Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Thoracic Surgery Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2016 - 2019
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009 - 2016
  • M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009
  • M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2008
  • B.A., University of Utah 2004
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2019 - 2020
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Blood Pressure Outcomes in Contemporary Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients (BP-LVAD) awarded by University of Rochester Medical Center 2022 - 2023
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Truby, Lauren K., Sarah Casalinova, Chetan B. Patel, Richa Agarwal, Christopher L. Holley, Robert J. Mentz, Carmelo Milano, Benjamin Bryner, Jacob N. Schroder, and Adam D. Devore. “Donation After Circulatory Death in Heart Transplantation: History, Outcomes, Clinical Challenges, and Opportunities to Expand the Donor Pool.” J Card Fail 28, no. 9 (September 2022): 1456–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.353.
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    • Eichenberger, Emily M., Amanda C. Coniglio, Carmelo Milano, Jacob Schroder, Benjamin S. Bryner, Philip J. Spencer, John C. Haney, et al. “Transplanting thoracic COVID-19 positive donors: An institutional protocol and report of the first 14 cases.” J Heart Lung Transplant, June 30, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2022.06.018.
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    • Saeed, Omar, Antone J. Tatooles, Muhammad Farooq, Gary Schwartz, Duc T. Pham, Asif K. Mustafa, David D’Alessandro, et al. “Characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective multicenter study.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 163, no. 6 (June 2022): 2107-2116.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.089.
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    • Jimenez Contreras, Fabian, Michelle Mendiola Pla, Jacob Schroder, Benjamin Bryner, Richa Agarwal, Stuart D. Russell, Jacqueline Mirza, Mani A. Daneshmand, and Carmelo Milano. “Progression of aortic valve insufficiency during centrifugal versus axial flow left ventricular assist device support.” Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 61, no. 5 (May 2, 2022): 1188–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac087.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Benjamin S. Bryner, Jacob N. Schroder, and Adam D. DeVore. “Donation after circulatory death heart transplantation in the United States: An early report of donor characteristics.” Jtcvs Tech 12 (April 2022): 104–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.12.014.
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    • Mendiola Pla, Michelle, Amy Evans, Franklin H. Lee, Yuting Chiang, Muath Bishawi, Andrew Vekstein, Lillian Kang, et al. “A Porcine Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Protocol for Delivery of Therapeutics to a Cardiac Allograft.” J Vis Exp, no. 180 (February 14, 2022). https://doi.org/10.3791/63114.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., Jacob N. Schroder, and Carmelo A. Milano. “Heart transplant advances: Ex vivo organ-preservation systems.” Jtcvs Open 8 (December 2021): 123–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2021.04.020.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Adam D. Devore, Chetan B. Patel, Benjamin S. Bryner, and Jacob N. Schroder. “EXPANDing the Donor Pool: Quantifying the Potential Impact of a Portable Organ-Care System for Expanded Criteria Heart Donation.” J Card Fail 27, no. 12 (December 2021): 1462–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.07.018.
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    • Coniglio, Amanda C., Benjamin S. Bryner, Adam D. Devore, and Chetan B. Patel. “Trends in cardiovascular medicine: Update on cardiac transplantation.” Trends Cardiovasc Med, November 29, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2021.11.005.
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    • Doberne, Julie W., Oliver K. Jawitz, Vignesh Raman, Benjamin S. Bryner, Jacob N. Schroder, and Carmelo A. Milano. “Heart Transplantation Survival Outcomes of HIV Positive and Negative Recipients.” Ann Thorac Surg 111, no. 5 (May 2021): 1465–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.120.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., and John C. Haney. “Commentary: A longer agonal period in lungs donated after circulatory determination of death is a gamble worth taking.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 161, no. 4 (April 2021): 1559–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.079.
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    • Bryner, B. S. “Commentary: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is associated with longstanding functional limitations.” Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.11.051.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Vignesh Raman, Benjamin S. Bryner, Jacob Klapper, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “Center volume and primary graft dysfunction in patients undergoing lung transplantation in the United States - a cohort study.” Transpl Int 34, no. 1 (January 2021): 194–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.13784.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Marat Fudim, Vignesh Raman, Benjamin S. Bryner, and Joseph G. Rogers. “Reply: Heart Transplant Allocation Under New Policy: Perceived Risk and Gaming the System.” Jacc Heart Fail 8, no. 11 (November 2020): 958–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.08.007.
