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Gilbert R. Upchurch, M.D.
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Leland and Ira Doan Research Professor of Vascular Surgery

Practicing at:
5463 Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 SPC 5867
Fax: (734) 647-9867

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Knipp BS, Peterson DA, Rajagopalan S, Kehrer CW, Ford JW, Eagleton MJ, Wakefield TW, Henke PK, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Impaired vasoreactivity despite an increase in plasma nitrite in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 35:363-7, 2002.
  2. Dimick JB, Stanley JC, Axelrod DA, Kazmers A, Henke PK, Jacobs LA, Wakefield TW, Greenfield LJ, Upchurch GR, Jr. Variation in mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States: Impact of hospital volume, gender, and age. Ann Surg 235:579-85, 2002.
  3. Eagleton MJ, Peterson DA, Sullivan VV, Roelofs K, Ford JW, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Nitric oxide inhibition increases aortic wall matrix metalloproteinase-9. J Surg Res 104:15-21, 2002.
  4. Axelrod D, Lopez N, Diwan A, Wakefield T, Stanley J, Henke P, Jacobs L, Greenfield L, Upchurch GR, Jr. Cost of routine screening for carotid and lower extremity occlusive disease in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 35:754-8, 2002.
  5. Upchurch GR, Jr., Henke PK, Eagleton MJ, Grigoryants V, Sullivan VV, Wakefield TW, Jacobs LA, Greenfield LJ, Stanley JC. Pediatric splanchnic arterial occlusive disease: Clinical relevance and operative treatment. J Vasc Surg 35:860-7, 2002.
  6. Axelrod DA, Upchurch GR, Jr., DeMonner S, Stanley JC, Khuri S, Daley J, Henderson WG, Hayward R. Perioperative cardiovascular risk stratification of diabetic patients undergoing elective major vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg 35:894-901, 2002.
  7. Henke PK, Proctor MC, Zajkowski PJ, Bedi A, Upchurch GR, Jr., Wakefield TW, Jacobs LA, Greenfield LJ, Stanley JC. Tissue loss, early primary graft occlusion, female gender and a prohibitive failure rate of secondary infrainguinal arterial reconstructions. J Vasc Surg 35:902-9, 2002.
  8. Dimick JB, Pronovost PJ, Cowan JA, Ailawadi G, Upchurch GR Jr. The volume-outcome effect for abdominal aortic surgery: differences in case-mix or complications? Arch Surg 137:828-32, 2002.
  9. Upchurch GR, Jr., Eagleton MJ. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms. ACC Curr J Review 11:94-6, 2002.
  10. Baxter BT, Pearce WH, Waltke EA, Littooy FN, Hallett JW, JR., Kent KC, Upchurch GR, Jr., Chaikof EL, Mills JL, Fleckten B, Longo GM, Lee JK, Thompson RW. Prolonged administration of doxycycline in patients with small asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms: report of a prospective (Phase II) multicenter trial. J Vasc Surg 36:1-12, 2002.
  11. Anand RJ, Proctor MC, Eagleton MJ, Henke PK, Wakefield TW, Jacobs LA, Williams DM, Deeb GM, Greenfield LJ, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Operative mortality for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is not increased by the presence of a previous or concurrent thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic dissection. J Vasc Surg 36:690-5, 2002.
  12. Eagleton MJ, Grigoryants V, Peterson DA, Williams DM, Henke PK, Wakefield TW, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with a low incidence of deep venous thrombosis. J Vasc Surg 36:912-6, 2002.
  13. Ailawadi G, Stanley JC, Rajagopalan S, Upchurch GR, Jr. Carotid stenosis: Medical and surgical aspects. Cardiol Clin 20:599-609, 2002.
  14. Cowan JA, Jr., Dimick JB, Thompson BG, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Surgeon volume as an indicator of outcomes following carotid endarterectomy: An effect independent of specialty practice and hospital volume. JACS 195: 814-21, 2002.
  15. Upchurch GR, Jr., Fahy L, Belkin M. Entrapment of the limb of an endovascular graft: a peril of saccular aneurysms. Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy 2003; 15; 155-59.
