Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Richard E. Sievers, MD
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Dr. Richard E. Sievers practices Ophthalmology. He went to Wake Forest School of Medicine. He received awards:"Memphis Magazine: Top Doctors" and "Fellow (FAAO)". Dr. Richard E. Sievers is a published doctor. He published 101 publications, including: 'Development of a model of complete heart block in rats.'
Publications
- Diffuse fibrosis leads to a decrease in unipolar voltage: Validation in a swine model of premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy.
- Epicardial Catheter Ablation Using High-Intensity Ultrasound: Validation in a Swine Model.
- Delivery of Lipid MiCelles into Infarcted Myocardium Using a Lipid-Linked Matrix Metalloproteinase Targeting Peptide.
- Utility of high-resolution electroanatomic mapping of the left ventricle using a multispline basket catheter in a swine model of chronic myocardial infarction.
- The use of human mesenchymal stem Cells encapsulated in RGD modified alginate microspheres in the repair of myocardial infarction in the rat.
- Timing of bone marrow Cell therapy is more important than repeated injections after myocardial infarction.
- Targeted in vivo extracellular matrix formation promotes Neovascularization in a rodent model of myocardial infarction.
- Injection of bone marrow Cell extract into infarcted hearts results in functional improvement comparable to intact Cell therapy.
- Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem Cells in fibrin augment angiogenesis in the chronically infarcted myocardium.
- The effect of injected RGD modified alginate on angiogenesis and left ventricular function in a chronic rat infarct model.
- Restoration of left ventricular geometry and improvement of left ventricular function in a rodent model of chronic Ischemic cardiomyopathy.
- The effect of polypyrrole on arteriogenesis in an Acute rat infarct model.
- Reevaluation of the role of VEGF-B suggests a restricted role in the revascularization of the Ischemic myocardium.
- In vivo measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation in living rats using high-resolution ultrasound.
- Myocardial infarct size measurement in the mouse chronic infarction model: comparison of area- and length-based approaches.
- A rodent model of myocardial infarction for testing the efficacy of Cells and polymers for myocardial reconstruction.
- Antibody targeting of stem Cells to infarcted myocardium.
- Validation of the wall motion score and myocardial performance indexes as novel techniques to assess cardiac function in mice after myocardial infarction.
- Left ventricular pressure-volume relationship in conscious mice.
- Injectable biopolymers enhance angiogenesis after myocardial infarction.
- Closed-chest Cell injections into mouse myocardium guided by high-resolution echocardiography.
- Pleiotrophin induces formation of functional neovasculature in vivo.
- Enhanced neovasculature formation in Ischemic myocardium following delivery of pleiotrophin plasmid in a biopolymer.
- Injectable fibrin scaffold improves cell transplant survival, reduces infarct expansion, and induces neovasculature formation in Ischemic myocardium.
- New technique for measurement of left ventricular pressure in conscious mice.
- Fibrin glue alone and skeletal myoblasts in a fibrin scaffold preserve cardiac function after myocardial infarction.
- Targeting of Lin-Sca+ hematopoietic stem Cells with bispecific antibodies to injured myocardium.
- Second hand smoke stimulates tumor angiogenesis and growth.
- PinHole single-photon emission computed tomography for myocardial perfusion imaging of mice.
- Comparative effects of aspirin with ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker on myocardial infarction and vascular function.
- Exploring heart lymphatics in local drug delivery.
- The renin-angiotensin system does not contribute to the endothelial dysfunction and increased infarct size in rats exposed to second hand smoke.
- Secondhand tobacco smoke impairs rabbit pulmonary artery endothelium-dependent relaxation.
- Nicotine does not influence arterial lipid deposits in rabbits exposed to second-hand smoke.
- Effects of different durations of pretreatment with losartan on myocardial infarct size, endothelial function, and vascular endothelial growth factor.
- Mechanisms of vasorelaxation induced by eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) in WKY rat aorta.
- Comparative effects of pretreatment with captopril and losartan on cardiovascular protection in a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion.
- Effects of L-arginine on atherogenesis and endothelial dysfunction due to secondhand smoke.
- Development of a model of complete heart block in rats.
- Effects of antioxidant vitamins C and E on atherosclerosis in lipid-fed rabbits.
- Effects of second-hand smoke and gender on infarct size of young rats exposed in utero and in the neonatal to adolescent period.
- Ischemic preconditioning decreases apoptosis in rat hearts in vivo.
- Chronic dietary L-arginine prevents endothelial dysfunction secondary to environmental tobacco smoke in normocHolesterolemic rabbits.
- Testosterone worsens endothelial dysfunction associated with hypercHolesterolemia and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in male rabbit aorta.
- Overexpression of heat shock protein 72 in transgenic mice decreases infarct size in vivo.
- L-arginine decreases infarct size in rats exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.
- Preconditioning ischemia time determines the degree of glycogen depletion and infarct size reduction in rat hearts.
- Catalase inhibition with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole does not abolish infarct size reduction in heat-shocked rats.
- Metoprolol does not attenuate atherosclerosis in lipid-fed rabbits exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.
- Is the reduction of myocardial infarct size by dietary fish oil the result of altered platelet function?
- Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases myocardial infarct size in rats.
