W Steves Ring, MD

Professor
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

steve.ring@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Biography

Dr. Ring earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1971 and received his surgical training at Duke Uniersity Medical Center and the University of Minnesota. He completed a surgical research fellowship and his cardiovascular and thoracic surgery residency also at the University of Minnesota. He came to UTSW in 1987 as chair of the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, to direct the thoracic and cardiovascular surgery residency program, and to develop the UTSW Heart Transplant PRograms at St. Paul and Children’s Medical Center. The program was later expanded to include lung transplantation at St. Paul. Dr. Ring’s primary interests include heart and lung transplantaiton, congenital heart surgery, valve repair, and high-risk coronary revascularization.

Education

FellowshipUniversity of Minnesota Hosp & Clin (1982)
ResidencyUniversity of Minnesota Hosp & Clin (1980)
FellowshipUniversity of Minnesota Hosp & Clin (1979)
FellowshipDuke University Hospital (1977)
ResidencyDuke University Hospital (1976)
ResidencyDuke University Hospital (1973)
InternshipDuke University Hospital (1972)
Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School (1971)

Publications

Featured
Thoracic organ transplantation in the United States, 1944-2003

Barr ML, Bourge RC, Orens JB, Ring WS, et al , Am J Transplantation , 2005; (5 (4 pt 2)):934-949

Featured
Health insurance and cardiac transplantation: a call for reform

King LP, Siminoff, LA, Meyer DM, Ring, WS, et al , J Am Coll Cardiol , 2005; (45 (9)):1388-1391

Featured
Induction therapy with basiliximab allows delayed initiation of cyclosporine and preserves renal function after cardiac transplantation

Rosenberg PB, Vriesendorp AE, Drazner MH, Ring WS, et al. , J Heart Lung Transplant , 2005; (24 (9)):1327-1331

Featured
Consensus conference report: maximizing use of organs recovered from the cadaver donor: cardiac recommendations

Zaroff JG, Rosengard BF, Armstrong WF, Ring WS, et al , Circulation , 2002; (106(7)):836-841

Featured
Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project: aortic aneurysm, sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, and aortic dissection

Ring, WS , Ann Thoracic Surg , 2000; (69 (4 suppl)):S147-S163

Antibodies against human donor leukocyte antigens and the outcome of cardiac allografts in adults and children.

Stastny P, Lavigia B, Fixler DE, Yancy Jr CW, Ring WS , Transplantation , 2007; (84(6)):in press

Cavopulmonary Shunts and Hemi-Fontan Operation

Ring, WS , Chapter in: Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2nd Ed , 2006; (Lippincott):916-924

Pediatric Transplant Study Group (PHTS): Hyperlipidemia in children after heart transplantation.

Singh TP, Naftel DC, Webber S, Dupuis J, Chin C, Spicer R, Schowengerdt, Jr. KO, Ring WS, Morrow WR. , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation , 2006; (25(10)):1199-1205

Effects of early steroid withdrawal after heart transplantation.

Rosenbaum DH, Adams BC, Mitchell JD, Jessen ME, Paul MC, Kaiser PA, Pappas PA, Meyer DM, Wait MA, Drazner MH, Yancy Jr. CW, Ring WS, DiMaio JM. , Ann Thorc Surg , 2006; (82(2)):637-44

Graft-vs-host disease as a complication of lung transplantation

Smith DM, Agura ED, Ausloos KA, Ring WS, Domiati-Saad R, Klintmalm GB , J Heart and Lung Transplantation , 2006; (25(9)):1175-1177

Honors/Awards

UT Southwestern President’s Lecture Series Presenter

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2007)

Kent Trinkle Education Lectureship

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (2002)

Gladys Faschena Award in Pediatric Cardiology

American Heart Association, Dallas Affiliate (1990)

William D. Seybold Lectureship in Surgery

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1988)

NIH National Research Service Award

National Institute of Health (1978)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery