Orvar Jonsson, MD

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A Specialist in Cardiology

Dr. Orvar Jonsson practices cardiology in southeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota.

He also serves as director of the Heart Failure Clinic at Sanford Heart Hospital; director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at Sanford Heart Hospital; and academic assistant professor at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Dr. Jonsson offers cardiology services at Windom Health Services in Windom, MN.

Speaks: English, Icelandic, Danish

Specialties

  • Cardiology

(605) 312-2200

Background Information

Education & Training History

Fellowship:
Cardiology: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Residency:
Internal Medicine: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Medical School:
University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

Board Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine: Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine

Experience & Research

Selected Research and Publications: 

Jonsson, OT. Angiogenesis and Cancer – A new strategy for treating cancer. Laeknaneminn (Journal of The Icelandic Medical Student Association). 1996.

Handbook of Internal Medicine. Chapter 14. Management of pain and nausea. University Hospital of Iceland. 2000.

Jonsson, OT, Birgisson S, Reykdal S. Resolution of nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the gastrointestinal tract following chemotherapy for extra intestinal lymphoma – Case Report. Digestive Diseases & Sciences. 47(11):2463-5, 2002 Nov.

Jonsson, OT., Stys, A., Stys, T., Anuwatworn, A., Raizada, A., Kelly, S., - Stroke With Valve Tissue Embolization Durin Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Treated with Endovascular Intervention; American College of Cardiology Foundation. 2015 Mar. 13 Vol. 8. No. 9

Jonsson, OT., Gedela, M., Khan, M., - Heart Failure. South Dakota Medicine, 2015, Sept. Vol. 68, No. 9 

Clark, R., Jonsson, O, Yee, J., Anuwatworn, A., Prescott-Focht, M., Maheedhar, G., “Dyspnea and Digital Clubbing; Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Complicated with Eisenmenger Syndrome”. Submitted to American Journal of Medicine. January 2016. 

Jonsson, O., Stys, T., Stys, A., Kelly, S., Raizada, A., Anuwatworn, A., “Stroke with Valve Tissue Embolization During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Treated with Endovascular Intervention” JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug 17;8(9):1261-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.037. PMID:26292591

Stys, T., Stys, A., Raizada, A., Nykamp, V., Maziarz, D., Santos, A., Laurich, C., Jonsson, O., Dodin, J., Petraskova, T., Molga, M., Rural United States Experience of Incorporation of a Technologically Advanced and Procedurally Complex Cardiovascular Program – the Sanford Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement Experience. Vol. 69, No. 8, SD Medicine. 2016 August.

Additional Locations

Sanford Jackson Medical Center

1430 N. Highway
Jackson, Minnesota 56143

(507) 847-2420

Sanford Heart Hospital

1301 W. 18th St.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105

(605) 333-1000

Ortonville Hospital

450 Eastvold Ave
Ortonville, Minnesota 56278

(320) 839-2502

Windom Area Health

2150 Hospital Drive
Windom, Minnesota 56101

(507) 831-2400

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