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Thoracic Institute Titanium Rib Program

Barry R. Cofer, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Surgical Director, Thoracic Institute

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital

Clinical Assistant Professor

Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Education:

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1987

Postgraduate training:

Fellowship, pediatric surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1994-1996

Extracorporeal Life Support fellow, Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati), 1990-1991

Research Fellow, Division of Transplantation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1989-1991

Residency, general surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1987-1994

Board Certification:

General Surgery

Pediatric Surgery

Publications:

Robertson FM, Doski JJ, Cofer BR, Kidd JN; "Laparoscopic Splenic Cystectomy: A Rational Approach," Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques 8: 321-326, 2004.
Barnes MJ, Sorrells DL, Cofer BR. Spontaneous postnatal resolution of a cystic lung mass: A case report. J Pediatr Surg.; 37:916-8, 2002.
York, GB, DiGeronimo RJ, Wilson, Cofer BR, et. al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in piglets using a polymerized bovine hemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying solution (HBOC-201). J. Pediatr. Surg.; 37:1387-92, 2002.
York GB, Robertson FM, Cofer BR, et.al. Laparoscopic nephrectomy in children. Surg. Endosc. 14: 469-472, 2000.
Horwitz JR., Cofer BR, Warner BW, Cheu HW, Lally KP. A multicenter trial of 6-aminocaproic acid (Amicar) in the prevention of bleeding in infants on ECMO. J. Pediatr. Surg. 33: 1610-1613, 1998.
Cofer BR, Wiener ES, Rhabdomyosarcoma, in Andrassy R (ed.), Pediatric Surgical Oncology, 2nd Ed., W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, PA. 1998.
Cofer BR, Vescio PJ, Wiener ES. Infantile fibrosarcoma: complete excision is the appropriate treatment. Ann. Surg. Onc. 3: 159-161, 1996.
Tchervenkov JI, Cofer BR, Davies CB, Alexander JW. Indefinite allograft survival induced by the combination of multiple donor-specific transfusions, cyclosporine, and an anti- T -cell monoclonal antibody in a protocol relevant to cadaveric organ transplantation. The importance of prolonged post-transplant cyclosporine coverage. Transplantation 59:821-824, 1995.
Cofer BR, Warner BW, Stallion A, Ryckman FC. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the management of cardiac failure secondary to myocarditis. J. Pediatr. Surg. 28:669-672, 1993.
Davies CB, Alexander JW, Cofer BR, et al. Efficacy of a single pretransplant donor specific transfusion and cyclosporine A administered 24-48 hours prior to one-haplotype mismatched living-related donor kidney transplant. Ann. Surg. 215:618-626, 1992.

Interests:

Clinical pediatric surgery research, pediatric surgical oncology, congenital thoracic anomalies and noncardiac thoracic surgery, neonatal congenital anomalies and their reconstruction, pediatric minimally invasive surgery.