- Reduction of infarct size during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion by lazaroid U-74500A, a nonglucocorticoid 21-aminosteroid.
- Effects of etidronate and lovastatin on the regression of atherosclerosis in cHolesterol-fed rabbits.
- Heat-shock protein induction in rat hearts. A direct correlation between the amount of heat-shock protein induced and the degree of myocardial protection.
- Assessment of perfused left ventricular mass in normal, Ischemic, and reperfused myocardium by means of single-photon emission computed tomography of technetium-99m is...
- Loss of myocardial protection after preconditioning correlates with the time course of glycogen recovery within the preconditioned segment.
- Aspirin inhibits platelet activity but does not attenuate experimental atherosclerosis.
- Passive smoking increases experimental atherosclerosis in cHolesterol-fed rabbits.
- Comparison of vascular opacification after bolus injection of iodixanol-320 iohexol-350.
- Magnetic resonance imaging demonstration of pharmacologic-induced myocardial vasodilatation using a macromolecular gadolinium contrast agent.
- Heat shock protein induction in rat hearts. A role for improved myocardial salvage after ischemia and reperfusion?
- Effect of lovastatin on suppression and regression of atherosclerosis in lipid-fed rabbits.
- Differentiation of capillary leak and hydrostatic pulmonary Edema with a macromolecular MR imaging contrast agent.
- Myocardial protection with verapamil during ischaemia and reperfusion: dissociation between myocardial salvage and the degree of ATP depletion during ischaemia.
- Regression of atherosclerosis in cHolesterol-fed rabbits: effects of fish oil and verapamil.
- Assessment of myocardial salvage after ischemia and reperfusion using magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.
- A model of Acute regional myocardial ischemia and reperfusion in the rat.
- Effects of perfusion pressure on energy and work of isolated rat hearts.
- Acute myocardial ischemia and reperfusion: MR imaging with albumin-Gd-DTPA.
- Inhibition of atherosclerosis by fish oil in cHolesterol-fed rabbits.
- Measurement of regional myocardial blood flow in dogs by ultrafast CT.
- Substrate regulation of the nucleotide pool during regional ischaemia and reperfusion in an isolated rat heart preparation: a phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectros...
- Improvement in myocardial performance without a decrease in high-energy phosphate metabolites after isoproterenol in Syrian cardiomyopathic hamsters.
- Reversibility of Acute alcohol cardiac depression: 31P NMR in hamsters.
- Beneficial effects of verapamil during metabolic acidosis in isolated perfused rat hearts.
- Factors influencing myocardial response to metabolic acidosis in isolated rat hearts.
- Improved myocardial efficiency in the working perfused heart of the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
- Effects of altered coronary perfusion pressure on function and metabolism of normal and cardiomyopathic hamster hearts.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial infarction using albumin-(Gd-DTPA), a macromolecular blood-volume contrast agent in a rat model.
- Cine-CT measurement of cortical renal blood flow.
- Influence of heart rate on metabolic and hemodynamic parameters in the Syrian hamster cardiomyopathy.
- Lactate accumulation in Ischemic- and anoxic-isolated rat hearts assessed by H-1 spectroscopy.
- Diltiazem prevents hypertrophy progression, preserves systolic function, and normalises myocardial oxygen utilisation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
- Verapamil prevents the development of alcoholic dysfunction in hamster myocardium.
- The preventive effect of verapamil on ethanol-induced cardiac depression: phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance and high-pressure liquid chromatographic studies of ...
- Measurement of renal blood flow by cine computed tomography.
- Verapamil and diet halt progression of atherosclerosis in cHolesterol fed rabbits.
- Evaluation of the hereditary Syrian hamster cardiomyopathy by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: improvement after Acute verapamil therapy.
- Quantitation of regional myocardial function by cine computed tomography: pharmacologic changes in wall thickness.
- Cardiomyopathic and healthy acidotic hamster hearts: mitochondrial activity may regulate cardiac performance.
- Verapamil preserves adenine nucleotide pool in cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster.
- Measurement of cardiac output by cine computed tomography.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of Acute myocardial infarction using a nitroxyl spin label (PCA).
- Influence of myocardial isomyosins on cardiac performance and oxygen consumption.
- Effects of ryanodine on cat papillary muscle and isolated rat heart.
- In vivo assessment of left ventricular wall and chamber dynamics during transient myocardial ischemia using cine computed tomography.
- Modification of experimental atherosclerosis by calcium-channel blockers.
- Effect of gadolinium-DTPA on the magnetic relaxation times of normal and infarcted myocardium.
- Mechanism of protection from atherosclerosis by verapamil in the cHolesterol-fed rabbit.
- Acute myocardial ischemia: magnetic resonance contrast enhancement with gadolinium-DTPA.
Schools
Wake Forest University School Of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard
Bapt Hospital
Memphis City Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Cataract Removal Surgery
- Destruction of Lesion of Retina and Choroid
- Repair of Retinal Detachment or Retinal Tear
- Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
Conditions Treated
- Acute Endophthalmitis
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Memphis Magazine: Top Doctors
- Fellow (FAAO)
Education
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Wake Forest School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Tennessee Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1962407791 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SIEVERS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 381195221 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | Ophthalmology | |
| Total Claim Count | 928.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 39.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 4.2 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1962407791 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SIEVERS |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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