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. Akinetic myocardial infarcts must contain contracting myocytes: finite-element model study.
      Dang AB, Guccione JM, Mishell JM, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Gorman RC, Gorman JH, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    2. Myosplint decreases wall stress without depressing function in the failing heart: a finite element model study.
      Guccione JM, Salahieh A, Moonly SM, Kortsmit J, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    3. Effect of preoperative delay on prognosis for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
      Quarterman RL, McMillan A, Ratcliffe MB, Block MI| | PubMed
    4. A finite element model of left ventricular cellular transplantation in dilated cardiomyopathy.
      Quarterman RL, Moonly S, Wallace AW, Guccione J, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    5. Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function.
      Teerlink JR, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    6. Left ventricular volume reduction by radiofrequency heating of chronic myocardial infarction in patients with congestive heart failure.
      Victal OA, Teerlink JR, Gaxiola E, Wallace AW, Najar S, Camacho DH, Gutierrez A, Herrera G, Zuniga G, Mercado-Rios F, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    7. Residual stress produced by ventricular volume reduction surgery has little effect on ventricular function and mechanics: a finite element model study.
      Guccione JM, Moonly SM, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    8. Cardiopulmonary Complications Following Cardiac Surgery.
      Quarterman RL, Wallace A, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
    9. Mechanism underlying mechanical dysfunction in the border zone of left ventricular aneurysm: a finite element model study.
      Guccione JM, Moonly SM, Moustakidis P, Costa KD, Moulton MJ, Ratcliffe MB, Pasque MK| | PubMed
    10. Batista's operation: what have we learned?
      Ratcliffe M| | PubMed