Gabriel Loor, M.D., FACC, FCCP
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Gabriel Loor, M.D., FACC, FCCP
Associate Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Transplant & Circulatory Support
Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Transplant & Circulatory Support
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Baylor College of Medicine
- George P. Noon, M.D. Endowed Chair in Surgery
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Co-Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
- Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Addresses
- Texas Heart Institute: Heart and Lung Transplant Center (Clinic)
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6770 Bertner Avenue
Cooley 355N
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-3000
Education
- Residency at Cleveland Clinic
- Cleveland
- Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Research Fellowship at University of Chicago Hospitals
- Chicago
- American Heart Association Research Fellowship
- Residency at University of Chicago Hospitals
- Chicago
- General Surgery
- Internship at University of Chicago Hospitals
- Chicago
- MD from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Chicago
- BS from University of Miami
- Miami
- Biochemistry
Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors: Rising Stars Edition
- Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
- Champion of Care: M Health Clinical Excellence Award
- Dr. Charles H. Bryan Annual Clinical Excellence Award in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cleveland Clinic
- STAR Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine
Professional Interests
- Heart and Lung Transplant
- Mechanical assist devices
- Coronary artery revascularization
- Adult congenital surgery
- Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)
- Heart valve replacement/repair
- Aortic aneurysm repair
- Aortic dissection repair
- Adult cardiac surgery
- Ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP)
- Arrythmia surgery
- Percutaneous valve replacement (TAVR)
- Pericardiectomy
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
- Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA)
Professional Statement
Dr. Gabriel Loor specializes in the clinical evaluation and surgical management of patients with advanced cardiothoracic disease including coronary artery, aortic and valvular heart disease. Dr. Loor has a special interest in advanced heart and lung failure and is the surgical director of the Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Lung Transplantation Program.Dr. Loor received his cardiac surgical and transplant training at Cleveland Clinic. He spent several years at the University of Minnesota as assistant professor in cardiac surgery and director of the lung transplant program. There he significantly increased the volume and quality of lung transplantation through donor utilization, reduction of patient wait list times and adoption of various innovations. In addition, he was responsible for several quality improvement initiatives including building the aortic and adult congenital surgery practice. Since Dr. Loor’s arrival in Houston, the Baylor College of Medicine Lung transplant program has seen a significant increase in volume and breadth of cases as well as innovation. Dr. Loor maintains an active cardiac surgical practice and has an interest in minimally invasive aortic valve procedures including minimal access surgery and trans femoral valve replacement (TAVR).
His research interests include improved donor utilization and maximizing recipient outcomes. He is the national principal investigator on several trials using ex vivo lung perfusion platforms to increase donor yield and quality. He is credited with the first “breathing lung transplantation” in the Midwest performed in 2014 and in Texas in 2018. Dr. Loor performed the first donation after cardiac death (DCD) lung transplant in the US in 2015 and the first DCD lung transplant using a portable EVLP in the US. His translational lab focuses on the use of this technology to improve the quality and quantity of potential lung transplants. Dr. Loor has published several key papers on prolonged preservation of donor organs with an emphasis on reducing ischemic injury and the inflammatory response. He has also published several articles on blood conservation, safety checklists and surgical outcomes after adult cardiac surgery.
