Jennifer S. Lawton, MD, FACS
Current Position
Associate Professor, Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty Areas
Coronary Artery ByPass Graft (CABG)
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Off Pump Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Mailing Address
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Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box: 8234
St. Louis,
MO
63110
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Areas of Clinical Interest
Coronary artery revascularization, valve repair and replacement, women and heart disease, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, myocardial preservation, on and off pump coronary artery bypass surgery, beating heart surgery,CABG,
Areas of Research Interest
Myocardial protection, hyperpolarizing cardioplegia, ATP sensitive postassium channels, myocyte volume changes during cardioplegic arrest
Board Certification
Thoracic Surgery
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Certified
Surgery
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Certified
Medical Education
B.S. : Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1988
Medical Degree: Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992
Residency: Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1998
Chief Residency: Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1999
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 2001
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Awards and Honors
Listed in Best Doctors in America 2008, 2010 (Best Doctors, Inc)
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Genetech/American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Meetings Grant, 1996
Bigger-Lehman Award of the Virginia Surgical Society, 1996
American College of Cardiology/Bristol-Myers Squibb Affiliate-In-Training Travel Award, 1996
National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 1994-1996
American Medical Women's Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, Hahnemann University, 1992
Caring Spirit Award, Chosen by Barnes-Jewish Hospital Employees
Editorial Responsibilities
Guest Editor
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Circulation
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Publications
Moazami N, Moon MR, Lawton JS, Bailey M, Damiano R Jr. Axillary artery cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support in adults: an approach to minimize complications. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2003;126(6):2097-2098
Lawton JS, Brister SJ, Petro KR, Dullum M. Surgical revascularization in women: unique intraoperative factors and considerations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2003;126(4):936-938
Olsen MA, Sundt TM, Lawton JS, Damiano RJ Jr, Hopkins-Broyles D, Lock-Buckley P, Fraser VJ. Risk factors for leg harvest surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2003;126(4):992-999
Moazami N, Damiano RJ, Bailey MS, Hess RL, Lawton JS, Moon MR, Pasque MK. Nesiritide (BNP) in the management of postoperative cardiac patients. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2003;75(6):1974-1976
Damiano RJ Jr, Ducko CT, Stephenson ER Jr, Lawton JS, Kuenzler RO, Chambers CE. Robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective single center clinical trial. J Card Surg 2000; Jul-Aug;15(4):256-65
Lawton JS, Hsia P, Damiano RJ. The adenosine-triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel opener, Pinacidil, is as effective as postassium in blood cardioplegia. Ann Thor Surg 1998; 66:768-773
Lawton JS, Embrey RP, DeMaria EJ. Laparoscopic hernia repair of an incisional hernia secondary to placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. PACE 1998; 21:1492-1493
Lawton JS, Hsia P, Damiano RJ. Myocardial protection in the acutely injured heart: Hyperpolarizing versus depolarizing hypothermic cardioplegia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 113:567-575
Lawton JS, Sepic JD, Hsia P, Allen CT, Damiano RJ. Hyperpolarizing cardioplegia with postassium channel openers is as effective as St. Thomas' Solution in the blood-perfused heart. Ann Thor Surg 1996; 62:31-39