Education
Post Doctoral Training
Professional Appointments
Licensure and Certification
Professional Memberships
Hospital Appointments
Honors and Awards
Professional Activities
Extramural Funding
Invited Lectures
Publications
Book Chapters
Presentations
Cooperative Study Participant
Guest Editorial Reviewer
EDUCATION:
1986, B.S., Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1990, M.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:
1990-1991, Intern in Surgery
USC/LAC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1991-1993, Junior Resident in Surgery
USC/LAC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1993-1995, Senior and Chief in Surgery
USC/LAC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1996-1999, Fellow in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
1995-1996, General Surgery
River Falls Area Hospital, River Falls, WI
1999-2006, Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2006-present, Associate Professor
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2007-present, Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1991, National Board of Medical Examiners
1990-1995, California Medical License
1995-1996, Wisconsin Medical License
1996, American Board of Surgery, recertified 2005
2000, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
1991-present, Minnesota Medical License
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
American Heart Association
American College of Chest Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Association of VA Surgeons
C. Walton & Richard C. Lillehei Surgical Society
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Women in Thoracic Surgery
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HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN
Alpha Omega Alpha
Phi Beta Kappa
Summa cum laude, Marquette University
Coleman Connolly Award in Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Research Abstract Award, American College of Chest Physicians
Medical Staff Award of Clinical Excellence, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Best Poster Abstract Award, Cancer Category, American College of Chest Physicians
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Department (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
2005, Member
Tissue Procurement Facility in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Advisory Committee
2005, Member
Public Relations and Communications Task Force
2005, Member
Promotions and Tenure Task Force
2006, Member
Diversity Task Force
VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, MN)
1999-present, Member
Cancer Committee
2004-present, Member
Veterans Affairs ICU Advisory Group, VISN 23
Community
2003-present, Member
Gaviser Hays Award Selection Committee, Minneapolis, MN
2002-2004, Board of Directors
Minnesota Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Minneapolis
Defining Mechanisms and Control of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Preservation for Lung Transplantation. Minnesota Medical Foundation, 2001-2002, Principal Investigator.
NADPH Oxidase Inhibition During Lung Procurement Reduces Reactive Oxygen Specias Production. Minnesota Medical Foundation, 2003-2004, Principal Investigator.
NADPH Oxidase Activation Increases Oxidative Injury in Lung Transplantation. Veterans Affairs Merit Review Entry Program. Minnesota Medical Foundation, 2003-2006, Principal Investigator.
Detection of Micrometastases in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Using Endoscopic Ultrasound. Minnesota Veterans Research Institute, 2005-2006, Principal Investigator.
Radial Artery vs. Saphenous Vein Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #474, 2003-2008, Site Co-Principal Investigator.
Oxidative Injury in Lung Transplantation. Varco Junior Faculty Award, 2004-2007, Principal Investigator.
Arterial Mimetic Grafts from Molded Proteins. National Institutes of Health, Grant #HL072670-02, 2005-2007, Co-Principal Investigator.
VA Coronary Artery Revascularization in Diabetes Study - "VA CARDS." Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #557, 2006-2011, Site Co-Principal Investigator.
Revascularization of Chronic Hibernating Myocardium Reverses Reduction in Regional Function and Normalized Bioenergetic Adaptations of the Mitochondria. Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Nina Starr Braunwald Award, 2007-2008, Principal Investigator.
INVITED LECTURES:
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. American Association of VA Nurse Anesthetists. Minneapolis, MN, October 21, 1999.
Total arterial revascularization coronary artery bypass procedures. Cardiology Journal Club, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, December 7, 1999.
Implantation Techniques for St. Jude SPV Valve. St. Jude Symposium on St. Jude Toronto SPV Valve, St. Paul, MN, August 31, 2000.
Lung Vascular Injury and Leukocytes. Chair - Session III, Scientific Conference on the Interactions of Blood and the Pulmonary Circulation, American Heart Association, Denver, CO, September 9, 2000.
Surgical Approaches to Esophageal Cancer. Anesthesiology Department, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, April 26, 2001.
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Lung Transplantation. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 8, 2001.
The deleterious effects of high potassium lung preservation solutions. Minnesota Pulmonary Hypertension Group, Red Winf, MN, November 8, 2002.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Training. Surgery Interest Group, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 18, 2004.
Hibernating Myocardium. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 27, 2007.
Lung Cancer Surgery. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, June 29, 2007.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Johnson SD, Weaver FA, Yellin AE, Kelly RF, Bauer M: Clinical results of decompressive dermotomy-fasciotomy. Am J Surg 1992; 164:286-90.
