University of California San Francisco

Biography

Dr. Ratcliffe received his M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic residencies at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ratcliffe is certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. His special interest is in the application of finite element analysis or the failing left ventricle. Dr. Ratcliffe has been on the faculty since 1993. Currently, he is Director of the Cardiac Biomechanics Laboratory.

Dr. Ratcliffe is an active member of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, San Francisco Surgical Society, American Association of Thoracic Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Education

Education

M.D.-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OHM.D.

B.A. - Denison University, Granville, OH

Residencies

Internship - John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Residency - John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Residency - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Research Fellow - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, 1989

American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1993

Clinical Expertise

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Valve repair and replacement
Surgery for heart failure
Robotic surgery
Thoracic aortic surgery

Grants and Funding

  • Quantitative analysis of left ventriculoplasty: CHF | NIH | 2000-04-17 - 2020-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation | NIH | 2008-01-15 - 2013-12-31 | Role: Principal Investigator

Research Interests

  • Finite element analysis of failing left ventricle

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 122
  1. Transcatheter MitraClip repair alters mitral annular geometry - device induced annular remodeling on three-dimensional echocardiography predicts therapeutic response.
    Kim J, Palumbo MC, Khalique OK, Rong LQ, Sultana R, Das M, Jantz J, Nagata Y, Devereux RB, Wong SC, Bergman GW, Levine RA, Ratcliffe MB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
  2. Mechanical effects of MitraClip on leaflet stress and myocardial strain in functional mitral regurgitation - A finite element modeling study.
    Zhang Y, Wang VY, Morgan AE, Kim J, Handschumacher MD, Moskowitz CS, Levine RA, Ge L, Guccione JM, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
  3. Impact of Mitral Regurgitation Severity and Cause on Effort Tolerance-Integrated Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Echocardiographic Assessment of Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing.
    Kampaktsis PN, Albert BJ, Kim J, Xie LX, Brouwer LR, Tehrani NH, Villanueva M, Choi DY, Szulc M, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
  4. Left ventricular geometry predicts optimal response to percutaneous mitral repair via MitraClip: Integrated assessment by two- and three-dimensional echocardiography.
    Kim J, Alakbarli J, Palumbo MC, Xie LX, Rong LQ, Tehrani NH, Brouwer LR, Devereux RB, Wong SC, Bergman GW, Khalique OK, Levine RA, Ratcliffe MB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
  5. Tissue-based markers of right ventricular dysfunction in ischemic mitral regurgitation assessed via stress cardiac magnetic resonance and three-dimensional echocardiography.
    Kim J, Alakbarli J, Yum B, Tehrani NH, Pollie MP, Abouzeid C, Di Franco A, Ratcliffe MB, Poppas A, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
  6. Short term doxycycline treatment induces sustained improvement in myocardial infarction border zone contractility.
    Spaulding K, Takaba K, Collins A, Faraji F, Wang G, Aguayo E, Ge L, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Baker AJ, Lovett DH, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
  7. Correction to: Abstracts : 29th European Congress of Pathology.
    Al-Masri H, Ratcliffe M, Sharpe A, Barker C, Scorer P, Scott M, Rebelatto M, Walker J| | PubMed
  8. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Abnormal Strain Overestimates Nonviable Myocardium.
    Morgan AE, Zhang Y, Tartibi M, Goldburg S, Kim JJ, Nguyen TD, Guccione J, Ge L, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB| | PubMed
  9. Multiplanar strain quantification for assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and non-ischemic fibrosis among patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation.
    Di Franco A, Kim J, Rodriguez-Diego S, Khalique O, Siden JY, Goldburg SR, Mehta NK, Srinivasan A, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Crea F, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed
  10. Echocardiography-quantified myocardial strain-a marker of global and regional infarct size that stratifies likelihood of left ventricular thrombus.
    Kim J, Rodriguez-Diego S, Srinivasan A, Brown RM, Pollie MP, Di Franco A, Goldburg SR, Siden JY, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW| | PubMed