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Department of Internal Medicine

Jeffrey Southard, M.D.

Philosophy of Care

I believe that most patients come to me looking for help because they are frustrated with the medical system. Listening to their concerns and empathizing with their situation is sometimes all that is needed. Sometimes reassurance is the best medicine.

Title:

 Assistant Clinical Professor

Specialty:

 Cardiology

Address:

 Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

 (916) 734-3761

Education:

 Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.
M.D. 1999

UC Davis School of Medicine
Davis, California
B.S. 1995

Internships:

 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
2000
Internal Medicine

Residency:

 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
2003
Chief Medical Resident

Georgetown University
Washington, DC
2002
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

 University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
2007
Interventional Cardiology

University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
2006
Cardiology

Professional Memberships:

 Associate member of the ACC since 2003
Associate member of the ACP-ASIM since 1999
Associate member of the AHA since 2002
Associate member of the AMA since 1999

Select Recent Publications:

In Search of the False-Negative Exercise Treadmill Testing Evidence- based Use of Exercise Echocardiography. Southard, J., Baker, L., Schaefer, S. Clinical Cardiology, 31. 35-40 (2008)

Current Catheter-Based Treatments of Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Southard, J, Rogers, J. Cardiac Interventions Today, volume 1, issue 2:41-44. July 2007.

Percutaneous Valve Therapies. Southard, J, Low, R. Science Innovation Synergy 2006 Meeting. Chapter 16 of the commemorative book.

Embolic Protection Device Technology. Southard, J, Wong, G. Endovascular Today, volume 5, issue 10:55-62. October 2006.

Meta-analysis of antiarrhythmic therapy in the prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation and the effect on hospital length of stay, costs, cerebrovascular accidents, and mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Zimmer, J, Southard, J et al. The American Journal of Cardiology, volume 91:9 May 2003.

Low levels of cadmium chloride damage the corneal endothelium. Weidner, J, Sillman, AJ. The Archives of Toxicology. 1997; vol 71, issue 7:455-60. Acknowledgement to Jeffrey Southard for SEM work.

The Photoreceptors and Visual Pigments of the garter snake (Thamnophilis sirtalis): a microspectrophotometric, scanning electron microscopic and immunocytochemical study. Sillman AJ, Weidner, Southard et al. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 1997; vol 181, issue 2:89-101.