Medical Director
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Robert L. Thurer, MD
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Robert Thurer practices Thoracic Surgery. He attended Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a one of the best medicals schools. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Robert L. Thurer is a published physician as well. He has 75 publications published. The latest was: Metastatic melanoma to the manubrium sternum.
Publications
- Blood transfusion and the microcirculation.
- The thymus: a comprehensive review.
- Mediastinal and chest wall limitations to asymmetry of lung inflation.
- Occupational indications for early surgical repair of hiatus hernia.
- The distal esophageal sphincter and its relationship to gastroesophageal reflux.
- A comparison of preclotting techniques for prosthetic aortic replacement.
- Aortic valve replacement and coronary bypass in patients with severe stenosis of the left main coronary artery.
- Functional benefits following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Controversies in autotransfusion.
- Unusual echographic findings in aortic dissection: diastolic prolapse of intimal flap into left ventricle.
- Pulmonary artery-bronchial fistula complicating chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
- Repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect in the elderly. Early and long-term results.
- Autotransfusion and blood conservation.
- Safety and effectiveness of autotransfusion in massive bleeding.
- A misplaced caval filter: its removal from the heart without cardiopulmonary bypass.
- CABG after successful PTCA: a case-control study.
- Put our patients first.
- Pulmonary microvascular responses to protamine and histamine. Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery.
- Cardiopulmonary bypass and pulmonary thromboxane generation.
- Lidocaine prophylaxis in coronary revascularization patients: a randomized, prospective trial.
- Moderate hypothermia reduces cardiopulmonary bypass-induced impairment of cerebrovascular responses to platelet products.
- Endoscopic removal of metallic airway stents.
- CT fluoroscopy guidance for transbronchial needle aspiration: an experience in 35 patients.
- Phase II trial of sequential chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation, surgery, and postoperative chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIIA/IIIB non-small-cell lung ...
- A novel instrument for the evaluation of the pleural space: an experience in 34 patients.
- Aortic false aneurysm: recognition by noninvasive techniques four years after mitral valve replacement.
- Successful bronchoscopic placement of tracheobronchial stents without fluoroscopy.
- Long-term clinical and hemodynamic studies after ventricular aneurysmectomy and aorta-coronary bypass.
- The role of surgery in N2 non-small cell lung cancer.
- Salvage or planned esophagectomy after chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer--a review.
- The psychodynamic impact of coronary bypass surgery.
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and Trucut biopsy in thoracic lesions: when tissue is the issue.
- In vivo coronary angioscopy.
- Pericardial tamponade associated with myeloid metaplasia.
- Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection resulting in endocarditis.
- Prevalence and outcomes of anemia in surgery: a systematic review of the literature.
- Time to first shock and clinical outcome in patients receiving an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
- Proceedings: Role of coronary artery surgery in patients surviving unexpected cardiac arrest.
- Microdebrider bronchoscopy: a new tool for the interventional bronchoscopist.
- Predictors of CABG within one year of successful PTCA: a retrospective, case-control study.
- Cutaneous closure after cardiac operations: a controlled, randomized, prospective comparison of intradermal versus staple closures.
- Evaluating transfusion triggers.
- Nationwide survey of home transfusion practices.
- An annotated bibliography on autologous transfusion: second edition.
- A 70-year-old man with an empyema.
- Metastatic melanoma to the manubrium sternum.
- The definition of survival.
- Universal WBC reduction.
- FDG imaging of a pulmonary artery sarcoma.
- An 11 year evolution of coronary arterial surgery (1968-1978).
- Isolated left anterior descending coronary atherosclerosis: long-term comparison of internal mammary artery and venous autografts.
- Blood transfusion in cardiac surgery.
- Perioperative triggers for red cell transfusions.
- Comparison of two transfusion strategies after elective operations for myocardial revascularization.
- Pnemostasis of injured lung in rabbits with gelatin-resorcinol formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde tissue adhesive.
- Shed mediastinal blood transfusion in open heart surgery.
- Effects of vasoactive drugs on flows through left internal mammary artery and saphenous vein grafts in man.
- Aortic valve operation after percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty.
- Balloon dilatation of calcific aortic stenosis in elderly patients: postmortem, intraoperative, and percutaneous valvuloplasty studies.
- Differences in alpha-adrenergic responsiveness between human internal mammary arteries and saphenous veins.
- Ultrasonic debridement of calcified pericardium in constrictive pericarditis.
- Reoperation for myocardial revascularization.
- The conservation of blood during cardiac surgery.
- Asymptomatic coronary artery disease managed by myocardial revascularization: results at 5 years.
- Autotransfusion following cardiac operations: a randomized, prospective study.
- Blood conservation during myocardial revascularization.
- Autologous blood donations prior to elective cardiac surgery. Safety and effect on subsequent blood use.
- Preparation of valved conduits by plasma immersion and autoclaving.
- Impact of acute reduction in chronically elevated left atrial pressure on sodium and water excretion.
- Blood conservation in cardiac operations.
- Treatment with desmopressin acetate to reduce blood loss after cardiac surgery. A double-blind randomized trial.
- Traumatic pulmonary artery aneurysm: CT evaluation.
- Surgical repair of remediable postinfarction cardiogenic shock in the elderly. Early and long-term results.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chldns Hospital Med Center
Cleveland Clinic
Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Boston Children's Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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