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Richard Pierson
Richard N. Pierson, III, M.D.
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55 Fruit Street
Background
Princeton University (BA, 1978)
Columbia P&S (MD, 1983)
University of Michigan General Surgery Residency (1983-90)
Surgical Research, Columbia 1986-87
Surgical Research, MGH, 1987-88
MGH Cardiac Surgery Residency (1990-92)
Overseas Transplant Fellow, Papworth, Cambridge, UK (1993-4)
Research Fellow, Dept of Surgery, Cambridge, UK, and MGH (1993-4)
CT Surgeon, Vanderbilt, 1994-2002
CT Surgeon, University of Maryland, 2002-present
Other Interests
Surgical Research
Xenotransplantation
Chemokine biology
Coronary Revascularization
Lung Transplantation
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Costimulation pathway biology
Health Care Policy
Heart Transplantation
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Transplant