 Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD, FACS
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Education:
- MD: 1983 School of Medicine, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, Germany
- Residency: 1987-1989 General (and Pediatric) Surgery, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, Germany
- Fellowship: 1987-1989, Transplantation Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Research:
- Pancreas islet and kidney transplantation for the treatment of diabetes and secondary complications
- Surgical and transplant options for patients with end-stage liver, pancreas, kidney and intestinal failure from benign and malignant diseases
- Tolerance induction using donor-specific cell augmentation via the portal vein
Publications:
- Humar A, Crotteau S, Gruessner A, Kandaswamy R, Gruessner R, Payne W, Lake J. Steroid minimization in liver transplant recipients: impact on hepatitis C recurrence and post-transplant diabetes. Clin Transplant. Jul-Aug;21(4):526-31, 2007.
- Elimelakh M, Dayton V, Park KS, Gruessner AC, Sutherland D, Howe RB, Reding MT, Eastlund T, van Burik JA, Singleton TP, Gruessner RW, Key NS. Red cell aplasia and autoimmune hemolytic anemia following immunosuppression with alemtuzumab, mycophenolate, and daclizumab in pancreas transplant recipients. Haematologica. Aug;92(8):1029-36. Epub 2007 Jul 20, 2007
- Adrogue He, Matas AJ, McGlennon RC, Key NS, Gruessner A, Gruessner RW, Humar A, Sutherland DE, Kandaswamy R. Do inherited hypercoagulable states play a role in thrombotic events affecting kidney/pancreas transplant recipients? Clin Transplant. Jan-Feb;21(1):32-7, 2007.
- Paraskevas S, Kandaswamy R, Humar A, Gillingham KJ, Gruessner RW, Payne WD, Najarian JS, Sutherland DE, Matas J.: Risk factors for rising creatinine in renal allografts with 1 and 3 yr survival. Clin Transplant 20 (6): 667-772, 2006.
- Meier-Kriesche H, Li S, Gruessner RWG, Fung JJ, Bustami RT, Barr ML, Leichtman AB.: Immunosuppression: Evolution in Practice and Trends, 1994-2004. Am.J.Transplant. 6:1111-1131, 2006.
Book Chapters:
- Sturdevant ML and Gruessner RWG: Critical Care Problems in Kidney Transplant Recipients . In: Intensive Care Medicine. 6th Edition. Editors: Irwin RSI and Rippe JM. Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2008
Textbooks:
- Gruessner RWG, Benedetti E (editors). Living Donor Organ Transplantation. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, to be published in 2008
Peer-reviewed publications
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