Cynthia J Gries, MD, MSc
Program Director, Medical Lung Transplant Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine
Email: c.gries@ufl.edu
TEL: 352.273.8738
Education
| Degree/Program | Institution | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| MD | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine | Medicine |
| Internship | John Hopkins Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Categorical Residency | John Hopkins Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Fellowship | University of Washington | Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine |
| MSc | University of Washington | Epidemiology |
Clinical Interests:
- Critical Care Medicine
- Heart-lung transplants
- Lung Transplants
Research Interests:
- Adherence in lung transplant patients
- Decision making regarding lung transplantation
- Frailty
- Health literacy in lung transplantation
- Lung allocation
- Psychological symptoms in lung transplant patients
- Quality of life after lung transplantation
- Rehabilitation before and after lung transplantation
Publications:
- Gehlbach B, Kress JP, Kahn J, De Ruiter C, Pohlman A, Hall J. Correlates of
Prolonged Hospitalization in Inner-city ICU Patients Receiving Noninvasive and
Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Status Asthmaticus. Chest. 2002, 122:
1709-1714 PMID: 12426275 - Gries CJ, Pierson DJ. Tracheal rupture resulting in life-threatening subcutaneous
emphysema. Respir Care. 2007 Feb;52(2):191-5. PMID: 17261208 - Wall RJ, Engelberg RA, Gries CJ, Glavan B, Curtis JR. Spiritual care of families
in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr; 35(4):1084-90. PMID:
17334245 - Gries CJ, Mulligan MS, Edelman JD, Raghu G, Curtis JR, Goss CH. Lung
allocation score for lung transplantation: impact on disease severity and survival.
Chest. 2007 Dec; 132 (6): 1954-61. PMID: 18079228 - Gries CJ, Curtis JR ,Wall RJ, Engelberg RA. Family member satisfaction with
end-of-life decision making in the ICU. Chest. 2008 Mar;133(3):704-12. PMID:
18198256 PMCID: 2744978 - Kross EK, Gries CJ, Curtis JR. Posttraumatic stress disorder following critical
illness. Crit Care Clin. 2008 Oct;24(4): 875-87, ix-x review. PMID: 18929945 - Gries CJ, Engelberg RA, Kross EK, Zatzick D, Nielsen EL, Downey L, Curtis
JR. Predictors of symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression in family
members after patient death in the ICU. Chest. 2010 Feb;137(2):280-7. PMID:
19762549 PMCID: 2816640 - Bernat JL, Capron AM, Bleck TP, Blosser S, Bratton SL, Childress JF, DeVita
MA, Fulda GJ, Gries CJ, Mathur M, Nakagawa TA, Rushton CH, Shemie SD,
White DB. The circulatory-respiratory determination of death in organ donation.
Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;38 (3) 963-70. PMID: 20124892 - Gries CJ, Rue TC, Heagerty PJ, Edelman JD, Mulligan MS, Goss CH.
