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 Robert W. Thompson, M.D., F.A.C.S.Vascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery (Section of Vascular Surgery),
Radiology, and Cell Biology and Physiology
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Vascular Surgery--Certified
Dr. Thompson specializes in vascular surgery and endovascular surgery. His areas of clinical interest include aortoiliac occlusive disease; abdominal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms; peripheral arterial occlusive disease; thoracic outlet syndrome; and carotid artery disease.
University of Michigan Medical School, 1983
Residency: General Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1983-1990
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 1991-1992
Center for Advanced Medicine
Heart and Vascular Center
4921 Parkview Place, Suite A, Floor 8
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 362-7410
Fax: (314) 747-3548
(314) 362-7410
Molecular and cell biology of abdominal aortic aneurysms
Extracellular matrix and matrix metalloproteinases
Pharmacological suppression of aortic aneurysms
Vascular smooth muscle cell senescence and apoptosis
National Institutes of Health (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health (NHLBI Core)
Colonnello JS, Hance KA, Shames ML, Wyble CW, Ziporin SJ, Leidenfrost JE, Ennis TL, Upchurch GR Jr, Thompson RW. Transient exposure to elastase induces mouse aortic wall smooth muscle cell production of MCP-1 and RANTES during development of experimental aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2003;38(1):138-146.
Steinmetz EF, Buckley C, Thompson RW. Prospects for the medical management of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 2003;37(3):151-163.
Shames ML, Sanchez LA, Rubin BG, Choi ET, Geraghty PJ, Flye MW, Thompson RW, Sicard GA. Delayed complications after endovascular AAA repair in women. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2003;10(1):10-15.
Steinmetz EF, Berry P, Shames ML, Buckley C, Goeddel LA, Thompson RW. "Grape cluster" aneurysm of the right subclavian artery: an unusual manifestation of fibromuscular dysplasia. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2003;17(3):296-301.
Shames ML, Rubin BG, Sanchez LA, Thompson RW, Sicard GA. Treatment of embolizing arterial lesions with endoluminally placed stent grafts. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2002;16(5):608-612.
Prall AK, Longo GM, Mayhan WG, Waltke EA, Fleckten B, Thompson RW, Baxter BT. Doxycycline in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and in mice: comparison of serum levels and effect on aneurysm growth in mice. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2002;35(5):923-929.
Hance KA, Tataria M, Ziporin SJ, Lee JK, Thompson RW. Monocyte chemotactic activity in human abdominal aortic aneurysms: role of elastin degradation peptides and the 67-kD cell surface elastin receptor. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2002;35(2):254-261.
Sicard GA, Rubin BG, Sanchez LA, Keller CA, Flye MW, Picus D, Hovsepian D, Choi ET, Geraghty PJ, Thompson RW. Endoluminal graft repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms in high-risk patients and octogenarians: is it better than open repair? Annals of Surgery. 2001;234(4):427-435; discussion 435-437.
Lee JK, Borhani M, Ennis TL, Upchurch GR Jr, Thompson RW. Experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice lacking expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2001;21(9):1393-1401.
Tung WS, Lee JK, Thompson RW. Simultaneous analysis of 1176 gene products in normal human aorta and abdominal aortic aneurysms using membrane-based complementary DNA expression array. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2001;34(1):143-150.
Upchurch GR Jr, Ford JW, Weiss SJ, Knipp BS, Peterson DA, Thompson RW, Broady AJ, Proctor MC, Stanley JC. Nitric oxide inhibition increases MMP-9 expression by aortic smooth muscle cells in vitro. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2001:34(1):76-83.
Nguyen TQ, Jaramillo A, Thompson RW, Dintzis S, Oppat WF, Allen BT, Sicard GA, Mohanakumar T. Increased expression of HDJ-2 (hsp40) in carotid artery atherosclerosis: a novel heat shock protein associated with luminal stenosis and plaque ulceration. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2001:33(5):1065-1071.
Liao S, Miralles M, Kelly BJ, Curci JA, Borhani M, Thompson RW. Suppression of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in the rat by treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2001;33(5):1057-1064.
Choi ET, Wyble CW, Rubin BG, Sanchez LA, Thompson RW, Flye MW, Sicard GA. Evolution of vascular fellowship training in the new era of endovascular techniques. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2001;33(2 Suppl):S106-S110.
Pub Med page for Robert W. Thompson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Section of Vascular Surgery
Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 362-7410
thompsonr@msnotes.wustl.edu
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