Dr. Matthew Summers is an interventional cardiologist with the structural heart team at Sentara Heart Hospital. After graduating from the University of Richmond, he earned his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Duke University. In his five years of subsequent cardiology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Summers trained to care for the most critically ill and complex heart disease patients. He became board-certified in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology as well as nuclear cardiology. His advanced fellowships in complex coronary, peripheral and structural heart interventions allow him to treat heart and vascular disease using minimally invasive methods. Dr. Summers performs complex coronary and structural interventions, including transcatheter aortic valve replacements, coronary stent procedures requiring mechanical support and chronic total occlusion interventions. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has published several clinical research studies in top medical journals.
Dr. Summers' passion is centering the needs of the patient in every aspect of heart care. He is a Virginia native who enjoys fishing and traveling with his wife and two children.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
M.D.
Mayo Medical School
2007 - 2011
Residency:
Duke University
Internal Medicine Residency
2011 - 2014
Fellowships:
Cleveland Clinic
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
2014 - 2017
Cleveland Clinic
Advanced Cardiovascular Training Fellowship
2017 - 2018
Cleveland Clinic
Structural Intervention
2018 - 2019
Transcatheteraortic valve replacement
Complex coronary interventions
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Chen S, Redfors B, Crowley A, Ben-Yehuda O, Summers MR, Hahn RT, Jaber WA, Pibarot P, Alu MC, Chau KH, Kapadia S, Nazif T, VahlTP, Thourani V, Kodali S, Leon MB. Impact of recent heart failure hospitalization on clinical outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an analysis from the PARTNER 2 trial and registries. Eur J Heart Fail 2020, 22(10),1866-1874.
Summers MR, Leon MB, Smith CR, Kodali SK, Thourani VH, Herrmann HC, Makkar RR, Pibarot P, Webb JG, Leipsic J, Alu MC, Crowley A, Hahn RT, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Svensson L, Cremer PC, Jaber WA. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis after TAVR and SAVR: Insights from the PARTNER Trials. Circulation 2019.
Gentry JL, Summers MR, Harb S, Jaber WA, Pettersson G, Griffin B. Iatrigenic Left Circumflex Coronary Fistula after Mitral Valve Replacement. Cardiovasc Imag Case Report 2018 Oct; 2(5): 218-221.
Summers MR, Menon V, Capdeville M. Selective bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve blockade prior to transesophageal echocardiography in high-risk patients. J Am Soc Echo. 2017.
Summers MR, Najm H, Gentry JL, Jaber WA. Exercise N-13 cardiac positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging detecting ischemia in an adult patient with anomalous aortic origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus. J Nuclear Cardiol. 2017 Jul 13.
Summers MR, Mick S, Kapadia SR, Krishnaswamy A. Emergency Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a patient with degenerated bioprosthetic aortic stenosis and cardiogenic shock on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrance oxygenation. Cath Cardiovasc Int. Mar 2017.
Summers MR, Cremer PC, Jaber WA. Three mechanisms of early failure of transcatheter aortic valves: valve thrombosis, cusp rupture and accelerated calcification. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg. Dec 2016.
Summers MR, Pettersson G, Maalouf JF, Jaber WA. Sinushistiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy: extra-nodal Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a rare etiology of a large intracardiac mass. Eur Heart J. 2016 Oct 14.
Summers MR, Menon V. Insights from cardiac imaging after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Will increased recognition of patients at risk translate into improved long-term outcomes? Am Heart J. 2016 Oct; 180:113-6.
Summers MR, Gentry JL, Pettersson GB, Jaber WA. A rare cause of ischemia in late adulthood: multimodal imaging of an anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA). Eur Heart J. 2016 Jun 21;37(24):1934.
Summers MR, Hill TE. Recurrent metastatic Hodgkin's lymphoma with pericardial invasion. ACC. 2016 Feb 8.
Summers MR, JaberWA. Recovery of left ventricular function and positive remodeling post aortic valve replacement: Evidence from radionucleotide ventriculography in a patient with severe aortic insufficiency. J Nuclear Cardiol. 2016 Feb 2.
Vu NM, Hill TE, Summers MR, Vranian MN, Faulx MD. Management of life-threatening flecainide overdose, a case report and review of the literature. Heart Rhythm Case Reports. 2016 May 2(3):228.
Summers MR, Patel MR. Appropriateness of percutaneous coronary intervention: a review. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2013 Jul;15(7):379.
Summers MR, Prasad A. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: definition and clinical profile. Heart Fail Clin. 2013 Apr;9(2):111-22.
Merry SP, Rohrer JE, Thatcher T, Summers MR, Alpern JD, Contino RW. Variables associated with utilization of a centralized medical post in an Andean community of Pampas Grande, Peru. J Rural Health. 2012 Jun; 28(3): 235-41.
Summers MR, Blauwet LA, Prasad A. Detection of myocardial bridging induced ischaemia during cardiac catheterization by dobutamine-stress electrocardiography body surface mapping. Eur Heart J. 2012 Feb;33(4):514.