Development of a predictive model for long-term survival after lung
transplantation and implications for the lung allocation score. J Heart Lung
Transplant. 2010 Jul;29(7):731-8. PMID: 20382034 - Kross EK, Engelberg RA,Gries CJ, Nielson EL, Zatzick RF, Curtis JR. ICU care
associated with symptoms of depression and PTSD among family members of
those who die in the ICU. Chest 2010 Sep 9. PMID: 20829335 - FitzSullivan E, Gries CJ, Phelan P, Farjah F, Gilbert E, Keech JC, Wood DE,
Raghu G, Mulligan MS. Reduction in Airway Complications Following Lung
Transplantation with Novel Anastomotic Technique. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 April 19. PMID 21511248 - Shigemura, N; Sareyyupoglu, B; Bhama, J; Bonde, P; Thacker, J; Bermudez, C;
Gries, C; Crespo, M; Johnson, B; Pilewski, J; Toyoda, Y. Combining Tricuspid
Valve Repair with Double Lung Transplantation in Patients with Severe
Pulmonary Hypertension, Tricuspid Regurgitation and Right Ventricular
Dysfunction. Chest. 2011 Oct;140(4):1033-9. PMID: 21700686. - Horai, T; Gries, C; Pilewski, J; Zaldonis, D; Bhama, J; Bermudez, C; Shigemura,
N. “Lung Transplantation for Patients with High Lung Allocation Score: Single
Center Experience” Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 May;93(5):1592-7 PMID:
22192755 - Shigemura N, Bhama J, Gries CJ, Kawamura T, Crespo M, Johnson B, Zaldonis
D, Pilewski JM, Toyoda Y, Bermudez C. Lung transplantation in patients with
prior cardiothoracic surgical procedures. Am J Transplant 2012 May; 12 (5) 1249-55. PMID: 22300103 - Abecassis M, Bridges ND, Clancy CJ, Dew MA, Eldadah B, Englesbe MJ,
Flessner MF, Frank JC, Friedewald J, Gill J, Gries C, Halter JB, Hartmann EL,
Hazzard WR, Horne FM, Hosenpud J, Jacobson P, Kasiske BL, Lake J, Loomba
R, Malani PN, Moore TM, Murray A, Nguyen MH, Powe NR, Reese PP,
Reynolds H, Samaniego MD, Schmader KE, Segev DL, Shah AS, Singer LG,
Sosa JA, Stewart ZA, Tan JC, Williams WW, Zaas DW, High KP. Solid-organ
transplantation in older adults: current status and future research. Am J
Transplant. 2012 Oct;12(10):2608-22. PMID 2258872 - Shigemura N, Toyoda Y, Bhama JK, Gries CJ, Crespo M, Johnson B, Zaldonis
D, Pilewski JM, Bermudez CA. Donor Smoking History and Age in Lung
Transplantation: A Revisit. Transplantation. 2013 Feb 15;95(3):513-8. PMID:
23202531. - Shigemura N, Sclabassi RJ, Bhama JK, Gries CJ, Crespo MM, Johnson B,
Pilewski JM, Bermudez CA. Early Major Neurologic Complications after lung
transplantation: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcome. Transplantation. 2013
Mar 27;95(6):866-71. PMID: 23354301 - Gries CJ, Dew MA, Curtis JR, Edelman, JD, DeVito-Dabbs A, Pilewski JM,
Goss CH, Mulligan MS, White DB. Nature and Correlates of Post Traumatic
Stress Symptomatology in Lung Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant.
2013 May;32(5):525-32. PMID: 23570741 PMCID: 4499325 - Gries CJ, White DB, Truog R, DuBois J, Cosio CC, Dhanani S, Chan K, Corris
P, Dark J, Fulda G, Glazier AK, Higgins R, Love R, Mason DP, Nakagawa TA,
Shapiro R, Shemie S, Tracy MF, Travaline JM, Valapour M, West L, Zaas D,
Halpern SD. An Official American Thoracic Society, International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Association
of Organ and Procurement Organizations and United Network of Organ Sharing
Statement: Ethical and Policy Considerations in Organ Donation after Circulatory
Determination of Death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):103-9.
PMID 23815722. - George MP, Novelli EM, Shigemura N, Simon MA, Feingold B, Krishnamurti L,
Morrell MR, Gries C, Haider S, Johnson BA, Crespo MM, Bhama JK, Bermudez
C, Yousem SA, Toyoda Y, Champion HC, Pilewski JM, Gladwin MT. First
successful lung transplantation for sickle cell disease with severe pulmonary
arterial hypertension and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.
Pulm Circ. 2013 Dec;3(4):952-8. doi: 10.1086/674749. PMID: 25006411
PMCID: 4070828 - Bernat JL, Bleck TP, Blosser SA, Bratton SL, Capron AM, Cornell D, DeVita
MA, Fulda GJ, Glazier AK, Gries CJ, Mathur M, Nakagawa TA, Shemie SD.
Circulatory death determination in uncontrolled organ donors: a panel viewpoint.
Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;63(4):384-90. PMID: 23796628 - Morrell MR, Pilewski JM, Gries CJ, Pipeling MR, Crespo MM, Ensor CR,
Yousem SA, D’Cunha J, Shigemura N, Bermudez CA, McDyer JF, Zeevi A.
