Dr. Tasset performs all aspects of adult heart and lung surgery with a special interest in minimally invasive thoracic surgery, ECMO for acute lung failure, mechanical assist devices for heart failure, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Dr. Tasset is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, a repeat recipient of Phoenix Magazine’s “Top Doctor” award, and a member of the Phoenix Cardiac Surgery for over a decade. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix.
Dr. Tasset earned his medical degree from the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE. He completed his general surgery residency at the Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Tasset completed his Cardiothoracic Surgery training at University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. He has board certifications by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, The American Board of Surgery and the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Voted "Top Doctors" in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Phoenix Magazine. Selected by Physicians in Phoenix Metropolitan Area
Successful Treatment of Long-Term LVAD Induced Aortic Regurgitation with an Amplatz Occluder Device After a Failed Surgical Aortic Valve Ligation Operation. Lazkani M, Moualla S, Cutshaw C, Verma D, Pershad A, Tasset M, Byrne T Oral presentation at TCT 2017 by Dr M Lazkani
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute respiratory Distress Due to Influenza A (H1N1)pdm 09 Pneumonia. A Single Center Experience During the 2013-2014 Season. Menon N, Perez-Velez CM, Wheeler J, Morris MF, Amabile O, Tasset MR, Rashke R, Division of Critical Care, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ Article: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intesiva. 2017: Jul-Sep;29(3):271-278
A Nonrandomized Comparison of Three Different Heparin Infusion Strategies for Patients Receiving Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Raschke R, Amabile O,Tasset MR, Keuth J, Poulos EM, Department of Critical Care, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Meeting Abstract: 2014 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Conference
Complete Atelectasis and Subsequent Recruitment of Lungs in Patients on Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Raschke R, Amabile O, Tasset M, Keuth J, Uppalapu S, Department of Critical Care, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Meeting Abstract: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Conference, 2014
Malignant Mesothelioma, Good Samaritan Surgical Grand Rounds, October 2006
Mechanical Circulatory Support, Good Samaritan Surgical Grand Rounds, October 2012.
Scottsdale Interventional forum 2016. “Live Satellite Broadcast: Sapien Trans-Femoral TAVR Procedure” 2017. Phoenix, AZ