Henning A Gaissert, MD
Thoracic Surgery Department
55 Fruit Street, BLK 1570
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 726-5341 p
(617) 726-7667 f
hgaissert@partners.org

Clinical Background:

MD Degree:
Technical University, Munich Germany

Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
General Surgery

Fellowship:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Interests:
Esophageal Cancer, Benign Esophageal Disease, Tumors of the Airway

Research:
Outcomes research in thoracic surgery, tissue-engineered
esophagus

Recent Publications:
Gaissert HA, Trulock EP, Sundaresan S, Cooper JD, Patterson GA. Comparison of early functional results after volume reduction or lung transplantation for COPD. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;111:296-307.

Cooper JD, Gaissert HA, Patterson GA, Pohl MS, Yusen RD, Trulock EP. [Lung volume reduction surgery for severe emphysema - Results of the Washington University, St.Louis.] Wien Med Wschr 146:592-598, 1996.

Gaissert HA, Breuer CK, Weissburg A, Mermel L. Surgical management of necrotizing Candida esophagitis. Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 67:231-3.

Safran H, Gaissert HA, Akerman P, Hesketh PJ, Chen MH, Moore T, Graziano S, Wanebo HJ. Paclitaxel, cisplatin, and concurrent radiation for esophageal carcinoma. Cancer Invest 2001;19:1-7.

Mangi AA, Gaissert HA, Wright CD, Wain JC, Donahue DM, Allan JS, Moncure AC, Grillo HC, Mathisen DJ. Benign broncho-esophageal fistula in the adult. Ann Thorac Surg, 2002;73:911-5.

Gaissert HA, Roper CL, Patterson GA, Grillo HC. Infectious necrotizing esophagitis: Outcome after medical and surgical intervention. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003;75:342-7.

Grikscheit T, Ochoa ER, Srinivasan A, Gaissert H, Vacanti JP. Tissue-engineered esophagus: experimental substitution by onlay patch or interposition. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:537-44.

Gaissert HA, Grillo HC, Wright CD, Donahue DM, Wain JC, Mathisen DJ. Complication of benign tracheobronchial strictures by self-expanding metal stents. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:744-7.

Shadmehr MB, Gaissert HA, Grillo HC, Borges L, Wright CD, Wain JC, Mathisen DJ. The surgical approach to “Dumbbell tumors” of the mediastinum. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1650-4.

Reed MF, Tolis G, Edil BH, Allan JS, Donahue DM, Gaissert HA, Moncure AC, Wain JC, Wright CD, Mathisen DJ. Surgical Treatment of Esophageal High-Grade Dysplasia. Ann Thorac Surg, in press.

Gaissert HA, Grillo HC, Shadmehr MB, Wright CD, Gokhale M, Wain JC, Mathisen DJ. Long-term survival after resection of primary adenoid cystic and squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea and carina. Ann Thorac Surg, 2004;78:1889-97.

Gaissert HA, Grillo HC, Shadmehr MB, Wright CD, Gokhale M, Wain JC, Mathisen DJ.Laryngotracheoplastic Resection for Primary Tumors of the Proximal Airway. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, in press.

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