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. Analysis of patient-specific surgical ventricular restoration: importance of an ellipsoidal left ventricular geometry for diastolic and systolic function.
      Lee LC, Wenk JF, Zhong L, Klepach D, Zhang Z, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB, Zohdi TI, Hsu E, Navia JL, Kassab GS, Guccione JM| | PubMed
    2. Biventricular finite element modeling of the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support Device on a failing heart.
      Wenk JF, Ge L, Zhang Z, Mojsejenko D, Potter DD, Tseng EE, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    3. Left ventricular myocardial contractility is depressed in the borderzone after posterolateral myocardial infarction.
      Shimkunas R, Zhang Z, Wenk JF, Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Acevedo-Bolton G, Wang G, Saloner D, Mishra R, Wallace AW, Ge L, Baker AJ, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    4. Left ventricular pressure gating in ovine cardiac studies: a software-based method.
      Acevedo-Bolton G, Suzuki T, Malhotra D, Zhang Z, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Saloner DA, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    5. Invited commentary.
      Ratcliffe M, Cambronero N, Ge L| | PubMed
    6. Finite element modeling of mitral leaflet tissue using a layered shell approximation.
      Wenk JF, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM| | PubMed
    7. Material properties of CorCap passive cardiac support device.
      Chitsaz S, Wenk JF, Ge L, Wisneski A, Mookhoek A, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM, Tseng EE| | PubMed
    8. Patient-specific finite element-based analysis of ventricular myofiber stress after Coapsys: importance of residual stress.
      Carrick R, Ge L, Lee LC, Zhang Z, Mishra R, Axel L, Guccione JM, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    9. The benefit of enhanced contractility in the infarct borderzone: a virtual experiment.
      Zhang Z, Sun K, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ge L, Baker AJ, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    10. Growth and remodeling of the left ventricle: A case study of myocardial infarction and surgical ventricular restoration.
      Klepach D, Lee LC, Wenk JF, Ratcliffe MB, Zohdi TI, Navia JA, Kassab GS, Kuhl E, Guccione JM| | PubMed