Bruce A Reitz
Academic Appointments
- Professor Emeritus, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Liz Pope Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650 725 4497
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Cardiac Surgeon-in-Charge, Johns Hopkins Hospital (1982 - 1992)
- Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Stanford (1993 - 2005)
Professional Education
| MD: | Yale School of Medicine, Medicine (1970) |
| BS: | Stanford University, Physiology (1966) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Mechanism of allograft rejection for the heart and, lung; late chronic effects of rejection, such as graft coronary, atherosclerosis in the heart and bronchiolitis obliterans in the, lung; treatment of rejection, including pharmacologic agents, total, lymphoid irradiation, and the induction of tolerance in fetal, animals; clinical studies include the results of lung and heart-lung, transplantation, modification of immunosuppressive protocols, and, factors contributing to late chronic rejection.
Publications
- Heart transplant graft survival is improved after a reduction in panel reactive antibody activity. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; (2): 555-64; discussion 564-5
- The first successful combined heart-lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011; (4): 867-9
- Case report: a thrombus in the venous reservoir while using bivalirudin in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia undergoing heart transplantation. Anesth Analg. 2010; (3): 609-12
- Heart transplantation in situs inversus totalis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; (2): 501-3
- Review of heart-lung transplantation at Stanford. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010; (1): 329-37
- Dexmedetomidine and the reduction of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery. Psychosomatics. 2009 May-Jun; (3): 206-17
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