Jason Bartos

Jason Bartos, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His clinical and academic work focuses on advanced cardiac life support systems, particularly extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for refractory cardiac arrest patients across hospital and prehospital settings.

Dr. Bartos's research program centers on optimizing outcomes for cardiac arrest patients through multidisciplinary investigation of ECPR implementation, physiological monitoring, and outcome predictors. His work examines sedation strategies in cardiac ICUs, post-ECPR complications including vasoplegia and acute kidney injury, neurological prognostication, and the impact of demographic factors like race and geography on survival. He investigates phenotypic variations in non-ischemic cardiac arrest and develops protocols for prehospital ECPR deployment using geospatial modeling to address access disparities.

Analysis of his 2023-2025 publication record reveals a concentrated focus on real-world ECPR challenges, including time-sensitive interventions, machine learning applications for patient selection, and international consensus-building for research standardization. His work bridges clinical care with systems-level innovation, particularly in geospatial accessibility modeling and racial disparity analysis within Minnesota cohorts, while addressing physiological complexities like left ventricular energetics during ECMO support.