James Richard Spears, MD

Expert Publications

• Hyperbaric oxygen as a chemotherapy adjuvant in the treatment of metastatic lung tumors in a rat model.
• Aqueous oxygen attenuation of reperfusion microvascular ischemia in a canine model of myocardial infarction.
• Angiographic observations 10 years following coronary laser balloon angioplasty.
• Interventional approach to recurrent myocardial infarction in HIV-1 infection.
• Aqueous oxygen near the homogeneous nucleation limit of water: stabilization with submicron capillaries.
• Intracoronary aqueous oxygen perfusion, performed 24 h after the onset of
• Unexplained pulmonary hypertension in elderly patients: role of heart failure with normal ejection fraction, Bernheim effect, and reverse Bernheim effect.
• Cigarette smoking and myocardial infarction in young men and women--"Let us not forget coronary vasospasm".
• Acute Myocardial Infarction with Hyperoxemic Therapy (AMIHOT): a prospective, randomized trial of intracoronary hyperoxemic reperfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention.
• Families and the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapy from the critically ill: are pressure tactics ever justified?
• Vieussens' ring with congenitally hypoplastic left coronary arterial system.
• Association of left ventricular noncompaction with polycystic kidney disease as shown by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Media Releases

Get to know Cardiologist Dr. James Richard Spears, who serves patients in Dearborn, Michigan.

An experienced cardiologist, Dr. Spears is in practice at Beaumont Heart & Vascular Center - Dearborn. 

Beaumont Heart & Vascular Center - Dearborn offers focused programs to help cardiology patients improve their fitness levels and return to as normal and healthy a lifestyle as possible. Monitored exercise therapy, risk factor modification, and nutrition counseling programs are designed for patients who have suffered a heart attack, had heart surgery or other invasive procedures, or have been diagnosed with heart-related chest pain. With the assistance of skilled professionals, patients are able to improve their cardiovascular health and alter the progression of heart disease.

Pertaining to his educational background, Dr. Spears graduated with his medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 1970. He completed his internship at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center in 1971, and his residency in internal medicine at the New York Medical College, Lenox Hill Hospital in 1972. 

Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of California School of Medicine in 1974, before returning to the New York Medical College to complete an additional fellowship in cardiovascular disease in 1976. He also completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1980.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

In his professional experience, Dr. Spears maintains hospital privileges at Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, and Beaumont Hospital, Troy.

Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart, as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiologists are doctors who diagnose, assess, and treat patients with diseases and defects of the heart and blood vessels (the cardiovascular system).

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