  16. Cowan JA, Jr., Dimick JB, Leveque JC, Thompson BG, Upchurch GR, Jr., Hoff JT. The impact of provider volume on mortality after intracranial tumor resection. Neurosurgery 2003; 52:48-54.
  17. Ailawadi G, Stanley JC, Williams DM, Dimick JB, Henke PK, Upchurch GR, Jr. Gadolinium as a non-nephrotoxic contrast agent for catheter-based arteriographic evaluation of renal arteries in azotemic patients. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37:346-52.
  18. Dimick JB, Cowan JA, Jr., Knol JA, Upchurch GR, Jr. Hepatic resection in the United States: Indications, outcomes, and hospital -procedural volumes from a nationally representative database. Arch Surg 2003; 185-91.
  19. Ailawadi G, Bedi A, Williams DM, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms in renal transplant patients. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37: 693-6.
  20. Upchurch GR, Jr., Proctor MC, Henke PK, Zajkowski P, Riles EM, Ascher MS, Eagleton MJ, Stanley JC. Predictors of severe morbidity and death after elective abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37: 594-95.
  21. Ailawadi G, Knipp BS, Lu G, Roelofs KJ, Ford JW, Hannawa KK,Bishop K, Henke PK, Thanaporn P, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. A nonintrinsic regional basis for increased infrarenal aortic MMP-9 expression and activity. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37: 1059-66.
  22. Dimick JB, Cowan JA, Jr., Henke PK, Wainess RM, Posner S, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Hospital volume-related differences in aortobifemoral bypass operative mortality in the United States. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37: 970-5.
  23. Lin J, Proctor MC, Varma M, Greenfield LJ, Upchurch GR Jr., Henke, PK. Factors associated with recurrent thromboembolic events in patients with malignant disease. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37: 976-83.
  24. Cowan JA, Jr., Dimick JB, Henke PK, Huber TS, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Surgical treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States: Hospital and surgeon volume-related outcomes. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37:1169-74.
  25. Colonnello JS, Hance KA, Shames ML, Wyble CW, Ziporin SJ, Leidenfrost JE, Ennis TL, Upchurch GR, Jr., Thompson RW. Transient exposure to elastase induces mouse aortic wall smooth muscle cell production of MCP-1 and RANTES during development of experimental aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38: 138-46.
  26. Henke PK, Sukheepod P, Proctor MC, Upchurch GR Jr., Stanley JC. Clinical relevance of peripheral vascular occlusive disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38: 111-5.
  27. Knipp BS, Ailawadi G, Sullivan VV, Roelofs KJ, Henke PK, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR, Jr. Ultrasound measurement of aortic diameters in rodent models of aneurysm disease. J Surg Res 2003; 112: 97-101.
  28. Cowan JA, Dimick JB, Wainess RM, Henke PK, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm treatment in the United States: 1988 to 1998. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38: 319-22.
  29. Dimick JB, Upchurch GR Jr., The quality of care for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Cardiovascular Surgery 2003; 11: 331-36.
  30. Ailawadi G, Eliason JK, Upchurch GR Jr., Current concepts in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38: 584-88.
  31. Boxer LK, Dimick JB, Wainess RM, Cowan JA, Henke PK, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Payer status-elated differences in access and outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States. Surgery 2003; 134: 142-5.
  32. Dimick JB, Cowan JA, Jr., Upchurch GR Jr., Colletti LM. Hospital volume and surgical outcomes for elderly patients with colorectal cancer in the United States. J Surg Res 2003; 114: 50-6.
  33. Eliason JL, Wainess RS, Proctor MC, Dimick JB, Cowan JA, Jr., Upchurch GR Jr., Stanley JC, Henke, PK. A national and individual institutional experience in the contemporary treatment of acute embolic limb ischemia. Ann Surg 2003; 238: 382-90.
  34. Lee JJ, Dimick JB, Williams DM, Henke PK, Deeb GM, Eagle KA, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Existence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with thoracic aortic dissections. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38:671-5.
  35. Dimick JB, Cowan JA, Stanley JC, Henke PK, Pronovost PJ, Upchurch GR Jr., Surgeon specialty and provider volumes are related to outcomes of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38:739-44.
