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UI Heart and Vascular Care

da Vinci Surgical System

Department of Surgery

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Iowa Children's Hospital

Wayne E. Richenbacher, MD

Professor
wayne-richenbacher@uiowa.edu

Medical School:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Internship:
Pennsylvania State University, PA

Residency:
Pennsylvania State University, PA (General Surgery)
Pennsylvania State University, PA (Thoracic Surgery)

Certification:
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Societies:
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 1984
Association for Academic Surgery, 1986
Hershey Surgical Society, 1988
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1990
American Heart Association, Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 1992
Wilderness Medical Society, 1992
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1992
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1993
International Society for Artificial Organs, 1993
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 1996
The American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 1996
The Society of University Surgeons, 1999

Awards/Honors:
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honorary Society, 1976
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Fellowship Travel Award, 1986
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, New Member Graphic Forum Award, 1986

Selected and Recent Publications:
Books:
Richenbacher WE, (ed). Mechanical Circulatory Support. Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, Texas. 1999.

Recent Manuscripts:
Dexter EU, Snider JM, Gordon EEI, Richenbacher WE. Lobar pulmonary edema due to mitral regurgitation: Diagnosis by echocardiography. J Card Surg 12:412-415, 1997.

Widmann MD, DeLucia A, Sharp WJ, Richenbacher WE. Reversal of renal failure and paraplegia after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair. Ann Thorac Surg 65:1153-1155,1998.

Chandran KB, Dexter EU, Aluri S, Richenbacher WE. Negative pressure transients with mechanical heart valve closure: Correlation between in vitro and in vivo results. Ann Biomed Eng 26:546-556, 1998.

Cooley RL, Montano N, Cogliati C, van de Borne P, Richenbacher W, Oren R, Somers VK. Evidence for a central origin of the low-frequency oscillation in RR-interval variability. Circulation 98:556-561, 1998.

Corry DC, Richenbacher WE. Mechanical circulatory support: Past, present and future. Surg Rounds 21:426-439, 1998.

Corry DC, DeLucia A III, Zhu J, Radcliffe RR, Brevetti GR, El-Khatib H, Vance SJ, Moyer B, Cotts WG, Richenbacher WE. Time course of cytokine release and complement activation after HeartMate® left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. ASAIO J 44:M347-M351, 1998.

Husain SA, Richenbacher WE. The clamshell incision provides adequate exposure for aortic valve replacement and coronary revascularization. J Card Surg 13:136-137, 1998.

Southworth R, Sutton R, Mize S, Stammers AH, Fristoe LW, Cook D, Hostetler D, Richenbacher WE. Clinical evaluation of a new in-line continuous blood gas monitor. J Extra Corporeal Technol 30:166-170, 1998.

Dexter EU, Aluri S, Radcliffe RR, Zhu H, Carlson DD, Heilman TE, Chandran KB, Richenbacher WE. In vivo demonstration of cavitation potential of a mechanical heart valve. ASAIO J, 45:436-441, 1999.

Richenbacher WE. Clinical trial: A clinician's perspective. ASAIO J, 46:24-28, 2000.

Cadaret L, Cotts W, Richenbacher W. A saphenous vein graft aneurysm. Circulation, 101:1075-1077, 2000.

Richenbacher WE. Recovery of myocardial function with long-term ventricular assist device support. ASAIO J, 47:586-587, 2001.

Holman WL, Ormaza S, Seemuth K, Boehmer JP, Richenbacher WE. Symposium overview: How to run an outpatient VAD program. ASAIO J, 47:588-589, 2001.

Richenbacher WE, Seemuth SC. Hospital discharge for the ventricular assist device patient: Historical perspective and description of a successful program. ASAIO J, 47:590-595, 2001.

Seemuth SC, Richenbacher WE. Education of the ventricular assist device patient's community services. ASAIO J, 47:596-601, 2001.

Recent Chapters:
Rath TE, Duffey D, Moyer BR, Sutton RG, Ploessl JM, Richenbacher WE. Repair of an aortic transection using heparinless Carmeda-coated centrifugal left atrial-to-femoral artery bypass in two patients. In: Case Reports: Clinical Studies in Extracorporeal Circulation, Volume 2. Toomasian JM, Kurusz M, Stafford TB (eds). The Pref Press, Houston, Texas, chapter 5, pp31-39, 1996.

Richenbacher WE, Pierce WS. Assisted circulation and the mechanical heart. In: Heart Disease, 5th edition. Braunwald E (ed). W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, chapter 19, pp534-547, 1996.

Richenbacher WE, Kernstine KH. Principles of cardiothoracic surgery. In: Surgery, Corson JD, Williamson RCN (eds). Mosby International, London, UK, chapter 7.28, pp7:28.1-7:28.11, 2001.

Richenbacher WE, Pierce WS. Treatment of Heart Failure: Assisted circulation. In: Heart Disease, 6th edition. Braunwald E (ed). W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, chapter 19, pp600-614, 2001.