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 coupled biventricular finite element and lumped-parameter circulatory system model of heart failure.
      Wenk JF, Ge L, Zhang Z, Soleimani M, Potter DD, Wallace AW, Tseng E, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM| | PubMed
    2. The effect of mitral annuloplasty shape in ischemic mitral regurgitation: a finite element simulation.
      Wong VM, Wenk JF, Zhang Z, Cheng G, Acevedo-Bolton G, Burger M, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Ge L| | PubMed
    3. Electromechanical feedback with reduced cellular connectivity alters electrical activity in an infarct injured left ventricle: a finite element model study.
      Wall ST, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Sundnes JS| | PubMed
    4. Invited commentary.
      Wenk J, Guccione J, Ratcliffe M| | PubMed
    5. Moderate mitral regurgitation accelerates left ventricular remodeling after posterolateral myocardial infarction.
      Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Cheng G, Zhang Z, Acevedo-Bolton G, Saloner DA, Mishra R, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    6. A novel method for quantifying in-vivo regional left ventricular myocardial contractility in the border zone of a myocardial infarction.
      Lee LC, Wenk JF, Klepach D, Zhang Z, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM| | PubMed
    7. A novel method for quantifying the in-vivo mechanical effect of material injected into a myocardial infarction.
      Wenk JF, Eslami P, Zhang Z, Xu C, Kuhl E, Gorman JH, Robb JD, Ratcliffe MB, Gorman RC, Guccione JM| | PubMed
    8. Operative risks and survival in veterans with severe aortic stenosis: surgery versus medical therapy.
      Chitsaz S, Jaussaud N, Chau E, Yan KS, Azadani AN, Ratcliffe MB, Tseng EE| | PubMed
    9. Invited commentary.
      Mishra RK, Ratcliffe M| | PubMed
    10. Regional left ventricular myocardial contractility and stress in a finite element model of posterobasal myocardial infarction.
      Wenk JF, Sun K, Zhang Z, Soleimani M, Ge L, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM| | PubMed