Alarm: What Clinicians Need to Know about Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Recovery After Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 1;51(9):1234-1245. PubMed PMID: 37163480
• Netsanet A, Cotton J, Suarez-Pierre A, Hoffman J, Aftab M, Reece B, Rove JY. Cardiac Surgeons Highlight the Need for Innovation Stewardship: Noteworthy in 2022. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jun;27(2):136-144. PubMed PMID: 37098029
• Altman NL, Berning AA, Saxon CE, Adamek KE, Wagner JA, Slavov D, Quaife RA, Gill EA, Minobe WA, Jonas ER, Carroll IA, Huebler SP, Raines J, Messenger JC, Ambardekar AV, Mestroni L, Rosenberg RM, Rove J, Campbell TB, Bristow MR. Myocardial Injury and Altered Gene Expression Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection or mRNA Vaccination. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2023 Feb;8(2):124-137. PubMed PMID: 36281440
• Bhamidipati CM, Randhawa S, Reece TB, Nguyen TC, Shen I, Pal JD, Rove JY. How to transition to the "left side of the table"-becoming a master surgical educator. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Aug;166(2):630-634. PubMed PMID: 36192228
• Taylor LJ, Jolley SE, Ramani C, Mayer KP, Etchill EW, Mart MF, Fakhri S, Peterson S, Colborn K, Sevin CM, Kadl A, Enfield K, Whitman GJR, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Early posthospitalization recovery after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in survivors of COVID-19. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep;166(3):842-851.e1. PubMed PMID: 35431034
• Gergen AK, Kemp C, Ghincea CV, Feng Z, Cleveland JC Jr, Pal JD, Rove JY, Fullerton DA, Aftab M, Reece TB. Challenging Paradigm Limits of Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion During Lower Body Circulatory Arrest. J Surg Res. 2022 Nov 30;283:699-704. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36462379
• Altman NL, Berning AA, Saxon CE, Adamek KE, Wagner JA, Slavov D, Quaife RA, Gill EA, Minobe WA, Jonas ER, Carroll IA, Huebler SP, Raines J, Messenger JC, Ambardekar AV, Mestroni L, Rosenberg RM, Rove J, Campbell TB, Bristow MR. Myocardial Injury and Altered Gene Expression Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection or mRNA Vaccination. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2022 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36281440
• Gergen AK, Madsen HJ, Rocker AJ, White AM, Jones K, Merrick DT, Park D, Rove JY. Making a Painless Drain: Proof of Concept. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36245098
• Bhamidipati CM, Randhawa S, Reece TB, Nguyen TC, Shen I, Pal JD, Rove JY. How to transition to the "left side of the table"-becoming a master surgical educator. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36192228
• Vigneshwar NG, Masood MF, Vasic I, Krause M, Bartels K, Lucas MT, Bronsert M, Selzman CH, Thompson S, Rove JY, Reece TB, Cleveland JC, Pal JD, Fullerton DA, Aftab M. Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure: A multicenter study. JTCVS Open. 2022 Dec;12:211-220. PubMed PMID: 36097635
• Cotton J, Groves DW, Vargas D, Morrison J, Desai A, Rove JY. Impact of advanced imaging techniques on preoperative planning in cardiac surgery. J Card Surg. 2022 Dec;37(12):4112-4118. PubMed PMID: 36054405
• Kemp C, Ghincea CV, Feng Z, Gergen AK, Cleveland JC, Rove JY, Aftab M, Fullerton D, Reece TB. Evaluating the risk of spinal cord ischemia in zone 2 frozen elephant trunk replacement. Am J Surg. 2022 Oct;224(4):1057-1061. PubMed PMID: 35934556
• Hoffman JRH, Higa KC, Lin Y, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Aftab M, Rove JY. Noteworthy Cardiac Literature From 2021: Coronary Guideline Change Without New Data, Heart Transplant Donation After Cardiac Death, Covid Effects on Global Cardiac Surgery, and Attempt to Improve Dissection Remodeling. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jun;26(2):154-161. PubMed PMID: 35591803
• Rove JY, Cleveland JC Jr. Commentary: Different strokes for different folks: Phylogeny of functional mitral regurgitation dictates surgical strategy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35504765
• Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Lamkin RL, Shin M, Engle RL, Colborn K, Rove J, Pendergast J, Hederstedt K, Hawn M, Mull HJ. Assessing the sustainability of compliance with surgical site infection prophylaxis after discontinuation of mandatory active reporting: study protocol. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Apr 25;3(1):47. PubMed PMID: 35468871
• Taylor LJ, Jolley SE, Ramani C, Mayer KP, Etchill EW, Mart MF, Fakhri S, Peterson S, Colborn K, Sevin CM, Kadl A, Enfield K, Whitman GJR, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Early posthospitalization recovery after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in survivors of COVID-19. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35431034
• Branch-Elliman W, Lamkin R, Shin M, Mull HJ, Epshtein I, Golenbock S, Schweizer ML, Colborn K, Rove J, Strymish JM, Drekonja D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Xu TH, Elwy AR. Promoting de-implementation of inappropriate antimicrobial use in cardiac device procedures by expanding audit and feedback: protocol for hybrid III type effectiveness/implementation quasi-experimental study. Implement Sci. 2022 Jan 29;17(1):12. PubMed PMID: 35093104
• Cotton J, Abbitt D, Carmichael H, Iguidbashian J, Suarez-Pierre, A, Meguid R, Rove JY, Jones E, Jones T, Robinson T. Returning to Baseline Daily Ambulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery. Video-assist Thorac Surg 2022;7:23. doi: 10.21037/vats-22-24
• Valle JA, Li Z, Kosinski AS, Nelson AJ, Vemulapalli S, Cleveland J, Fullerton D, Messenger JC, Rove JY, Bricker RS, Bradley SM, Masoudi FA, Yeh RW, Armstrong EJ, Waldo SW, Carroll JD. Dissemination of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Aug 24;78(8):794-806. PubMed PMID: 34412813
• Mayer KP, Jolley SE, Etchill EW, Fakhri S, Hoffman J, Sevin CM, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Long-term recovery of survivors of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: The next imperative. JTCVS Open. 2021 Mar;5:163-168. PubMed PMID: 34173554
• Rove JY, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Pal JD. Noteworthy Literature of 2020: COVID Effects in Cardiac Surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jun;25(2):151-155. PubMed PMID: 33988047
• Wojcik BM, Mitchell JD, Chong T, Rove JY. Management of refractory Mycobacterium abscessus sternal infection following reoperative cardiac surgery. Clin Case Rep. 2021 Apr;9(4):2328-2331. PubMed PMID: 33936688
• Quin JA, Noubani M, Rove JY, Krstacic JE, Hattler B, Collins JF, Grover FL, Almassi GH, Shroyer AL. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Transit Time Flow Measurement: Graft Patency and Clinical Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Sep;112(3):701-707. PubMed PMID: 33359134
• Venardos N, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Aftab M, Pal J, Fullerton DA, Rove JY. Training for Multiple Arterial Grafting: A Thoracic Surgery Resident Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jun;111(6):1901-1907. PubMed PMID: 33068541
• Quin JA, Noubani M, Rove JY, Krstacic JE, Hattler B, Collins JF, Grover FL, Almassi GH, Shroyer AL. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Transit-Time Flow Measurement: Graft Patency and Clinical Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33359134
• Venardos N, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Aftab M, Pal J, Fullerton DA, Rove JY. Training for Multiple Arterial Grafting: A Thoracic Surgery Resident Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33068541
• Vigneshwar NG, Kohtz PD, Lucas MT, Bronsert M, J Weyant M, F Masood M, Itoh A, Rove JY, Reece TB, Cleveland JC, Pal JD, Fullerton DA, Aftab M. Clinical predictors of in-hospital mortality in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Card Surg. 2020 Oct;35(10):2512-2521. PubMed PMID: 32789912
• Mayer K, Jolley S, Etchill E, Fakhri S, Hoffman J, Sevin C, Zwischenberger J, Rove JY. Long-term recovery of survivors of COVID-19 treated with ECMO: The next imperative. JTCVS Open

Professional Memberships

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member
• Women in Thoracic Surgery, Member
• American Heart Association, Chair - Early Career Committee, Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Young Leadership Committee
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Member
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow