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Office
6770 Bertner Ave
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-355-3000
Summary
- Dr. Gabriel Loor specializes in the clinical evaluation and surgical management of patients with advanced cardiothoracic disease including coronary artery, aortic and valvular heart disease. Dr. Loor has a special interest in advanced heart and lung failure and is the surgical director of the Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center Lung Transplantation program.
Dr. Loor received his cardiac surgical and transplant training at the Cleveland Clinic. He spent several years at the University of Minnesota as assistant professor in cardiac surgery and director of the lung transplant program. There he significantly increased the volume and quality of lung transplantation through donor utilization, reduction of patient wait list times and adoption of various innovations. In addition, he was responsible for several quality improvement initiatives including building the aortic and adult congenital surgery practice.
His research interests include improved donor utilization and maximizing recipient outcomes. He is the national principal investigator on several trials using ex vivo lung perfusion platforms to increase donor yield and quality. He is credited with the first “breathing lung transplantation” in the Midwest performed in 2014 and the first in Texas in 2017. In addition, he performed the first DCD lung transplant using the Organ Care System in the US in 2015. His translational lab focuses on the use of this technology to improve the quality and quantity of potential lung transplants. Dr. Loor has published several key papers on prolonged preservation of donor organs with an emphasis on reducing ischemic injury and the inflammatory response. He has also published several articles on blood conservation, safety checklists and surgical outcomes after adult cardiac surgery.
Education & Training
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2010 - 2013
- University of ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
- Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2003
- University of MiamiBS, Biochemistry , Magna Cum Laude, 1994 - 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- MN State Medical License 2013 - 2020
- IL State Medical License 2003 - 2014
- OH State Medical License 2010 - 2013
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- George P. Noon, MD Endowed Chair in Surgery Baylor College of Medicine, 2022
- Houstonian Magazine Top Doctor Award Houstonian Magazine, 2021-2022
- Star Award for Excellence in Patient Care Baylor College of Medicine, 2021
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Clinical Trials
- International Randomized Study of the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS Lung) for Lung Preservation and Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 01
- International EXPAND Lung Pivotal Trial Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
- OCS™ Lung TOP Registry For Donor Lungs for Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 10
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 20 citationsBridging to Lung Transplantation.Aladdein Mattar, Subhasis Chatterjee, Gabriel Loor
Critical Care Clinics. 2019-01-01 - 6 citationsProlonged extracorporeal preservation and evaluation of human lungs with portable normothermic ex vivo perfusionJohn R. Spratt, Lars M. Mattison, Natalie K. Kerns, Stephen J. Huddleston, Linette Meyer
Clinical Transplantation. 2020-03-01 - 23 citationsParavertebral Catheter Use for Postoperative Pain Control in Patients After Lung Transplant Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study.Jacob L Hutchins, Ioanna Apostolidou, Sara J. Shumway, Rosemary F. Kelly, Qi Wang
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2017-02-01
Journal Articles
- Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting ListGabriel Loor, Andrew Civitello, Faisal H Cheema, JAMA Cardiology
- Preoperative 3D computed tomography provides virtual planning for minimally invasive aortic valve surgeryLoor G, Desai MY, and Roselli E, JACC Imaging, 1/1/2013
- Less Case Series Using the ROTAFLOW system as a temporary right ventricular assist device after HeartMate II implantationLoor G, Khani-Hanjani, Abbas; Chamogeorgakis, Themistokles; Shafii, Alexis; Mountis, Maria; Hanna, Mazen; Soltesz, Edward; Gonzalez-Stawinski, Gonzalo V, ASAIO Journal, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- OCS Pathway.Mudy K, Loor G, Hertz M, Patil J, Frankle G, Shumway S, Kelly R, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/1/2014
- Single institution analysis of the impact of virtual cross matching on lung graft survival and resource utilization. (Oral presentation)Holley C, Loor G, Radosevich D, Witt J, Hertz M, Kelly R, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/1/2014
- Distal aortic interventions after repair of ascending dissection: should we be more aggressive at initial operation? (Oral presentation-plenary session)Loor G, He J, Rafael A, Rajeswaran J, Houghtaling P, Svensson L, Lytle B, Blackstone E, Roselli E, AATS Aortic Symposium, New York, 4/1/2014
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Lectures
- Surgical Treatment Options for Atrial Fibrillation.Minneapolis, MN - 5/17/2014
- Aortic dissection: Current and evolving therapies.University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - 5/1/2014
- Heart/lung preconditioning for transplant. (Invited speaker)University of Minnesota - 1/1/2014
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Other
- Ministernotomy for hemiarch replacement and repair of bicuspid aortic valve.Loor G and Roselli E, CTSnet video
1/1/2013 - Cleveland Clinic, cardiac surgery technical manual.Loor G, Cleveland Clinic intranet
1/1/2012 - Cleveland Clinic cardiothoracic surgery residency orientation manual.Loor G, Cleveland Clinic intranet
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Authored Content
- Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting ListAugust 2020
- Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting ListAugust 2020
Press Mentions
- The Texas Heart Institute Makes a Strong Showing at ISHLT 2023May 9th, 2023
- Mode of Intraoperative Support Impacts Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung TransplantMarch 1st, 2022
- Organ Transplant Surgeries Have Given Doctors New Challenges Amid PandemicMay 3rd, 2021
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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