Gabriel Loor

Gabriel Loor, M.D., FACC, FCCP

Professor of Surgery

(832) 355-3000

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Email

gabriel.loor@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor of Surgery: Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support
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George P. Noon, M.D. Endowed Chair in Surgery: ��Ƶ of Medicine

Co-Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery: Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program: Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Addresses

The Texas Heart Institute at ��Ƶ of Medicine (Clinic): 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: ��Ƶ 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 is a tenured professor in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery and surgical director for Lung Transplantation at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (BSLMC). He is credited with the first “breathing lung transplantation” in the Midwest performed in 2014 and in Texas in 2018. Dr. Loor was the first surgeon in the US to utilize portable ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) for a donation after cardiac death (DCD) lung transplantation in 2015. This set a new paradigm for the conduct of DCD lung and heart transplants. As PI of the EXPAND Lung trial, he provided critical leadership that led to FDA approval of the OCS EVLP device in the US. In his five-year tenure at Baylor, he has grown our lung transplant program to a total annual case volume of 73 cases over the past year – the highest ever for Baylor or BSLMC and currently the largest volume lung transplant program at the Texas Medical Center. Amongst his many other accomplishments, he is the founding chair of the International Multicenter Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) in Lung Transplantation Registry – a key resource in the lung transplant community. Dr Loor is Vice Chair of the American College of Chest Physicians section of Transplantation. He is also the PI and first implanter in Texas of the Abiomed Breethe compact ECMO unit for portable cardiopulmonary support.

Dr. Loor received his training in cardiac surgery and transplantation at Cleveland Clinic where he received the Dr. Charles H. Bryan Annual Clinical Excellence Award in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He received his general surgery training at the University of Chicago and his medical degree from Northwestern University. He was recruited to ��Ƶ of Medicine from the University of Minnesota, where he was director for Lung Transplant Surgery. Amongst many awards and recognitions, he was Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude at the University of Miami, recipient of innumerable other grant and awards and co-author of over 100 peer reviewed publications, book chapters and invited commentaries and reviews. He was the principal editor of Lung Transplantation and Interstitial Lung Diseases in Sugarbaker's Adult Chest Surgery. He has performed or participated in over 500 lung transplants in his career. He is active in our adult cardiac surgery, the left ventricular support and heart transplant programs. He is an active researcher with several grants dedicated to the study of lung transplant and heart failure outcomes. He is a member of several professional societies including the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Task force on Heart and Lung Failure, Southern Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is active on the board of several organizations including Nora’s Home, the principal affordable housing solution for transplant patients in the Texas Medical Center. He is a recipient of the ��Ƶ of Medicine STAR Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care.

Websites

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Lung Transplant Program

Confirmed: Portable Lung Preservation System for Extended Criteria Donor Lungs is safe and effective

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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. ;
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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

EVLP Research: JLH Foundation; Outcomes of transplanted donor lungs transported, preserved, optimized and monitored on ex vivo perfusion systems

Languages

Spanish

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