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    • Seay, Theresa, Nicole Guinn, Yasmin Maisonave, Matt Fuller, Jessica Poisson, Angela Pollak, Ben Bryner, et al. “The Association of Increased FFP:RBC Transfusion Ratio to Primary Graft Dysfunction in Bleeding Lung Transplantation Patients.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 34, no. 11 (November 2020): 3024–32. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.05.043.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Marat Fudim, Vignesh Raman, and Benjamin S. Bryner. “Reply: Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Transplantation: Return of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.” Jacc Heart Fail 8, no. 9 (September 2020): 786–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.07.002.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Marat Fudim, Vignesh Raman, Benjamin S. Bryner, Adam D. DeVore, Robert J. Mentz, Carmelo Milano, Chetan B. Patel, Jacob N. Schroder, and Joseph G. Rogers. “Reassessing Recipient Mortality Under the New Heart Allocation System: An Updated UNOS Registry Analysis.” Jacc Heart Fail 8, no. 7 (July 2020): 548–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.03.010.
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    • Black-Maier, Eric, Jonathan P. Piccini, Muath Bishawi, Sean D. Pokorney, Benjamin Bryner, Jacob N. Schroder, Vance G. Fowler, et al. “Lead Extraction for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.” Jacc Clin Electrophysiol 6, no. 6 (June 2020): 672–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2020.02.006.
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    • Barac, Yaron D., Benjamin Bryner, Desiree Bonadonna, Cameron Wolfe, John Reynolds, John C. Haney, and Mani A. Daneshmand. “Bilateral pneumonectomy with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplant.” J Heart Lung Transplant 38, no. 11 (November 2019): 1231–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2019.08.011.
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    • Suresh, Visakha, Muath Bishawi, Benjamin Bryner, Michael Manning, Chetan Patel, Carmelo Milano, Jacob Schroder, and Courtney Sommer. “Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients Supported with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 29, no. 4 (April 2019): 441–44. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2018.0431.
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    • Trahanas, John M., Lucas J. Witer, Fares Alghanem, Benjamin S. Bryner, Amit Iyengar, Jacob R. Hirschl, Mark J. Hoenerhoff, et al. “Achieving 12 Hour Normothermic Ex Situ Heart Perfusion: An Experience of 40 Porcine Hearts.” Asaio J 62, no. 4 (July 2016): 470–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000382.
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    • Shah, Mansi, Michael R. Phillips, Benjamin Bryner, Ronald B. Hirschl, George B. Mychaliska, and Sean E. McLean. “Effect of Perflubron-induced lung growth on pulmonary vascular remodeling in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.” Pediatr Surg Int 32, no. 6 (June 2016): 583–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-016-3887-0.
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    • Ozer, Kagan, Alvaro Rojas-Pena, Christopher L. Mendias, Benjamin S. Bryner, Cory Toomasian, and Robert H. Bartlett. “The Effect of Ex Situ Perfusion in a Swine Limb Vascularized Composite Tissue Allograft on Survival up to 24 Hours.” J Hand Surg Am 41, no. 1 (January 2016): 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.11.003.
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    • Witer, Lucas J., Ryan A. Howard, John M. Trahanas, Benjamin S. Bryner, Fares Alghanem, Hayley R. Hoffman, Marie S. Cornell, Robert H. Bartlett, and Alvaro Rojas-Peña. “Large Animal Model of Pumpless Arteriovenous Extracorporeal CO₂ Removal Using Room Air via Subclavian Vessels.” Asaio J 62, no. 1 (January 2016): 110–13. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000291.
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    • Burney, Richard E., and Benjamin S. Bryner. “Safety and long-term outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck cancer.” Surg Endosc 29, no. 12 (December 2015): 3685–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-015-4126-9.
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    • Ozer, Kagan, Alvaro Rojas-Pena, Christopher L. Mendias, Benjamin Bryner, Cory Toomasian, and Robert H. Bartlett. “Ex Situ Limb Perfusion System to Extend Vascularized Composite Tissue Allograft Survival in Swine.” Transplantation 99, no. 10 (October 2015): 2095–2101. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000756.
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    • Alghanem, Fares, Ryan P. Davis, Benjamin S. Bryner, Hayley R. Hoffman, John Trahanas, Marie S. Cornell, Alvaro Rojas-Peña, Robert H. Bartlett, and Ronald B. Hirschl. “The Implantable Pediatric Artificial Lung: Interim Report on the Development of an End-Stage Lung Failure Model.” Asaio J 61, no. 4 (July 2015): 453–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000230.
