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. Association of Uneven MitraClip Application and Leaflet Stress in a Finite Element Model.
      Morgan AE, Wozniak CJ, Gulati S, Ge L, Grossi EA, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    2. Right Ventricular Dysfunction Impairs Effort Tolerance Independent of Left Ventricular Function Among Patients Undergoing Exercise Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
      Kim J, Di Franco A, Seoane T, Srinivasan A, Kampaktsis PN, Geevarghese A, Goldburg SR, Khan SA, Szulc M, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Morgan AE, Maddula P, Rozenstrauch M, Shah T, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
    3. Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty Increases Strain in the Proximal Lateral Left Ventricular Wall.
      Pantoja JL, Morgan AE, Grossi EA, Jensen MO, Weinsaft JW, Levine RA, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    4. Neochord placement versus triangular resection in mitral valve repair: A finite element model.
      Morgan AE, Pantoja JL, Grossi EA, Ge L, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    5. Suture Forces for Closure of Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Mathematical Model.
      Ge L, Haraldsson H, Hope MD, Saloner D, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Tseng EE| | PubMed
    6. Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation After Posterolateral Myocardial Infarction in Sheep Alters Left Ventricular Shear but Not Normal Strain in the Infarct and Infarct Borderzone.
      Ge L, Wu Y, Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Takaba K, Tartibi M, Zhang Z, Acevedo-Bolton G, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Mishra R, Grossi EA, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    7. Finite Element Modeling of Mitral Valve Repair.
      Morgan AE, Pantoja JL, Weinsaft J, Grossi E, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe M| | PubMed
    8. Myocardial perfusion pattern for stratification of ischemic mitral regurgitation response to percutaneous coronary intervention.
      Goyal P, Kim J, Feher A, Ma CL, Gurevich S, Veal DR, Szulc M, Wong FJ, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
    9. Residual Stress Impairs Pump Function After Surgical Ventricular Remodeling: A Finite Element Analysis.
      Pantoja JL, Zhang Z, Tartibi M, Sun K, Macmillan W, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    10. Progressive design concepts in off-pump left ventricular remodeling mitral valve repair devices.
      Yaffee DW, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed