BryanAWhitsonMDPhD, FACS

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor of Surgery Director, Section of Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Co-Director COPPER Laboratory Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery Ohio State University College of Medicine

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Office
452 W 10th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone+1 614-293-5502

Fax+1 614-293-4726

Summary

Dr. Bryan Whitson is a thoracic surgeon in Columbus, OH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute and Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice 16 years. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in transplant cardiology, ventricular assist device implantation, lung transplantation, pulmonary rehabilitation, and congestive heart failure.

Clinical Expertise

Ventilation management, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Ecls, Adult general thoracic surgery, Aortic surgery, Lung transplantation, Heart failure and transplantation, Ventricular assist device implantation, Valvular surgery, Shock, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary bypasss, Coronary artery bypass grafting, Thromoembolic pulmonary hypertension, CTEPH, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Health outcomes research, Ex vivo lung perfusion, Perfusion renography, Hospital administration, Blunt abdominal trauma, Severity of illness index, Neoplasm staging, Fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Education & Training

University of MinnesotaFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2009 - 2012
University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2009
University of MinnesotaPh.D., Surgery, 2007
University of MinnesotaPhD, Experimental Surgery, 2007
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2001
Purdue University School of Mechanical EngineeringB.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1997
William Henry Harrison High SchoolDiploma, High School, 1983

Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 2004 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2012 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
TSDA Benson R. Wilcox Award for best Scientific Abstract The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 49th Annual meeting, 2013
Administrative Chief Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery 2012
The 2010 C. Walton Lillehei, MD / Earl Bakken Prize Lillehei Surgical Society, 2010
The Ronald Belsey Traveling Esophageal Surgery Fellowship Esophageal Surgery Club, 2009
The Peter C. Pairolero Scholarship General Thoracic Surgical Club, 2009
The Henry Buchwald Award 2008
University of Minnesota Medical School, 2008
The J. Jacob Kaplan Award for Outstanding Research University of Minnesota Medical School, 2008
Excellence in Clinical Research Award Annual Resident Research Day, University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 2007
The Doctor David Gaviser Mount Sinai Hospital Surgical Research Award For Outstanding Achievement in Surgical Research Mount Sinai Hospital, 2007
The Cecil J. Watson Award for the Most Outstanding Research University of Minnesota Medical School, 2007-2008
Outstanding Research Award The University of Minnesota Department of Medicine Research Day, 2006
Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Resident Research Award for best scientific abstract The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 26th Annual Meeting, 2006
Second Place Minnesota State Committee on Trauma, Resident Trauma Paper Competition, 2005
Richard L. Varco Surgery Research Fellowship 2005-2006
Merit Travel Grant Recipient 3rd Annual Symposium on Gastrointestinal Cancers, 2004
Clinical Research LRP Award Recipient National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2004
Excellence in Research Award Western Student Medical Research Committee at the American Federation for Medical Research Annual Meeting, 1999
Fern Groves Hardiman Memorial Scholarship for Research Indiana University School of Medicine, 1999
Dean's List Purdue University, 1997
The Order of the Engineer 1997
Babcock and Wilcox Inc. Scholarship for merit Purdue University, 1996
Pi Tau Sigma National Engineering Honorary Purdue University, 1995
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honorary Purdue University, 1995
Cincinnati Milacron Inc. Scholarship for merit Purdue University, 1995
Golden Key National Honor Society Purdue University, 1995
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Evaluating the Benefit of Concurrent Tricuspid Valve Repair During Mitral Surgery Start of enrollment: 2016 May 26
Completed
Not Applicable
Long Term Follow Up for CTSN Mitral Valve Repair Studies Start of enrollment: 2017 May 03
Active, not recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Rise of the Machines - Normothermic Regional Perfusion Use in Heart Transplantation in the United States.
Doug A Gouchoe, Divyaam Satija, Ervin Y Cui, Jacob N Schroder, Carmelo A Milano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024-12-09
Extended ischemic times during ex vivo lung perfusion is not associated with increased mortality.
Doug A Gouchoe, Divyaam Satija, Ervin Y Cui, Ahmed Aly, Matthew C Henn
Artificial Organs. 2024-12-01
Management of atrioesophageal fistula after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Layered closure with interposition and esophageal stenting.
Jenna Aziz, Nahush A Mokadam, Peter Kneuertz, Bryan A Whitson
JTCVS Techniques. 2024-12-01

Journal Articles

Anticoagulation Management Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Is Similar Across All Provider Strategies
Brent C Lampert, Sitaramesh Emani, Ahmet Kilic, Bryan A Whitson, Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
A Contemporary Analysis of the Effect of Induction Immunosuppression of Survival in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients
Hayes Jr., D, Kirkby S, Wehr AM, Lehman AM, McConnell PI, Galantowicz M, Higgins RS, and Whitson BA, Transplant International, 2/1/2014
Impact of pulmonary hypertension on survival in patients with cystic fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation: An analysis of the UNOS registry
Hayes , Jr. D, Higgins RS, Kirkby S, McCoy K, Wehr AM, Lehman AM, and Whitson BA, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 12/30/2013
Simultaneous Procedures During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Is Less Always More?
Jaik N, Higgins RSD, and Whitson BA, Current Heart Failure Reports, 11/30/2013
Retained Catheter Dilator in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract for 22 Years
Holley CT, Whitson BA, Bertog SC, and Kelly RF, Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 11/1/2013
ECMO Post Lung Transplantation
Castleberry A, Hartwig M, and Whitson BA, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 8/29/2013
Outcomes in the Current Surgical Era Following Operative Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in the Elderly: A Single Institutional Experience
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 7/1/2013
Extracorporeal life support for acute respiratory distress syndrome
Hayes, D, Tobias JD, Kukreja J, Preston TJ, Yates AR, Kirkby S and Whitson BA, Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 7/1/2013
Hayes D Jr., Preston TJ, Davis IC, Duffy VL, McConnell PI, Whitson BA, Duffy Duffy VS Jr., and Yates AR, Artificial Organs, 6/1/2013
Whitson BA, John R, Bradner MW, Liao KK, Missov E, and Shumway SJ, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 5/1/2013
Who Truly Benefits From Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Call To Develop Predictive Models
Whitson BA, Tripathi RS, and Papadimos TJ, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 5/1/2013
Calcineurin Inhibitors and Clostridium Difficile Infection in Adult Lung Transplant Recipients: the Effect of Cyclosporine Versus Tacrolimus
Lee JT, Whitson BA, Kelly RF, D'Cunha J, Dunitz JM, Hertz MI, and Shumway SJ, Journal of Surgical Research, 4/2/2013
Thoracoscopic Thymectomy: Technical Pearls to a 21st Century Approach
Whitson BA, Andrade RS, Mitiek MO, D'Cunha J, and Maddaus MA, Journal of Thoracic Disease, 4/1/2013
The rise of Clostridium difficile infection in lung transplant recipients in the modern era
Lee JT, Hertz MI, Dunitz JM, Kelly RF, D'Cunha J, Whitson BA, Shumway SJ, Clinical Transplantation, 3/1/2013
Increasing Numbers of Rib Fractures Do Not Worsen Outcome: An Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
Whitson BA, McGonigal MD, Anderson CP, and Dries DJ, American Surgeon, 2/1/2013
Spata T, Bobek D, Whitson B, Parthasarathy S, Mohler P, Higgins R and Kilic A, BioMed Research International, 1/1/2013
Regional Organ Assessment and Repair Centers (ARC's)
Black SM and Whitson BA, Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 1/1/2013
Response to Letter to the Editor regarding "Dose pulmonary wedge resection always provide worse survival result than segmentectomy"
Whitson BA and D'Cunha J, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 8/1/2012
Lung Transplantation after Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation
Whitson BA, Shelstad RC, Kertz MI, Kelly RF, D'Cunha J, and Shumway SJ, Clinical Transplantation, 3/1/2012
Results of the 2010 Thoracic Surgery Residents Association Workforce Survey: A View from the Trenches
Sarkaria IS, Carr SR, MacIver RH, Whitson BA, Joyce DL, Stulak JM, Mery CM, Guitron J, Singh R, Mettler BA, and Turek JW, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 12/1/2011
Reply to Letter to the Editor
Groth SS, Whitson BA, Rueth NM, Maddaus MA, and Andrade RS, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 7/1/2011
Whitson BA, Heckmann R, Manivel C, Lassig AA, and D'Cunha J, Journal of Thoracic Disease, 3/1/2011
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion and Extracorporeal Life Support in Lung Transplantation
Whitson BA and D'Cunha J, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1/1/2011
The Thoracic Surgical Intensivist: The Best Critical Care Doctor for Our Thoracic Surgical Patients
Whitson BA and D'Cunha J, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1/1/2011
Determination of the Most Advantageous Number of Lymph Nodes to Examine to Optimize Survival in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: Data from the Surveillance Epidemi...
Groth SS, Whitson BA, Li Z, DeFor TE, Kratzke RA, and Maddaus MA, Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 3/1/2010
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Authored Content

Machine Perfusion and the Expanding Role of Ex Vivo Organ PerfusionJune 2021

Press Mentions

OSU Wexner Center Performs Life-Saving Double Lung Transplants for Coronavirus SurvivorsMarch 25th, 2021
Doctors Perform First Heart Transplant of Its Kind on Military Veteran: ‘It’s a Monumental Leap Forward’December 3rd, 2019
Lung and Heart Transplants from HCV-Infected Donors: Expert RoundtableJune 27th, 2019
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