2. Kelly RF, Yellin AE, Weaver FA: Candida thrombosis of innominate vein with septic pulmonary emboli. Ann Vasc Surg 1993; 7(4):343-6.
3. Kelly RF, Skinner D, Yellin AE, Weaver FA: En bloc aortic resection for bulky metastatic germ cell tumors. J Urol 1995; 153:1849-51.
4. Kelly RF, Shumway SJ: Conservative management of postoperative chylothorax using somatostatin. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 69(6):1944-5.
5. Kelly RF: Current strategies in lung preservation. J Lab Clin Med 2000; 136(6):427-40.
6. Kelly RF, Hunter DW, Maddaus MA: Postpneumonectomy syndrome after left pneumonectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 71(2):701-3. D,P,I,A,W*
7. McFalls EO, Her D, Murad B, Kelly RF, Marx D, Sikora J, Ward HB: Repetitive supply-demand ischemia with dobutamine increases glucose uptake in post-ischemic and remote myocardium. J Nuc Med 2003; 44(1):85-91.
8. Kelly RF, Murar J, Hong Z, Nelson DP, Hong F, Varghese A, Weir EK: Low potassium dextran lung preservation solution reduces reactive oxygen species production. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75(6):1705-10.
9. Ward HB, Kelly RF: OPCAB versus CABG: who, what, when, where? Chest 2004; 125(3):815-6.
10. Kelly RF, Tran T, Holmstrom A, Murar J, Segurola RJ Jr: Accuracy and cost effectiveness of [18F]-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography scan in potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer. Chest 2004; 125(4):1413-23.
11. Rezaie-Majd S, Murar J, Nelson DP, Kelly RF, Hong Z, Lang IM, Varghese A, Weir EK: Increased release of serotonin from rat ileum due to dexfenfluramine. Am J Physiol Regul Intergr Comp Physiol 2004: 287(5):R1209-13.
12. Setty SP, Niehans GA, Kelly RF: Endobronchial laser ablation of a tracheal schwannoma. J Bronch 2005; 12:52-3.
13. Whelan TP, Dunitz JM, Kelly RF, Edwards LB, Herrington CS, Hertz MI, Dahlberg PS: Effect of preoperative pulmonary artery pressure on early survival after lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24(9):1269-74.
14. Sullivan V, Tran T, Holmstrom A, Kuskowski M, Koh P, Rubins JB, Kelly RF: Advanced age does not exclude lobectomy for non-small cell lung carcinoma. Chest 2005; 128(4):2671-6.
15. de Perrot M, Bonser RS, Dark J, Kelly RF, McGiffin D, Menza R, Pajaro O, Schueler S, Verleden GM: ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction: Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction part III: donor-related risk factors and markers. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24(10):1460-7.
16. Nath DS, Walter AR, Johnson AC, Radosevich DM, Prekker ME, Herrington CS, Dahlberg PS, Kelly RF: Does Perfadex affect outcomes in clinical lung transplantation? J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24(12):2243-8.
17. Kelly RF, McFalls EO: Preoperative evaluation and treatment of stable CAD in patients scheduled for major elective vascular surgery. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2006; 8(1):59-66.
18. Sawhney MS, Sullivan VV, Kratzke RA, Holmstrom AM, Lederle FA, Nelson DP, Kelly RF: EUS-guided FNA for the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer. Gastrointest Endosc 2006; 63(7):959-65.
19. Sawhney MS, Kratzke RA, Lederle FA, Holmstrom AM, Nelson DP, Kelly RF: Endoscopic ultrasound and positron emission tomography for lung cancer staging. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 4(7):846-51.
20. Ward HB, Kelly RF, Moritz TE, Thottapurathu L, McFalls EO: Perioperative myocardial infarction following vascular surgery and the completeness of preoperative coronary artery revascularization with CABG versus PCI: The Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis (CARP) Trial. Ann Thor Surg 2006; 82(3):795-801.
21. Adabag AS, Rector T, Mithani S, Harmala J, Ward HB, Kelly RF, Nguyen JT, McFalls EO, Bloomfield HE: Prognostic significance of elevated cardiac troponin I after heart surgery. Ann Thor Surg 2007; 83(5):1744-50.
22. Sawhney MS, Debold SM, Kratzke RA, Lederle FA, Nelson DB, Kelly RF: Central intranodal blood vessel: a new EUS sign described in mediastinal lymph nodes. Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 65(4):602-8.