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    • Demos, David S., Amit Iyengar, Benjamin S. Bryner, Brian W. Gray, Hayley R. Hoffman, Marie S. Cornell, John E. Wilkinson, et al. “Successful Porcine Renal Transplantation After 60 Minutes of Donor Warm Ischemia: Extracorporeal Perfusion and Thrombolytics.” Asaio J 61, no. 4 (July 2015): 474–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000228.
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    • Mychaliska, George, Benjamin Bryner, Ronald Dechert, Jeannie Kreutzman, Mike Becker, and Ronald Hirschl. “Safety and efficacy of perflubron-induced lung growth in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Results of a prospective randomized trial.” J Pediatr Surg 50, no. 7 (July 2015): 1083–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.03.004.
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    • Teman, Nicholas R., Jeffrey Thomas, Benjamin S. Bryner, Carl F. Haas, Jonathan W. Haft, Pauline K. Park, Mark J. Lowell, and Lena M. Napolitano. “Inhaled nitric oxide to improve oxygenation for safe critical care transport of adults with severe hypoxemia.” Am J Crit Care 24, no. 2 (March 2015): 110–17. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2015570.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin, Brian Gray, Elena Perkins, Ryan Davis, Hayley Hoffman, John Barks, Gabe Owens, et al. “An extracorporeal artificial placenta supports extremely premature lambs for 1 week.” J Pediatr Surg 50, no. 1 (January 2015): 44–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.10.028.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin, Elaine Cooley, William Copenhaver, Kristin Brierley, Nicholas Teman, Denise Landis, Peter Rycus, et al. “Two decades' experience with interfacility transport on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.” Ann Thorac Surg 98, no. 4 (October 2014): 1363–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.025.
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    • Teman, Nicholas R., David S. Demos, Benjamin S. Bryner, Bradley Faliks, Emilia M. Jahangir, Daniel E. Mazur, Alvaro Rojas-Pena, Robert H. Bartlett, and Jonathan W. Haft. “In vivo testing of a novel blood pump for short-term extracorporeal life support.” Ann Thorac Surg 98, no. 1 (July 2014): 97–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.027.
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    • Davis, Ryan P., Benjamin Bryner, and George B. Mychaliska. “A paradigm shift in the treatment of extreme prematurity: the artificial placenta.” Curr Opin Pediatr 26, no. 3 (June 2014): 370–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000000083.
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    • Wright, Tiffany, Amy Filbrun, Benjamin Bryner, and George Mychaliska. “Predictors of early lung function in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.” J Pediatr Surg 49, no. 6 (June 2014): 882–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.01.016.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., and George B. Mychaliska. “ECLS for preemies: the artificial placenta.” Semin Perinatol 38, no. 2 (March 2014): 122–29. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semperi.2013.11.007.
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    • Waits, Seth A., Bradley N. Reames, Robert W. Krell, Benjamin Bryner, Terry Shih, Andrea T. Obi, Peter K. Henke, Rebecca M. Minter, Michael J. Englesbe, and Sandra L. Wong. “Development of Team Action Projects in Surgery (TAPS): a multilevel team-based approach to teaching quality improvement.” J Surg Educ 71, no. 2 (March 2014): 166–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.01.015.
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    • Bryner, B., J. Miskulin, C. Smith, E. Cooley, R. Grams, R. Bartlett, G. Annich, and G. B. Mychaliska. “Extracorporeal life support for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe Legionella pneumonia.” Perfusion 29, no. 1 (January 2014): 39–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659113497229.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., Candice Smith, Elaine Cooley, Robert H. Bartlett, and George B. Mychaliska. “Extracorporeal life support for pancreatitis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome.” Ann Surg 256, no. 6 (December 2012): 1073–77. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e31825d33c1.
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    • Kim, Anne C., Benjamin S. Bryner, Begum Akay, James D. Geiger, Ronald B. Hirschl, and George B. Mychaliska. “Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates: lessons learned.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 19, no. 4 (August 2009): 575–80. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2009.0129.
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    • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group, George B., Benjamin S. Bryner, Brady T. West, Ronald B. Hirschl, Robert A. Drongowski, Kevin P. Lally, Pamela Lally, and George B. Mychaliska. “Congenital diaphragmatic hernia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: does timing of repair matter?” J Pediatr Surg 44, no. 6 (June 2009): 1165–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.022.
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    • Gonzalez, Raquel, Benjamin S. Bryner, Daniel H. Teitelbaum, Ronald B. Hirschl, Robert A. Drongowski, and George B. Mychaliska. “Chylothorax after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair.” J Pediatr Surg 44, no. 6 (June 2009): 1181–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.021.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., Anne C. Kim, Joseph S. Khouri, Robert A. Drongowski, Steven W. Bruch, Ronald B. Hirschl, and George B. Mychaliska. “Right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: high utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and high survival.” J Pediatr Surg 44, no. 5 (May 2009): 883–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.037.
