Professor of Medicine
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

John M. Lasala, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, MSCAI is a Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Structural Heart Disease Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Lasala received his Ph.D. from St. Louis University in biochemistry and his medical degree from the University of Connecticut. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine. Following completion of residency, he completed a fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, and is a Master fellow of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.

Dr. Lasala has written numerous abstracts, reviews and articles for such journals as American Journal of Cardiology, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation. He has lectured internationally on Interventional Cardiology, and his honors include the Outstanding Cardiology Alumnus Award from Yale University School of Medicine, the American Heart Association Hugh McCulloch Award and the University of Miami Lifetime Achievement award. He is also a recent recipient of the ARCH foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.