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Dr. Charles Rossow is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist in Olympia, Washington. He has a particular interest in percutaneous coronary intervention of complex coronary artery disease, cardiogenic shock, and heart failure. He also treats patients with valvular heart disease and arrhythmia using a comprehensive evidence-based approach to patient care. He graduated from Medical School at the University of Washington School of Medicine where he also completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. Dr. Rossow has been active in both clinical medicine and research. He has published in many peer reviewed journals. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2006 he was awarded the Young Investigator Award from the North American Section of the International Society of Heart Research. He has also been recognized for teaching awards and patient care awards.
Dr. Rossow is a native of the South Puget Sound with strong ties to the area. He has been in practice in the Olympia area since 2019, a move that brought him close to home. He is passionate about providing excellent, patient centered care to the South Puget Sound region. He has a love for the outdoors. In his free time, he enjoys running, skiing, climbing, sailing, and spending time with his family.
Dr. Rossow is affiliated with many hospitals in the area including Capital Medical Center, Tacoma General Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Providence St Peter’s Hospital, Providence Centralia Hospital, Mason General Hospital and Grays Harbor Community Hospital to provide a network of comprehensive cardiovascular care for the region. Dr. Rossow is currently accepting new patients in our Olympia office.
American College of Cardiology
American Heart Association
Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions
Dr Rossow has published in many peer reviewed journals as follows:
2016 Rossow CF, James M. McCabe. Protection from Cerebral Embolic Events During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Current Cardiology Reports. 2016 Jan;18(2):16
2014 Rossow CF, Luks AM. A 68-year-old woman with hoarseness and upper airway edema. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 May;11(4):668-70
2010 Nichols CB, Rossow CF, Navedo MF, Westenbroek RE, Catterall WA, Santana LF, McKnight GS. Sympathetic Stimulation of Adult Cardiomyocytes Requires Association of AKAP5 With a Subpopulation of L-Type Calcium Channels. Circ Res. 2010 Sep 17;107(6):747-56. Epub 2010 Jul 29.
2009 Rossow CF, Dilly KW, Yuan C, Nieves-CintroĢn M, Cabarrus JL, Santana LF. NFATc3- dependent loss of I(to) gradient across the left ventricular wall during chronic beta adrenergic stimulation. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Feb;46(2):249-56. Epub 2008 Nov 5.
2006 Charles F. Rossow, Keith W. Dilly and Luis F. Santana. Differential Calcineurin/NFATc3 Activity Contributes to the Ito Transmural Gradient in the Mouse Heart. Circulation Research, Circ Res. 2006 Apr 13; [Epub ahead of print]
2006 Charles F. Rossow, Dayue Duan, William J. Hatton, Fiona Britton, Joseph R. Hume and Burton Horowitz. Functional Role of Amino Terminus in ClC-3 Chloride Channel Regulation. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2006 May-Jun;187(1-2):5-19
2006 Dilly KW, Rossow CF, Votaw VS, Meabon JS, Cabarrus JL, Santana
LF. Mechanisms underling variations in excitation-contraction coupling across the mouse left ventricular free wall. J Physiol. 2006 Apr 1;572(Pt 1):227-41. Epub 2006 Jan 19
2004 Amberg GC, Rossow CF, Navedo MF, Santana LF. NFATc3 regulates Kv2.1 expression in arterial smooth muscle. J Biol Chem. Nov 5;279(45):47326-34. Epub 2004 Aug 22.
2004 Rossow CF, Minami E, Chase EG, Murry CE and Santana LF. NFAT-Induced Reductions in Voltage-gated K+ Channel Currents After Myocardial Infarction Circulation Research. 94(10):1340-50
2003 Amberg GC, Bonev, AD, Rossow CF, Nelson MT, and Santana LF. Modulation of the molecular composition of large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channels in vascular smooth muscle during hypertension. J Clin Invest. Sep;112(5):717-24
2001 Duan D, Zhong J, Hermoso M, Satterwhite CM, Rossow CF, Hatton WJ, Yamboliev I, Horowitz B, Hume J. Functional inhibition of native volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying anion channels in muscle cells and Xenopus oocytes by anti-ClC-3 antibody. J Physiol. 531(Pt 2):437-44.
2001 Dick GM, Rossow CF, Smirnov S, Horowitz B, Sanders KM. Tamoxifen Activates Smooth Muscle BK Channels through the Regulatory beta 1 Subunit. J Biol Chem. 276 (37):34594-9.
2001 Martin BA, Oxhorn BC, Rossow CF, Perrino BA. A cluster of basic amino acid residues in calcineurin b participates in the binding of calcineurin to phosphatidylserine vesicles. J Biochem (Tokyo).129 (5):843-9.
2000 Britton FC, Hatton WJ, Rossow CF, Duan D, Hume JR, Horowitz B. Molecular distribution of volume-regulated chloride channels (ClC-2 and ClC-3) in cardiac tissues. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 279(5): H2225-33.