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    • Mychaliska, George B., Benjamin S. Bryner, Clark Nugent, John Barks, Ronald B. Hirschl, Kimberly McCrudden, Mark Chames, Carlen Gomez-Fifer, Monica N. Servin, and S Devi Chiravuri. “Giant pulmonary sequestration: the rare case requiring the EXIT procedure with resection and ECMO.” Fetal Diagn Ther 25, no. 1 (2009): 163–66. https://doi.org/10.1159/000209202.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin S., Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, and Thomas R. Gest. “The impact of interactive, computerized educational modules on preclinical medical education.” Anat Sci Educ 1, no. 6 (November 2008): 247–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.55.
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    • Alghanem, Fares, Benjamin S. Bryner, Emilia M. Jahangir, Uditha P. Fernando, John M. Trahanas, Hayley R. Hoffman, Robert H. Bartlett, Alvaro Rojas-Peña, and Ronald B. Hirschl. “Pediatric Artificial Lung: A Low-Resistance Pumpless Artificial Lung Alleviates an Acute Lamb Model of Increased Right Ventricle Afterload.” Asaio J 63, no. 2 (n.d.): 223–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000481.
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    • Coughlin, Megan A., Nicole L. Werner, Joseph T. Church, Elena M. Perkins, Benjamin S. Bryner, John D. Barks, John K. Bentley, et al. “An Artificial Placenta Protects Against Lung Injury and Promotes Continued Lung Development in Extremely Premature Lambs.” Asaio J 65, no. 7 (n.d.): 690–97. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000939.
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    • El-Sabbagh, Ahmed M., Brian W. Gray, Andrew W. Shaffer, Benjamin S. Bryner, Joseph T. Church, Jennifer S. McLeod, Sara Zakem, et al. “Cerebral Oxygenation of Premature Lambs Supported by an Artificial Placenta.” Asaio J 64, no. 4 (n.d.): 552–56. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000676.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Choi, A. Y., V. Raman, O. K. Jawitz, S. E. Halpern, B. S. Bryner, L. D. Snyder, and M. G. Hartwig. “Five Year Follow-Up of Staged Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-Risk Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Matched Case-Control Study.” In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 39:S380–81, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.486.
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    • Pollak, A. L., J. Poisson, M. Cooter, Y. D. Barac, B. Bryner, J. Haney, M. G. Hartwig, et al. “Effects of a Goal Directed Transfusion Protocol on Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation.” In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 39:S330, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.349.
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    • Choi, Ashley Y., Zachary Brown, Yuting Chiang, Michael S. Mulvihill, Benjamin Bryner, Jacob N. Schroder, Joseph G. Rogers, Carmelo A. Milano, and Muath Bishawi. “Stroke Following Current Generation Ventricular Assist Devices: A Systematic Review of Incidence and Outcomes.” In Circulation, Vol. 140, 2019.
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    • Teman, N. R., D. S. Demos, B. S. Bryner, B. Faliks, E. M. Fracz, D. E. Mazur, A. Rojas-Pena, R. H. Bartlett, and J. W. Haft. “In Vivo Testing of a Novel Blood Pump for Short-Term Extracorporeal Life Support.” In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 32:S148–49. Elsevier BV, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2013.01.337.
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    • Bryner, Benjamin, Alvaro Rojas-Pena, Yao Nie, Cory Toomasian, Robert Bartlett, Martin Bocks, and Gabe Owens. “Prolonged Ex-Situ perfusion: Twelve hours of heart perfusion.” In Transplantation, 96:S260–61, 2013.
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    • Rojas-Pena, Alvaro, Benjamin Bryner, Yao Nie, Cory Toomasian, Jeffrey Punch, Robert Bartlett, and Kagan Ozer. “Ex-Situ Limb Perfusion System: 24hr preservation of limbs.” In Transplantation, 96:S261–62, 2013.
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    • Teman, Nicholas, Jeffrey Thomas, Benjamin Bryner, Carl Haas, Lena Napolitano, Jonathan Haft, Mark Lowell, and Pauline Park. “NITRIC OXIDE IMPROVES OXYGENATION AND CAN BE USED TO SAFELY TRANSPORT CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HYPOXEMIA.” In Critical Care Medicine, 40:U119–20, 2012.
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