Colin Hirst, M.D., M.A.

Colin S. Hirst, MD, FACC, FSCAI is an Interventional Cardiologist and Structural Heart Disease Specialist. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He is a graduate of Albany Medical College. ...

Colin S. Hirst, MD, FACC, FSCAI is an Interventional Cardiologist and Structural Heart Disease Specialist. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He is a graduate of Albany Medical College. Dr. Hirst completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO and subspecialty cardiovascular training at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. Further, Dr. Hirst received his Structural Heart Disease and Complex, High Risk Coronary Interventional Training at Ascension St. John, Detroit, MI.

His research interests include the approach to and management of cardiogenic shock with numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in this clinical space. Additionally, he serves as reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals: Cardiovascular Translational Research, Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine and US Cardiology Review. Dr. Hirst is an invited faculty speaker for Cardiovascular Research Foundation Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics and Cardiovascular Innovations. He joins the University of Rochester academic faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and his clinical role as Associate Director of the Acute Shock and ECMO programs.