Robert C. Robbins, M. D.

Clinical Focus

• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Chair,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Director,Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine (2005 - present)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

Current Research Interests

1. The investigation of the immunobiology and factors associated with the in vivo survival of mouse and human embryonic stems used for the treatment of congestive heart failure.
2. The study of genetic determinants of congestive heart failure.
3. Hemodynamic, MRI, Echocardiographic, and Molecular Imaging assessment of congestive heart failure and cell therapy in mice and rats.
4. The investigation of Apelin in congestive heart failure.
5. The study of the role of bcl-2 in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
6. The development of automated coronary anastomotic devices.
7. The assessment of tissue engineered blood vessels.

Clinical Trials

• Excel Clinical Trial Not yet recruiting
• To assess the safety and technical feasibility of treating subjects with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation using a hybrid approach of epicardial and endocardial ablation. No longer recruiting

Publications

• Haematopoietic stem cells adopt mature haematopoietic fates in ischaemic myocardium. Balsam LB, Wagers AJ, Christensen JL, Kofidis T, Weissman IL, Robbins RC. Nature. 2004; 428 (6983): 668-73
• Early Stem Cell Engraftment Predicts Late Cardiac Functional Recovery: Pre-Clinical Insights from Molecular Imaging. Liu J, Narsinh KH, Lan F, Wang L, Nguyen PK, Hu S, Lee A, Han L, Gong Y, Huang M, Nag D, Rosenberg J, Chouldechova A, Robbins RC, Wu JC. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012
• In vivo detection and treatment of ischemia-induced cardiac apoptosis using an MRI-detectable molecular probe and an alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist. Lam J, Toma I, Gong Y, Simpson PC, Robbins RC, Yang PC, Dash R. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012: 14 Suppl 1 P67
• In vivo functional and transcriptional profiling of bone marrow stem cells after transplantation into ischemic myocardium. Sheikh AY, Huber BC, Narsinh KH, Spin JM, van der Bogt K, de Almeida PE, Ransohoff KJ, Kraft DL, Fajardo G, Ardigo D, Ransohoff J, Bernstein D, Fischbein MP, Robbins RC, Wu JC. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012; 32 (1): 92-102
• Manganese-enhanced MRI detects live human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells in vivo after transplantation and restoration of myocardial function in a pig ischemia-reperfusion injury model. Dash R, Toma I, Ikeno F, Lyons JK, Heidary S, Parent MC, Wang IE, Ge X, Chung J, Lam J, Kim PJ, Nakagawa K, Lyalina S, Do G, Robbins RC, McConnell MV, Yeung A, Harnish P, Yang PC. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012: 14 Suppl 1 P62