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Selected Publications
- Loor G, Huddleston S, Hartwig M, Bottiger B, Daoud D, Wei Q, Zhang Q, Ius F, Warnecke G, Villavicencio MA, Tirabassi B, Noguchi Machuca T, Van Raemdonck D, Frick AE, Neyrinck A, Toyoda Y, Kashem MA, Landeweer BA Chandrashekaran S "Effect of mode of intraoperative support on primary graft dysfunction after lung transplant." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.;
- Loor G, Gleason TG, Myrmel T, Korach A, Trimarchi S, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, de Vincentis C, Ouzounian M, Sechtem U, Montgomery DG, Chen EP, Maniar H, Sundt TM, Patel H "Effect of aortic valve type on patients who undergo Type A aortic dissection repair." Semin Thorac Surg.;
- Warnecke G, Van Raemdonck D, Smith MA, Massard G, Kukreja J, Rea F, Loor G, et al "Normothermic ex-vivo preservation with the portable Organ Care System Lung device for bilateral lung transplantation (INSPIRE): a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 study." Lancet Respir Med. 2018;
- Loor G, Warnecke G, Villavicencio-Theoduloz3, MA, Smith MA, Kukreja J, Ardehali A, Hartwig M, Daneshmand MA, Hertz MI, Huddleston S, Haverich2 A, Madsen JC, Van Raemdonck D "Expanding donor lung utilization for transplantation from currently underutilized donors using portable normothermic perfusion and assessment with the Organ Care System (OCS) Lung: results of the international lung EXPAND trial." Lancet.;
- Loor G "EVLP: Ready for Prime Time?." Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 29935227
- Loor G, Schuster A, Cruz V, Rafael A, Stewart W, Diaz J, McCurry K. "The Carpentier-Edwards perimount magna mitral valve bioprosthesis: intermediate-term efficacy and durability." J Cardiothorac Surg.;
- Loor G, Radosevich MD, Kelly RF, Cich I, Grabowski TS, Lyon C, Morrow JM, Bender EM, Billings J, Hertz M "The University of Minnesota Donor Lung Quality Index (UMN-DLQI): A Consensus-Based Scoring App Improves Donor Lung Utilization." Annals Thor Surg.;
- Loor G, Doud A, Nguyen TC, Antonoff MB, Morancy JD, Robich MP, Odell D, Yarboro L, Vaporciyan AA, Roselli E "Development and evaluation of a three-dimensional multistation cardiovascular simulator." Ann Thor Surg.;
- Loor G, Shumway SJ, McCurry K, Keshavamurthy S, Hussain S, Weide G, Spratt JR, Alsalihi M, Koch C "Process improvement in thoracic organ donor retrieval: implementation of a donor assessment checklist." Ann Thor Surg.;
- Loor G, Howard B, Iles T, Mattison L, Meyer P, Day T, Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A, Iaizzo, P "Is Prolonged EVLP Using OCS Lung: Cellular and Acellular Perfusates." Journal of Transplantation.;
- Loor G, Brown R, Kelly R, Rudser K, Shumway S, et al "Gender Differences in Long-term Survival during the LAS ERA: A Single Institution Analysis of 848 Transplant Recipients." JHLT.;
- Bossone E, Eckstein HH, Jackson E, Shalhub S, Bonaca M, Ehrlich M, Pape L, Faizer R, Loor G, Suzuki T, Hughes CG, Bhan A, et al "Gender-Related Differences in Long-Term Outcomes of Hospital Survivors with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection." Journal of American College of Cardiology.;
- Spratt J, Howard B, Iaizzo P, Mattison L, Iles T, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Loor G "An Experimental Study of the Recovery of Injured Porcine Lungs with Prolonged Normothermic Cellular Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Following Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)." Journal of Transplantation International.;
- Spratt JR, Brown RZ, Rudser K, Goswami U, Hertz MI, Jagadish P, Cich I, Shumway SJ, Loor G "Greater survival despite increased complication rates following lung transplant for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency compared to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." J Thorac Disease.;
- Sugarbaker D, Burt B, Growth S, Bueno R, Loor G (eds) "Lung Transplantation, COPD, benign lung disease and infectious lung disease." Adult Chest Surgery- Third Edition.;
- Loor G, Roselli E "Imaging and minimally invasive aortic valve replacement." Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2015;
Memberships
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- American College of Cardiology
- Fellow
- American College of Surgeons
- American College of Chest Physicians
- Fellow
- American Heart Association
- Society for Critical Care Medicine
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- International Society of Endovascular Specialists
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Lillehei Surgical Society
- American Medical Association
Funding
- EXPAND II
- $75,000.00 JHL Foundation
- Outcomes of transplanted donor lungs transported, preserved, optimized and monitored on a portable organ care system device.
Languages
Spanish
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