Edward Greeno, M.D.

Dr. Greeno is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Hematology/Oncology Clinic at the University of Minnesota. He is also the education director for the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, and a course director for the second year hematology course at the Medical School.

Dr. Greeno received his M.D. in 1986 from Case Western Reserve University. He received internal medicine residency training and hematology subspecialty training at the University of Minnesota. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. He served as director of Hematology/Oncology at Hennepin County Medical Center prior to recruitment at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Greeno's clinical interest is focused on the management of gastrointestinal malignancies, but includes a broad range of hematologic and malignant diseases. His research interests focus on clinical therapy of gastrointestinal malignancies.

Selected Publications

Greeno EW, Vercellotti GM, Mantyh PW et al . Functional neurokinin 1 receptors for substance P are expressed by human vascular endothelium. J Exper Med 1993; 177: 1269-1276.

Greeno EW, Haake RW, McGlave PM et al . Lupus inhibitors following bone marrow transplant. Bone Marrow Transplantation 1995; 15: 287-291.

Greeno EW, Ilstrup S, Perry EE et al . Exchange transfusion the hard way: total red cell hemolysis following ABO-minor incompatible bone marrow transplant. Transfusion 1996; 36: 71-74.

Greeno EW, Bach RR, Moldow CF. Apoptosis is associated with increased cell surface tissue factor procoagulant activity. Laboratory Invest 1996; 75: 281-289.

Greeno EW.  Clinical problem-solving -- where did good old clinical diagnosis go?  N Engl J Med 1997; 337:940-941.

Modi KS, Dahl DC, Berkseth RO, Schut R, Greeno E.  Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis presenting with acute renal failure and mimicking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.  A case report and review.  Am J Nephrol 1999; 19:677-681.

Greeno EW.  Commentary on 'New adjuvant therapy for colon cancer' by Galanis et al.  Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2000; 9:825-826.

Ashrani AA, Reding MT, Greeno EW, Shet A, Key NS.  Thrombotic stroke associated with the use of porcine factor VIII in a patient with acquired haemophilia.  Haemophilia 2002; 8:56-58.

Kosari K, Gomes M, Hunter D, Hess DJ, Greeno E, Sielaff TD.  Local, intrahepatic, and systemic recurrence patterns after radiofrequency ablation of hepatic malignancies.  J Gastrointest Surg 2002; 6:255-263.

Bloom SH, Coad JE, Greeno EW, Ashrani AA, Hammerschmidt DE.  Cholecystitis as the presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia: report of a case.  Am J Hematol 2002; 70:254-256.

Kapoor BS, Hunter DW, Greeno E, Pambuccian S, Sielaff T.  Hepatic encephalopathy secondary to transtumoral portal-hepatic venous shunting.  Hepatogastroenterology 2003; 50:4-7.

Haddad TC, Greeno EW. Chemotherapy-induced thrombosis.  Thromb Res. 2005 Dec 30; [Epub ahead of print]

Greeno E, McCullough J, Weisdorf D. Platelet utilization and the transfusion trigger: A prospective analysis. Transfusion 2006, submitted.