University of California San Francisco

Mark Ratcliffe - 144x - 2
Mark
Ratcliffe
MD
  • Professor of Surgery
  • Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCSF

Address

35 Medical Center Way, #001
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-221-4810
Fax: 415-750-2181

    Biography

    Dr. Ratcliffe received his M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic residencies at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ratcliffe is certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. His special interest is in the application of finite element analysis or the failing left ventricle. Dr. Ratcliffe has been on the faculty since 1993. Currently, he is Director of the Cardiac Biomechanics Laboratory.

    Dr. Ratcliffe is an active member of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, San Francisco Surgical Society, American Association of Thoracic Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

    Education

    Education

    M.D.-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OHM.D.

    B.A. - Denison University, Granville, OH

    Residencies

    Internship - John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Residency - John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Residency - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    Research Fellow - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Surgery, 1989

    American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1993

    Clinical Expertise

    Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
    Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
    Valve repair and replacement
    Surgery for heart failure
    Robotic surgery
    Thoracic aortic surgery

    Grants and Funding

    • Quantitative analysis of left ventriculoplasty: CHF | NIH | 2000-04-17 - 2020-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation | NIH | 2008-01-15 - 2013-12-31 | Role: Principal Investigator

    Research Interests

    • Finite element analysis of failing left ventricle

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 122
    1. A novel sialyl LewisX analog attenuates neutrophil accumulation and myocardial necrosis after ischemia and reperfusion.
      Lefer DJ, Flynn DM, Phillips ML, Ratcliffe M, Buda AJ| | PubMed
    2. Changes in passive mechanical stiffness of myocardial tissue with aneurysm formation.
      Gupta KB, Ratcliffe MB, Fallert MA, Edmunds LH, Bogen DK| | PubMed
    3. Left ventricular assist without thoracotomy: clinical experience with the Dennis method.
      Edmunds LH, Herrmann HC, DiSesa VJ, Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, McCarthy DM| | PubMed
    4. Large animal model of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
      Llaneras MR, Nance ML, Streicher JT, Lima JA, Savino JS, Bogen DK, Deac RF, Ratcliffe MB, Edmunds LH| | PubMed
    5. Repair of left ventricular aneurysm. Changes in ventricular mechanics, hemodynamics, and oxygen consumption.
      Savage EB, Downing SW, Ratcliffe MB, Fallert M, Gupta KB, Tyson GS, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH| | PubMed
    6. Left ventricular mechanics of ejecting, postischemic hearts during left ventricular circulatory assistance.
      Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH| | PubMed
    7. Myocardial oxygen utilization after reversible global ischemia.
      Bavaria JE, Furukawa S, Kreiner G, Ratcliffe MB, Streicher J, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH| | PubMed
    8. Large animal model of left ventricular aneurysm.
      Markovitz LJ, Savage EB, Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, Kreiner G, Iozzo RV, Hargrove WC, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH| | PubMed
    9. Measurement of end-systolic pressure-volume relations by intra-aortic balloon occlusion.
      Gupta KB, Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Edmunds LH, Bogen DK| | PubMed
    10. Surgery for left ventricular aneurysm. Early survival with and without endocardial resection.
      Stephenson LW, Hargrove WC, Ratcliffe MB, Edmunds LH| | PubMed