23. Sawhney MS, Bakman Y, Holmstrom AM, Nelson DB, Lederle FA, Kelly RF: Impact of pre-operative endoscopic ultrasound on non-small cell lung cancer staging. Chest 2007; Jul 23 EPub.
24. McFalls, EO, Kelly, RF, Hu Q, Mansoor A, Lee J, Kuskowski M, Sikora J, Ward, HB, Zhang, J: The energetic state within hibernating myocardium is normal during dobutamine despite inhibition of ATP-dependent potassium channel opening with glibenclamide. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; Aug 24 EPub.
25. Hong Z, Hong F, Olschewski A, Varghese A, Cabrera JA, Kelly RF, Nelson DP, Weir EK: The role of store-operated calcium channels and calcium sensitization in normoxic contraction of the ductus arteriosus. Circulation 2007; in press.
26. Groth SS, Whitson BA, Holmstrom AM, Maddaus MA, Rubins JB, Kelly RF: Predictors of one-year mortality following resection of non-small cell lung cancer. Chest, 2007; in press.
27. Groth SS, Whitson BA, Holmstrom AM, Rubins JB, Kelly RF: Predictors of recurrence after resection of localized non-small cell lung cancer. Chest, 2007; in press.
28. Tan MC, Felde A, Kuskowski M, Ward H, Kelly R, Adabag AS, Dysken M: Incidence and predictors of post-cardiotomy delerium. Am J Geriat Psych, 2007; in press.
1. Segurola RJ, Kelly RF: Preservative cardioplegic solutions in cardiac transplantation: recent advances. Salerno TA, Ricci M (eds), Myocardial Protection, Elmsford: Blackwell Futura, 2003, pp. 282-91.
2. Kelly RF, Segurola RJ Jr: Complications of pulmonary and chest wall resection. Cohn SM (ed), Complications in Surgery and Trauma, New York, NY: Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., 2006, pp. 229-250.
3. Kelly RF, Shumway SJ: Surgical evaluation and treatment of uremic pericarditis. Slaughter MS (ed), Cardiac Surgery in Chronic Renal Failure, Malden: Blackwell Publishing LTD, 2007, pp. 83-93.
4. Weir, EK, Cabrera JA, Olschewski A, Obretchikova M, Kelly RF, Jhanjee R, Hong, Z: Acute oxygen sensing mechanisms. Aldashev A, Naeije R (eds), Problems of High Altitude Medicine and Biology, Springer, 2007, pp. 295-304.
1. Kelly RF, Yellin AE, Weaver FA: Candida thrombosis of innominate vein with septic pulmonary emboli. Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, Dana Point, CA, September 18-22, 2002.
2. McFalls EO, Kelly RF, Marx D, Sikora J, Ward H: Post-ischemic myocardial FDG uptake following repetitive coronary artery occlusion-reperfusion versus repetitive supply-demand mismatch. American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA, November 13, 2001.
3. Murar J, Boning O, Hong ZG, Nelson DP, Olschewski A, Weir EK, Hempelmann G, Kelly RF: Oxygen free radical production in pulmonary arteries exposed to modified Euro-Collins and low potassium dextran solutions. American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Miami, FL, January 26, 2002.
4. Segurola RJ, Tran T, Kelly RF: PET-FDG scan enhances the preoperative staging in nonsmall cell lung cancer. Minnesota Surgical Society, Minneapolis, MN April 19, 2002.
5. Kelly RF, Murar J, Boning O, Hong ZG, Nelson, DP, Hong FX, Weir HK: High potassium lung preservation solution increases O2 radical production through activation of NADPH oxidase. First International Conference on NAD(P)H Oxidases, Giessen, Germany, April 30, 2002.
6. Böning O, Neuhäuser CH, Olschewski A, Murar J, Hong Z, Nelson DP, Kelly RF, Weir EK, Hempelmann G: Inhibition of NADPH-oxidase reduces production of oxygen radicals by pulmonary arteries. DAK 2002 (Deutscher Anesthesiologiekongress 2002), German Society of Anesthesiology Meeting, [German] Nüremberg, Germany, June 3-5, 2002.
7. Böning O, Murar J, Hong ZG, Nelson DP, Olschewski A, Weir EK, Hempelmann G, Kelly RF: Inhibition of NADPH-oxidase reduces production of oxygen radicals by pulmonary arteries exposed to high-potassium lung transplant preservation solution. American Thoracic Society, Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2002.
8. Kelly RF, Tran T, Segurola RJ: Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of PET-FGD scan in preoperative staging of nonsmall cell lung cancer. American College of Chest Physicians, San Diego, CA, November 5, 2002.
