Christopher Kane Breuer, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics) and of Pediatrics; Director of Tissue Engineering
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical Group
Stem Cell Center, Yale
Cancer Center, Yale: Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Program: Pediatric Surgery
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Pediatrics: Pediatric Thyroid Center | Pediatric Specialty Center | Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery | Pediatric Surgery
Surgery: Pediatric Surgery
Research Interests
Cardiovascular tissue engineering to develop neo-tissue for reconstructive surgical applications; Director of Tissue Engineering, particularly cardiovascular tissue engineering to develop neo-tissue for reconstructive surgical applications more...
Education
- B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 1986
- M.D., Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program, 1990
Selected Publications
- Roh JD, Sawh-Martinez R, Brennan MP, Jay SM, Devine L, Rao DA, Yi T, Mirensky TL, Nalbandian A, Udelsman B, Hibino N, Shinoka T, Saltzman WM, Snyder E, Kyriakides TR, Pober JS, Breuer CK. Tissue-engineered vascular grafts transform into mature blood vessels via an inflammation-mediated process of vascular remodeling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010. 107(10):4669-74.
- Hibino N, Villalona G, Pietris N, Duncan DR, Schoffner A, Roh JD, Dobrucki LW, Mejias D, Sawh-Martinez R, Harrington JK, Sinusas A, Krause DS, Kyriakides T, Saltzman WM, Pober JS, Shinoka T, Breuer CK. Tissue-engineered vascular grafts form neovessels that arise from regeneration of the adjacent blood vessel. FASEB J. 2011. 20(8):2731-9.
- Hibino N, Yi T, Duncan DR, Rathore A, Dean E, Naito Y, Dardik A, Kyriakides T, Madri J, Pober JS, Shinoka T, Breuer Ck. A critical role for macrophages in neovessel formation and the development of stenosis in tissue-engineered vascular grafts. FASEB J. 2011 [epub ahead of print]
