Robert K. Wenger, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Consulting Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Staff, Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chester County Hospital
701 East Marshall Street, 2nd Floor
West Chester, PA 19380
Chester County Hospital
701 East Marshall Street, 2nd Floor
West Chester, PA 19380
Office: 610-738-2690
Fax: 610-738-2696
Fax: 610-738-2696
Education:
B.A.
University of Pennsylvania, 1979.
M.D.
Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1983.
Permanent linkB.A.
University of Pennsylvania, 1979.
M.D.
Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1983.
Selected Publications
Wenger RK, Mortensen JD.: The intravascular oxygenator Ivox: Augmentation of blood-gas transfer. In Mora CT, ed.: Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Techniques of Extracorporeal Circulation.New York: Springer-Verlag. Page: 450-458, 1995.Mansour KA, Wenger RK.: T-tube management of late esophageal perforations. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics 175(6): 571-572, December 1992.
Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr.: Left ventricular mechanics of ejecting, postischemic hearts during left ventricular circulatory assistance. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 101(2): 245-255, February 1991.
Wenger RK, Lukasiewicz H, Mikuta BS, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Loss of platelet fibrinogen receptors during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 97(2): 235-239, February 1989.
Wenger RK, Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Bogen D, Edmunds LH Jr.: Flow dynamics of peripheral venous catheters during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a centrifugal pump. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 96(3): 478-484, September 1988.
Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Gupta KB, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr.: Changes in left ventricular systolic wall stress during biventricular circulatory assistance. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 45(5): 526-532, May 1988.
Gluszko P, Rucinski B, Musial J, Wenger RK, Schmaier AH, Colman RW, Edmunds LH Jr, Niewiarowski S.: Fibrinogen receptors in platelet adhesion to surfaces of extracorporeal circuit. American Journal of Physiology 252 (3 (Pt2)): H615-621, March 1987.
Wachtfogel YT, Kucich U, Greenplate J, Gluszko P, Abrams W, Weinbaum G, Wenger RK, Rucinski B, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Human neutrophil degranulation during extracorporeal circulation. Blood 69(1): 324-330, January 1987.
Wenger RK, Gluszko P, Schmaier A, Rucinski B, Greenplate J, Stewart G, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Platelet adherence to synthetic surfaces. Surgical Forum XXXVII October 1986.