Clinical Specialties

Transplantation

General Surgery

Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1995-date
• Fellow, International College of Surgeons (FICS), 1994-date
• Member of more than 17 International Societies and
  4 Editorial Boards

Research Areas

• 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
• Application and advancement of minimally invasive surgery including robotics
• Risk analysis and quality control of benign and malignant disorders of the pancreas, liver, and intestine
• Tolerance induction using donor-specific cell augmentation via the portal vein
• Impact of refined surgical techniques on length and cost of hospitalization

Selected Publications

The author and coauthor of more than 300 manuscripts and more than 50 book chapters, Dr. Gruessner has been invited to lecture at more than 100 national and international meetings.

Textbooks

• GRUESSNER, R.W.G., BENEDETTI, E. (Editors).  Living Donor Organ Transplantation.  1st Edition (ca. 1,000 pages).  McGraw-Hill, New York, to be published in 2007/2008.
• GRUESSNER, R.W.G., SUTHERLAND, D.E.R. (Editors).  Transplantation of the Pancreas. 1st Edition (676 pages).  Springer, New York, 2004.

Published Manuscripts

• PARASKEVAS, S., KANDASWAMY, R., HUMAR, A., GILLINGHAM, K.J., GRUESSNER, R.W., PAYNE, W.D., NAJARIAN, J. S., SUTHERLAND, D.E., MATAS, J.: Risk factors for rising creatinine in renal allografts with 1 and 3 yr survival.  Clin Transplant 20 (6): 667-772 (2006).
• BARR, M.L., BELGHITI, J., VILLAMIL, F.G., POMFRET, E.A., SUTHERLAND, D.E., GRUESSNER, R.W., LANGNAS, A.N., DELMONICO, F.L. A report of the Vancouver Forum on the care of the live organ donor: lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine data and medical guidelines.
  Transplantation 81:1373-85 (2006).
• MEIER-KRIESCHE, H., LI, S., GRUESSNER, R.W.G., FUNG, J.J., BUSTAMI, R.T., BARR, M.L., LEICHTMAN, A.B.: Immunosuppression: Evolution in Practice and Trends, 1994-2004. Am.J.Transplant. 6:1111-1131 (2006).
• DUNN, T.B., LINDEN, M.A., VERCELLOTI, G.M., GRUESSNER, R.W.: Factor V Leiden and hepatic artery thrombosis after liver transplantation. Clin. Transplant. 20:132-135 (2006)
• PARASKEVAS, S., COAD, J.E., GRUESSNER, A., KANDASWAMY, R. HUMAR, A., SUTHERLAND, D.E., GRUESSNER, R.W.:  Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pancreas transplantation:  a single-center experience.  Transplant. 80:613-622 (2005).
• CASINGAL, VP, ASOLATI, M., HUNTER, D., GRUESSNER, R.W.: Emergent autotransplantation of a renal allograft.  Clin. Tranplant. 19:563-565 (2005).
• NATH, D.S., GRUESSNER, A., KANDASWAMY, R., GRUESSNER, R.W., SUTHERLAND, D.E., HUMAR, A.:  Late anatomotic leaks in pancreas transplant recipients – clinical characteristics and predisposing factors.  Clin. Transplant. 19:220-224 (2005).
• NATH, D.S., KANDASWAMY, R., GRUESSNER, R., SUTHERLAND, D.E., DUNN, D.L., HUMAR, A.:  Fungal infections in transplant recipients receiving alemtuzumab.  Transplant. Proc. 37: 934-936 (2005).
• KANDASWAMY, R., MELANÇON, J.K., DUNN, T., TAN, M., CASINGAL, V., HUMAR, A., PAYNE, W.D., GRUESSNER, R.W.G., DUNN, D.L., NAJARIAN, J.S., SUTHERLAND, D.E.R., GILLINGHAM, K.J., MATAS, A.J.:  A prospective randomized trial of steroid-free maintenance regimens in kidney transplant recipients – an interim analysis.  Am. J. Transplant. 5:1529-1536 (2005).
• TAN, M., KANDASWAMY, R., SUTHERLAND, D.E.R., GRUESSNER, R.W.G.:  Laparoscopic donor distal pancreatectomy for living donor pancreas and pancreas-kidney transplantation. Am. J. Transplant. 5:1-5 (2005).

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