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Surgery / Cardiothoracic Surgery

G. Alexander Patterson, MD

Current Position
Evarts A. Graham Professor, Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Section of General Thoracic Surgery

Specialty Areas
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Volume Reduction
Emphysema
Lung Transplantation
Lung Cancer
Esophageal Cancer

Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
Jacqueline Maritz Lung Center
4921 Parkview Place, B, 8
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-362-6025
Fax:   314-362-0328
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Medical Building One
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
1040 N. Mason Road, Suite 210
Creve Coeur, MO  63141
314-996-3179
Fax:   314-996-3184
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Campus Box 8234, 660 South Euclid
St. Louis, Mo  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
General thoracic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, Barrett's esophagus, tracheal tumors, disease of the airway, adult lung transplantation, lung volume reduction, lung surgery, thoracic disease, heart-lung transplant, pulmonary hypertension, emphysema, thoracic malignancies, myasthenia gravis
Medical Education
Medical Degree: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1974
Residency: General Surgery, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1979
Residency: General Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada, 1982
Fellowship: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1982
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Christian Hospital NE/NW
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)
Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2002-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)
Medal in Surgery - Royal College Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, 1987

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Tiriveedhi V, Takenaka M, Ramachandran S, Gelman AE, Subramanian V, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. T Regulatory Cells Play a Significant Role in Modulating MHC Class I Antibody-Induced Obliterative Airway Disease. Am J Transplant. 2012 Jul 23.

DuBray BJ Jr, Gnerlich JL, Doyle MB, Patterson GA. Extrapleural pneumonectomy complicated by acute superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jul.

Puri V, Pyrdeck TL, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Colditz GA, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug.

Hachem RR, Tiriveedhi V, Patterson GA, Aloush A, Trulock EP, Mohanakumar T. Antibodies to K-α 1 Tubulin and Collagen V Are Associated With Chronic Rejection After Lung Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2012 Aug.

Crabtree TD, Puri V, Bell JM, Bontumasi N, Patterson GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Meyers BF. Outcomes and perception of lung surgery with implementation of a patient video education module: a prospective cohort study. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 May.

Puri V, Zoole JB, Musick J, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Crabtree TD, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Handheld office-based spirometry versus laboratory spirometry in low-risk patients undergoing lung resection. Innovations (Phila). 2011 Jul.

Weber J, Tiriveedhi V, Takenaka M, Lu W, Hachem R, Trulock E, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Inhibition of renin angiotensin aldosterone system causes abrogation of obliterative airways disease through inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-α-dependant interleukin-17. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Apr.

Puri V, Crabtree TD, Kymes S, Gregory M, Bell J, Bradley JD, Robinson C, Patterson GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Meyers BF. A comparison of surgical intervention and stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I lung cancer in high-risk patients: a decision analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb.

Kuo E, Bharat A, Bontumasi N, Sanchez C, Zoole JB, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Impact of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery on benign resections for solitary pulmonary nodules. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jan.

Puri V, Guthrie T, Scavuzzo M, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Single-lung transplantation in the setting of aborted bilateral lung transplantation. J Transplant. 2011.

Puri V, Hu Y, Guthrie T, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
 Retrograde jejunogastric decompression after esophagectomy is superior to nasogastric drainage. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug.

Crabtree TD, Yacoub WN, Puri V, Azar R, Zoole JB, Patterson GA, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Meyers BF. Endoscopic ultrasound for early stage esophageal adenocarcinoma: implications for staging and survival. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May.

Saini D, Weber J, Ramachandran S, Phelan D, Tiriveedhi V, Liu M, Steward N, Aloush A, Hachem R, Trulock E, Meyers B, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Alloimmunity-induced autoimmunity as a potential mechanism in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection of human lung allografts. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Jun.

Puri V, Meyers BF, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Crabtree TD, Battafarano RJ, Krupnick AS.
 Sternoclavicular joint infection: a comparison of two surgical approaches. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan.

Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Puri V, Guthrie TJ, Trulock EP, Meyers BF, Patterson GA. Short- and long-term outcomes of 1000 adult lung transplant recipients at a single center. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jan.
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