Director, Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Dr. Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD is a Professor of Surgery at Ohio State University specializing in thoracic transplant, mechanical circulatory support and adult cardiac surgery. He is the Vice-Chair for Innovation and Translational Research and the Jewel and Frank Benson Family Research Professor. Dr. Whitson has an active extramurally funded research lab and interact with our clinical house-staff on the wards, in the OR, and on research projects regularly.
Dr Whitson completed his general surgery, surgical infectious diseases, and cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Minnesota. His clinical and research interests include lung and heart transplantation, ex vivo organ perfusion, ECLS/ECMO and mechanical circulatory support. He initiated the lung transplantation program at The Ohio State University with close collaboration with his pulmonary colleagues. He has spearheaded the development of the Organ Assessment and Repair Center (ARC) at OSU.
Additionally, Dr. Whitson co-directs The Collaboration for Organ Perfusion, Protection, Engineering and Regeneration (COPPER) Laboratory at Ohio State, which brings together transplant surgery, endothelial cell biology and biomedical engineering experts to further organ perfusion and recovery research. Dr. Whitson has 30 United States and international patents, numerous grants and over 200 publications. He has 3 times been awarded the Thomas E Williams, Jr., MD, PhD Award for Excellence In Teaching from the OSU house staff and 7 times received the Outstanding Achievement in Patient Service recognition from the OSU medical center.
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET