{"id":15749,"date":"2026-03-20T23:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15749"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:40:26","slug":"meet-our-doc-james-jaggers-md-pediatric-cardiothoracic-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15749","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Doc: James Jaggers, MD, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCnBW3p3qOc?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cSometimes you think, \u2018Was I born to do this?\u2019\u201d James Jaggers, MD, asks himself. \u201cI would say I probably was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a pediatric heart surgeon wasn\u2019t just a career choice for Dr. Jaggers \u2014 it was a calling. Growing up in Western Nebraska, Dr. Jaggers helped his father, who was a veterinarian, perform surgery on cattle and deliver calves. He was drawn to medicine at a very young age. Now, he\u2019s performing some of the most complex pediatric heart surgeries in the country.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado Heart Institute, Dr. Jaggers works alongside a specialized, full-spectrum care team \u2014 from doctors and nurses to respiratory therapists and social workers. Together, they are bound by a shared dedication to caring for kids with congenital heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the Heart Institute: https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/departments\/heart\/?slid=surg_hi_slr&#038;utm_source=youtube&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=mod<\/p>\n<p>Connect with Children\u2019s Colorado:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/childrenscolo<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenshospitalcolorado<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/children&#8217;s-hospital-colorado<br \/>\nPinterest: https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/childrenscolo\/<br \/>\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uCnBW3p3qOc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSometimes you think, \u2018Was I born to do this?\u2019\u201d James Jaggers, MD, asks himself. \u201cI would say I probably was.\u201d Becoming a pediatric heart surgeon wasn\u2019t just a career choice for Dr. Jaggers \u2014 it was a calling. Growing up in Western Nebraska, Dr. Jaggers helped his father, who was a veterinarian, perform surgery on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}