De novo donor-specific HLA antibodies are associated with early and high-grade
bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and death after lung transplantation. J Heart
Lung Trans. 2014 Dec;33(12):1288-94. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.018.
PMID: 25443870. - Singh VK, Patricia George M, Gries CJ. Pulmonary hypertension is associated
with increased post-lung transplant mortality risk in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Mar;34(3):424-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Jan 24. PMID: 25813769 - Gries CJ, Bhadriraju S, Edelman JD, Goss CH, Raghu G, Mulligan MS. Obese
patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have a higher 90-day mortality risk
with bilateral lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Feb;34(2):241-6. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.09.031. PMID: 25447567 - Kotloff R, Blosser S, Fulda GJ, Malinoski D, Ahya V, Angel L, Byrnes MC,
DeVita MA, Grissom TE, Halpern SD, Nakagawa TA, Stock PG, Sudan DL,
Wood KE, Anillo SJ, Bleck TP, Eidbo EE, Fowler RA, Glazier AK, Gries C,
Hasz R, Herr D, Khan A, Landsberg D, Lebovitz DJ, Levine DJ, Mathur M, Naik
P, Niemann CU, Nunley DR, O’Connor KJ, Pelletier SJ, Rahman O, Dinesh R,
Salim A, Sawyer RG, Shafer T, Sonetti D, Spiro P, Valapour M, VikramanSushama D, Whelan TPM. Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the
Intensive Care Unit: SCCM/ACCP/AOPO Consensus Statement. Critical Care
Medicine. 2015 Jun;43(6):1291-325. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000958.
PMID: 25978154 - Mooney JJ, Gries CJ. Understanding the lung allocation score for the nontransplant pulmonologist. Current Pulmonology Reports, April 10, 2015 doi:
10.1007/s13665-015-0113-9 - Singer JP, Diamond JM, Gries CJ, McDonnough J, Blanc PD, Shah R, Dean MY,
Hersh B, Wolters PJ, Tokman S, Arcasoy SM, Ramphal K, Greenland JR, Smith
N, Heffernan P, Shah L, Shrestha P, Golden JA, Blumenthal NP, Huang D, Sonett
J, Hays S, Oyster M, Katz PP, Robbins H, Brown M, Leard LE, Kukreja J,
Bacchetta M, Bush E, D’Ovidio F, Rushefski M, Raza K, Christie JD, Lederer DJ.
Frailty Phenotypes, Disability, and Outcomes in Adult Candidates for Lung
Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 10. PMID: 26258797 - Baldwin MR, Singer JP, Huang D, Sell J, Gonzalez WC, Pollack LR, Maurer MS,
D’Ovidio FF, Bacchetta M, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Shah L, Robbins H, Hays SR,
Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Shah RJ, Leard L, Morrell M, Gries C, Katz PP,
Christie JD, Diamond JM, Lederer DJ. Refining Low Physical Activity
Measurement Improves Frailty Assessment in Advanced Lung Disease and
Survivors of Critical Illness. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Aug;14(8):1270-1279 - Mulligan MS, Weill D, Davis RD, Christie JD, Farjah F, Singer JP, Hartwig M,
Sanchez PG, Kreisel D, Ware LB, Bermudez C, Hachem RR, Weyant MJ, Gries
C, Awori Hayanga JW, Griffith BP, Snyder LD, Odim J, Craig JM, Aggarwal
NR, Reineck LA. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and American
Association for Thoracic Surgery Workshop Report: Identifying collaborative
clinical research priorities in lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2018 Dec;156(6):2355-2365. - Ramos KJ, Kapnadak SG, Bradford MC, Somayaji R, Morrell ED, Pilewski JM,
Lease ED, Mulligan MS, Aitken ML, Gries CJ, Goss CH. Underweight Patients
with Cystic Fibrosis Have Acceptable Survival Following Lung Transplantation:
A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry Study. Chest. 2020
Apr;157(4):898-906
Book Chapter:
Kross EK, Gries CJ, Curtis JR. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Critical
Illness. Crit Care Clin. 2008 Oct;24(4):875-87.