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Michael Jessen, MD
Endowed Title: Frank M. Ryburn Jr. Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-645-7700
Office Fax: 214-645-7701
michael.jessen@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Michael E. Jessen, M.D. was born and raised in Canada. After graduating from the University of Manitoba School of Medicine in Winnipeg, Canada, he began residency training in General Surgery at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, completing this program in 1986. He then spent two years in the Surgical Research Laboratory of Dr. Andrew Wechsler at Duke University studying myocardial metabolism and the biochemistry of myocardial protection. He was awarded a research fellowship from the Canadian Heart Foundation during this time. In 1988 he was invited to join the Residency Program in Thoracic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center and trained there under the direction of Dr. David C. Sabiston, Jr., completing his residency in 1990. He then joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he remains today as Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He is the holder of The Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Jessen directs an active basic research laboratory that has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the Texas Advanced Technology Program. His research examines myocardial metabolism, the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and and a novel technique for long-term cardiac preservation for transplantation. This work has yielded a broad array of publications in the literature. In 1994 he received the Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award of the Texas Affiliate of the American Heart Association. Dr. Jessen is the Director of the Residency Program in Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern and teaches in the Biomedical Engineering Program at Southwestern Graduate School. He has an active clinical practice that focuses on cardiac surgery, surgical electrophysiology, aortic surgery, and cardiac transplantation.
Education
| Residency | Duke University Hospital (1990) |
| Fellowship | Duke University Hospital (1988) |
| Residency | University of Manitoba (1986) |
| Internship | University of Manitoba (1982) |
| Medical School | University of Manitoba (1981) |
Research Interests
Publications
Jessen ME, Kovarik TE, Jeffrey FM, Sherry AD, Storey CJ, Chao RY, Ring WS, Malloy CR , J Clinical Invest , Spring 1993; (92):831-839
Meyer DM, Edwards LB, Torres F, Jessen ME, Novik RJ , Ann Thorac Surg , 2005; (79):950-0
Peltz M, He TT, Adams GA, Chao RY, Jessen ME , Surgery , 2004; (136):150-159
Greilich PE, Brouse CF, Whitten CW, Chi L, DiMaio JM, Jessen ME , J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg , 2003; (126):1498-1503
Meyer DM, Jessen ME , , 2001;
Rosenbaum DH, Peltz M, DiMaio JM, Meyer DM, Wait MA, Merritt ME, Brown R, Chao RY, Ring WS, Jessen ME , Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation , 2008; (Volume 27):93-99
Rosenbaum, DH, Peltz, M, Merritt, ME, Thatcher, JE, Sasaki, H, Jessen, ME , J Surg Research , 2007; (140):243-249
Peltz M, Douglass D, Meyer DM, Wait MA, DiMaio JM, Ring WS, Jessen ME , Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg , 2006; (5):560-565
Peltz M He TT, Adams GA, Chao RY, Jessen ME, Meyer DM , J Heart Lung Transplantation , 2005; (24):896-903
Peltz M, He TT, Adams GA, Koshy S, Burgess SC, Chao RY, Meyer DM, Jessen ME , Surgery , 2005; (138):795-805
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Honors/Awards
American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate (1994)
University of Manitoba (1985)
University of Manitoba (1984)
University of Manitoba (1977)
University of Manitoba (1976)