  36. Wainess RM, Dimick JB, Upchurch GR Jr., Cowan JA, Mulholland MW. Epidemiology of surgically treated gastric cancer in the United States, 1988-2000. J Gastrointest Surg 2003;7:879-883.
  37. Varma M, Varga AJ, Knipp BS, Sukheepod P, Upchurch GR Jr., Kunkel SL, Wakefield TW, Henke PK. Neutropenia impairs venous thrombosis in the rat. J Vasc Surg 2003; 38: 1090-8.
  38. Dimick JB, Pronovost PJ, Cowan, Jr. JA, Lipsett PA, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Variation in postoperative complication rates after high-risk surgery in the United States. Surgery 2003; 134: 534-41.
  39. Dimick JB, Cowan Jr. JA, Ailawadi G, Wainess RM, Upchurch GR Jr., National variation in operative mortality rates for esophageal resection and the need for quality improvement. Arch Surg 2003; 138:1305-9.
  40. Saunders BD, Wainess RW, Dimick JB, Doherty GM, Upchurch GR Jr., Gauger PG. Who performs endocrine surgery? Surgery 2003;134: 924-31.
  41. Cowan JA, Jr., Dimick JB, Wainess RW, Upchurch GR Jr., Thompson BG. Outcomes following cerebral artery aneurysm clipping in the United States: The need for evidence-based hospital referral. J Neurosurg 2003;99: 947-52.
  42. Knipp BS, Ailawadi G, Ford JW, Peterson DA, Eagleton MJ, Roelofs KJ, Hannawa KK, Deogracias MP, Ji B, Logsdon C, Graziano KD, Simeone DM, Thompson RW, Henke PK, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Increased MMP-9 expression and activity by aortic smooth muscle cells after nitric oxide synthase inhibition is associated with increased NF-B and AP-1. J Surg Res 2004; 116: 70-80.
  43. Axelrod DA, Stanley JC, Upchurch GR Jr., Khuri S, Daley J, Henderson W, Henke PK. Risk of stroke following non-carotid vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg 2004; 39: 67-72.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. Stanley JC and Upchurch GR Jr., Renal artery occlusive disease. In: Greenfield LJ (ed.), Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice (3rd Edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; pp.1708-24, 2002.
  2. Stanley JC and Upchurch GR Jr., Renovascular occlusive disease. In: Cronenwett JL and Rutherford RB (eds.), Decision Making in Vascular Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; pp.242-9, 2002.
  3. Ailawadi G, Stanley JC, Rajagopalan S, Upchurch GR Jr., Carotid stenosis: Medical and surgical aspects. In: Rajagopalan S, Stanley JC, Olin JO, (eds.), Cardiology Clinics. Peripheral Vascular Disease. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company; pp 599-609, 2002.
  4. Rajagopalan S, Upchurch GR Jr., Williams DW, Deeb MG. Non-dissecting thoracic aneurysms. In: Eagle KA, Baliga RR (eds.), Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; pp.441-458, 2003.
  5. Upchurch GR Jr., Wakefield TW, Williams DW, Stanley JC. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. In: Eagle KA, Baliga RR (eds.), Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; pp.427-440, 2003.
  6. Hickenbottom S, Upchurch GR Jr., Stanley JC. Cerebrovascular Disease. In: Eagle KA, Baliga RR (eds.), Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; pp.468-481, 2003.
  7. 8. Henke PK, Rajagopolan S, Upchurch GR Jr., Lower extremity ischemia. In: Eagle KA, Baliga RR (eds.), Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; pp.493-509, 2003.
  8. 9. Schaub TA, Upchurch GR Jr., Pulsatile Abdominal Mass. In: Wilmore DW (ed.), ACS Surgery. New York, Web MD Inc., pp. 1-16, September, 2003.

ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS:

  1. Ailawadi G, Upchurch GR Jr., The pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms. On: Vascular Web (http://vascularweb.org/), 2002.
  2. Schaub TA, Upchurch GR Jr., Pulsatile abdominal mass. Medscape from WebMD, What’s New in ACS Surgery (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461018), 2003.