Dan Meyer, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Distinguished Chair in Thoracic Surgery
Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-7700
Office Fax: 214-645-7701

danm.meyer@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1991)
ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1988)
Medical SchoolUCLA Medical Center (1983)

Research Interests

Cardiovascular/Shock Laboratory
Lung Transplant
Ventricular Assist Devices

Publications

Featured
Cardiac and pulmonary organ procurement

Meyer DM , Selected Readings in General Surgery , July 1993; (20/7)

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Extracorporeal Life Support

Meyer DM and Jessen ME , , 2001;

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Preoperative assessment of patients for minimal access cardiothoracic surgery

Meyer DM , Minimal Access Cardiothoracic Surery , 1999;

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Surgical technique - Thoracic organ recovery

Wait MA, Meyer DM, Jessen ME, Ring WSR , , 1999;

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Esophageal Trauma

Meyer DM , Digestive Tract Surgery: A Text and Atlas , 1996;

Health insurance and cardiac transplantation: A call for reform

King LP, Siminoff LA, Meyer DM, Yancy CW, Mayo T, Drazner MH , JACC , 2005; (Accepted for Publication)

Palmar skin blood flow and temperature responses throughout endoscopic sympathectomy surgery

Crandall CG, Meyer DM, Davis SL, Dellaria SM , Journal of Analgesic Anesthetics , 2005; (100):277-283

Impact of recipient age and procedure type on survival following lung transplantation for interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

Meyer DM, Bennett LE, Torres F, Jessen ME, Novick RJ , Annals of Thoracic Surgery , 2005; (79):950-958

Pyruvate-modified Perfadex improves lung function after long-term hypothermic storage

Peltz M, He TT, Adams GA, Chao RY, Jessen ME, Meyer DM , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation , 2005; (J Heart Lung Transplantat):896-903

Lung preservation solution substrate composition affects rat lung oxidative metabolism during hypothermic storage.

Peltz M. Hamilton TT, He TT, Adams GA, Koshy S, Burgess SC, Chao RY, Jessen ME, Meyer DM. , Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology , 2005; (148):275-283

Honors/Awards

Alan K. Pierce Research Award

Metabolic Interventions for Preserving the Transplanted Lung (American Lung Association of Texas) (1998)

NASA Group Achievement Award

Spacelab Life Sciences-2 Payload Project Team (1994)

Parkland Surgical Society Clinical Research Award

Parkland Hospital (1989)

Teaching Award

UTSouthwestern (1989)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association of Thoracic Surgery

American College of Surgeons

American Heart Association

American Lung Association of Texas

Society of Thoracic Surgeons