Summers MR, Madhavan M, Rabinstein AA, Prasad A. Co-incidence of apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo/stress-induced cardiomyopathy) and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: potential common substrate and pathophysiology. J Card Fail. 2012 Feb;18(2):120-5.
Summers MR, Lerman A, Lennon RJ, Rihal CS, Prasad A. Myocardial ischaemia in patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction: insights from body surface ECG mapping and implications for invasive evaluation of chronic chest pain. Eur Heart J. 2011 Nov;32(22):2758-65.
Hamm ML, Crowley K, DelGiorno L, Ligon C, Sickavizza-Robles C, Summers MR. Importance of the C2, N7, and C8 positions to the mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine with two A family polymerases. Biochemistry. 2011 Dec 13;50(49):10713-23.
Summers MR, Lennon RJ,Prasad A. Pre-morbid psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases in apical ballooning syndrome (tako-tsubo/stress-induced cardiomyopathy): potential pre-disposing factors? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 16;55(7): 700-1.
Summers MR, Dib C, Prasad A. Chronobiology of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning syndrome). J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 58(4): 805-6.
Rohrer JE, Merry SP, Thatcher TD, Summers MR, Alpern JD, Contino RW. Self-assessed disability and self-rated health among rural villagers in Peru: a brief report. J Rural Health. 2010 26(3): 294-8.
Hamm ML, Gill TJ, Nicolson SC, Summers MR. Substrate specificity of Fpg (MutM) and hOGG1, two repair glycosylases. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 129(25): 7724-5.
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Summers MR, Cho L. Sex and Ethnicity Issues in Interventional Cardiology. Textbook of Interventional Cardiology - Eric Topol and Paul Terstein. Eigth edition. 2018. Gentry J, Kiehl E, Patel J, Summers MR, Trulock K, Menon V. "Cardiovascular Intensive Care" The NeuroICU Board Review. 1st edition. McGraw and Hill, 2017.
Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
Summers MR. Studies on the structural basis of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine promutagenicity by DNA polymerases. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honors Thesis. University of Richmond Libraries 2007.
Extramural Presentations
Summers MR,et al (on behalf of the PARTNER trial investigators). Incidence, Risk Factors, Outcomes and Microbiologic Profile of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis after TAVR and SAVR: Insights from PARTNER. TCT. San Diego, CA. September 2018.
Kerrigan JL, Summers MR, Hill T, Kapadia S. Comparing Outcomes of Local and General Anesthesia in TranscathEter Aortic Valve Replacement (COLGATE-AVR): the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Experience. TCT. San Diego, CA. September 2018.
Summers MR, Menon V, Khot UN. Long-term Mortality of Patients with False-Positive Acute Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activations for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarctions. TCT. Denver, CO. October 2017.
Alkarabsheh S, Summers MR, Klein A. Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Congenital Pericardial Defects. Presented at: American Society of Echocardiography –27thAnnual Scientific Sessions. Seattle, WA, June 2016.
Siekavizza-Robles C, Summers MR, Hamm ML. Studies on the Effect of C8 Steric Bulk in the Replication of 8-Oxo-2'-Deoxyguanosine by Different DNA Polymerases. Presented at: Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Greenville, SC, November 2007.
Carman JL, Summers MR, Hamm ML. Synthesis of 9-deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine, an analogue of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine. Presented at: American Chemical Society National Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2007.
Intramural Presentations
Summers MR. Why the Benefits of Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularization can Outweigh the Risks. Patient Selection, Rationale and Data Review. Sentara Norfolk General Grand Rounds. October 22, 2019.
Summers MR, Lerman A, Lennon RJ, Rihal CS, Prasad A. Myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction –insights from body surface ECG mapping and implications for invasive evaluation of chronic chest pain. Presented at: Mayo Medical School Research Symposium. Rochester, MN, April 2011.
Merry SP, Rohrer JE, Thatcher T, Summers MR, Alpern JD, Contino RW. Travel time, disability, and poverty predict lower utilization of health services in rural Andean community of Pampas Grande. Presented at: Mayo Family Medicine Forum. Rochester, MN, October 2009.
Summers MR, Shelton-Dodge K, Wilkinson E, Joslin S. Mayo Medical School international service mission: Dominican Republic and Haiti. Presented at: Mayo Family Medicine Forum. Rochester, MN, May 2008.
Summers MR, Hamm ML. Studies on the structural basis of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine promutagenicity by DNA polymerases. Presented at: Honors thesis defense, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Richmond. Richmond, VA, April 2007.
Summers MR, Mayes R. International service learning in Pampas Grande, Peru. Presented at: University of Richmond Undergraduate Research Symposium. Richmond, VA, April 2007.
Summers MR, Hollander CM, Dennis PA. Lung tumorigenesis in dna repair deficient mice. Presented at: National Institutes of Health Student Research Symposium. Bethesda, MD, August 2006.
Summers MR, Hamm ML. Studies on the effect of C8 steric bulk on the promutagenicity of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine. Presented at: University of Richmond Undergraduate Research Symposium. Richmond, VA, April 2006.