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Anschutz Medical Campus
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Aurora, CO 80045
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John Messenger, MD
Provider's Specialties
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
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We participate with most major health insurance plans and national transplant networks.
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My care philosophy
Translating research into practice by providing cutting edge care in interventional cardiology and structural heart disease innovation.
Get to know John Messenger, MD
Conditions Treated
- Angioplasty
- Angina
- Coronary Disease
- Heart Valve Diseases
- Interventional Cardiology
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Structural Heart Disease
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart Attack
Languages spoken
- English
- Spanish
Experience and background
Coronary artery disease diagnosis and intervention including complex intervention and chronic total occlusion
Valvular and structural heart disease intervention including transcatheter valve therapies
Treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with alcohol septal ablation
Multi-modal image guidance for coronary and structural intervention
Undergraduate 1988
University of Southern California (CA)
Medical Education 1993
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Internship 1994
University of California (San Francisco) Program
Residency 1996
University of California (San Francisco) Program
Fellowship 1998
University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program
Fellowship 1999
University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program
For Patients:
Multimodal Image Guidance/ Transcatheter therapies for structural heart disease/Health Services Research in Ischemic Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology
Multimodal Image Guidance/ Transcatheter therapies for structural heart disease/Health Services Research in Ischemic Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology
For Referring Providers:
Outstanding Cardiology Faculty Award 2008
UC Denver Cardiology Fellows
Presidents Award, World Class Care 2010
University of Colorado Hospital
Working Together Award 2012
University of Colorado Hospital
Best Doctor for Executives 2012
Named Best Doctor for Congestive Heart Failure and Interventional Cardiology
ColoradoBiz Magazine
Best Doctors in Denver, Interventional Cardiology 2025
Awarded Best Doctor in Denver, Interventional Cardiology 2008-2010, 2012-2025
5280 Magazine
Top Doctor, Interventional Cardiology 2025
Awarded since 2012
Castle Connolly
Endowed Chair in Interventional Cardiology 2025
Endowed Chair awarded to support clinical and research programs in Interventional Cardiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Faculty member of
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