9. Murar J, Hong ZG, Hong FX, Böning O, Nelson DP, Weir EK, Kelly RF: High potassium lung preservation solutions increase production of NADPH oxidase-dependent reactive oxygen species. International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Vienna, Austria, April 20, 2003.
10. Tran T, Holmstrom A, Kelly RF: Thoracotomy with lobectomy for lung cancer is well tolerated in the elderly. Minnesota Surgical Society, St. Paul, MN, May 16, 2003.
11. Murar J, Hong ZG, Hong FX, Varghese A, Nelson DP, Weir EK, Kelly RF: A high potassium lung preservation solution causes increased reactive oxygen species in isolated rat lungs. American Thoracic Society, Seattle, WA, May 18, 2003.
12. Kelly RF, Tran T, Holmstrom A: Impact of complete lung resection for nonsmall cell lung cancer on the elderly patient. American College of Chest Physicians, Orlando, FL, October 27, 2003.
13. Whelan T, Kelly RF, Hertz MI, Edwards LB, Dahlberg PS: Impact of pulmonary artery pressure on survival following lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco. CA, April 23, 2004.
14. Mandeep S, Holmstrom A, Kratzke R, Rice K, Kaul S, Nelson DB , Kelly RF: Prospective comparison of EUS, PET and CT scan for staging lung cancer: preliminary analysis. Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, LA, May 15, 2004.
15. Kelly RF, Walter AR, Johnson AC, Nath DS, Prekker ME, Herrington CS, Dahlberg PS: Does Perfadex improve clinical outcomes in lung transplantation? International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Philadelphia, PA, April 6, 2005.
16. Walker AR, Nath DS, Prekker ME, Johnson AC, Whitson BA, Herrington CS, Dahlberg PS, Kelly RF: Clinical experience with Perfadex in lung transplantation. Minnesota Surgical Society Spring Meeting, St. Paul, MN, May 20, 2005.
17. Kelly RF, Sullivan VV, Kratzke RA, Holmstrom AM, Lederle FA, Nelson DB, Sawhney MS: Endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis and staging of advanced lung cancer. American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 30, 2005.
18. Kelly RF, Sullivan VV, Nelson DB, Holmstrom AM, Lederle FA, Sawhney MS: Endoscopic ultrasound is more accurate than positron emission tomography in the staging of advanced lung cancer. American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 30, 2005.
19. Ward HB, Kelly RF, Moritz TE, Thottapurathu L, McFalls EO: Perioperative myocardial infarction following vascular surgery and the completeness of preoperative coronary artery revascularization with CABG versus PCI: The Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis (CARP) Trial. Society for Thoracic Surgery, January 2006, Chicago, IL.
20. Sullivan VV, Dahlberg PS, Herrington CS, Hertz MI, Kelly RF: Comparison of variables and outcomes in paired lung transplantation recipient from a single donor. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Madrid, Spain, April, 2006.
21. Weir EK, Hong Z, Cabrera J, Kelly R, Olschewski A: Acute oxygen sensing mechanisms (especially in the pulmonary vasculature and ductus arteriosus). High Altitude Medicine and Biology Advanced Research Workshop, Issyk-Kul, Russia, June 5-8, 2006.
22. Bakman YG, Sawhney MS, Holmstrom AM, Kelly RF: Trans-esophageal endoscopic ultrasound for non-small cell lung cancer staging. American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
23. Sullivan V, Whitson B, Holmstrom A, Sawhney M, Kelly R: Does endoscopic ultrasound localize station 5 lymph nodes in the mediastinum? University of Michigan/Coller Society Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, November, 2006.
24. Cabrera JA, Hong Z, Dutt M, Weir EK, Kelly RF: HNG-CoA reductase and geranylgeranyl transferse I inhibition decrease vasoreactivity in pulmonary arteries (PA) and PA smooth muscle cells. Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, CA, May 2007.
25. Groth SS, Whitson BA, Holmstrom AM, Rubins JB, Kelly RF: Impact of preoperative smoking cessation on pulmonary function testing at one-year following pulmonary resection for non-small cell lung cancer. American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, IL, October 2007.
26. Rubins JB, Holmstrom A, Kelly RF: Predictors of recurrence after resection of localized non-small cell lung cancer. American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, IL, October 2007.
COOPERATIVE STUDY PARTICIPANT:
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
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GUEST EDITORIAL REVIEWER:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Circulation
Intensive Care Medicine
The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Treatments in Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology
Peer Reviewers, STS Workforce on Annual Meeting 2007, Society for Thoracic Surgeons