Dr. Thierry Momplaisir, MD

Thierry Momplaisir, MD, is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist who came to Health First from Virtua Health System in South Jersey and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania. Dr. Momplaisir completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York system in Brooklyn, New York.

At Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes he served as the Co-Director of the Structural Heart Program for three years and the Director of the Coronary Care Unit for eight years and he also served as Co-Director of the Cardiogenic Shock program of Virtua Health System. At Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Dr. Momplaisir served the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Dr. Momplaisir specializes in Interventional cardiology: Complex Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, Cardiogenic Shock Management, Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support. Structural heart: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair with Mitral Clip, Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement for Mitral Valve in Valve and Valve in Ring, Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale , Atrial Septal Defect, and Ventricular Septal Defect, Percutaneous Closure of Left Atrial Appendage with the Watchman device. Peripheral vascular disease: Limb Salvage, Peripheral Vascular Interventions, Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Stenting, Endovenous Treatment of Venous Insufficiency, Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy of Pulmonary Embolism, Right Atrial and Right Ventricle Clot.

Dr. Momplaisir is licensed to practice medicine in Florida, New Jersey, New York, and California. He speaks English, Creole, French and Spanish. Dr. Momplaisir earned the Healing Spirit Award Dr. Momplaisir earned the Healing Spirit Award from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, for work in improving health care disparities in underserved communities. He was showcased as the Leading Interventional Cardiologist for Our lady of Lourdes Hospital on the cover of the New York Times – Health, and in the article titled - A Sea Change in Treating Heart Attacks by Gina Kolata.  PRINT EDITION Racing the Clock, Saving the Heart June 21, 2015, Page A1