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Richard Jantz, M.D., FACC, Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates, Colorado

Richard Jantz, M.D., FACC
303-839-7100
Parker - Parker Adventist Hospital
Sidney, NE - Outreach Clinic

Richard Jantz, M.D., FACC

Dr. Jantz is well established in the cardiology community. While he mainly treats patients at the Parker location of Aurora Denver Cardiology, Dr. Jantz maintains affiliations with several Denver metro area hospitals and provides outreach services in Sidney, Nebraska. Dr. Jantz is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Cardiology.

 

Dr. Jantz has authored several publications regarding heart health and cardiac care. Prior to joining Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates, Dr. Jantz received a Bachelor of Science from Wichita State University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, attended medical school at the University of Kansas-Kansas City, and later went on to complete his internship, residency, and fellowship at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver.

Professional Interests:
Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Education
Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Services

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Wichita State University
Medical Doctor, University of Kansas
Internship-Residency-Fellowship, St. Luke’s Hospital

Memberships:
Member: Heart Failure Society of America
Member: American College of Physicians
Member: American Society of Echocardiography
Member: Colorado Society of Internal Medicine
Fellow: American Society of Internal Medicine
Member: Denver Medical Society
Member: International Society of Heart Transplantation

Board Certifications:
Diplomate of the National Boards, 1979
Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, September, 1981
Diplomate in Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease, November, 1983
Diplomate in Adult Echocardiography and Stress Echocardiography
National Bard of Electrocardiography, June 30, 1999
Diplomate in Subspecialty of Interventional Cardiology, November, 2003

Hospital Appointments:
Director, Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Cardiology Fellowship Program, July 1989 – June 1992
Chairman, Cardiology Section, Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center 1993 – 1996
Medical Director – Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Services, Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center
                January 1995 to 2004
Member: Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Education Committee 1990 – 2000

Hospital Affiliations:
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado
Rose Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, Colorado
Sky Ridge, Lone Tree, Colorado
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
St. Anthony’s Central and North Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Kindred Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, Colorado
Sidney Memorial Hospital and Home, Sidney, Nebraska

Publications:
Ventilation Efficiency for Monitoring CHF Therapy: A Need for Method Standardization; Nampalli Vijay, Dean J. MacCarter, Richard Jantz, Melinda Washam, David Cullinane; JACC, Vol 47, No 4, (Suppl. A) , 2006

Sub-maximal CPX Evaluation: Ventilation Based Parameter for CHF Risk Stratification; Nampalli K. Vijay, Dean J. MacCarter, Richard D. Jantz, Melinda M. Washam; Journal of Cardiac Failure. Vol 11, No 6, Suppl. August, 2005

Stress Echocardiography to follow PTCA; Jantz, Prager, Ohle, International Journal of Cardiac Imaging Vol. 3, No. 4: 245-246, 1989

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Hospital Practice – January, 1986. Pgs. 53-65

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism – House staff paper – 1980

Serology of Viral Hepatitis – House staff paper - 1979