Department of Surgery - Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center

Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.

Title:
Professor and Chief, Section of Transplant Surgery
Director, Organ Transplant Program, Harper University Hospital

Office Address:
3390 John R. Suite 400
Detroit, MI 48180

Phone:
313-745-7319

Fax:
313-993-0595

Email:
sgruber@dmc.org

Specialty:
Transplant Surgery

Clinical Interest:
Kidney and pancreas transplantation

Research Interest:
Local immunosuppression; mechanisms of allograft rejection; pharmacology of immunosuppressants; posttransplant malignancy; composite tissue allografts; nerve and hand transplantation

Board Certification:
Surgery

Education:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, B.E.S (Bioengineering) (w/honors)
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, M.D. (summa cum laude)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Ph.D. (Surgery)

Training:
Columbia University, NY, NY, postdoc (Yeast molecular biology and genetics)

Selected Publications:
(5 out of 107)

Jones JW, Gruber SA, Barker JH, Breidenbach WC. Successful hand transplantation: One-year follow-up. N Engl J Med 343: 468-73, 2000.

Gruber SA, Gillingham K, Sothern RB, Stephanian E, Matas AJ, Dunn DL. De novo cancer in cyclosporine-treated and non-cyclosporine-treated adult primary renal allograft recipients. Clin Transplantation 8: 388-95, 1994.

Gruber SA, Hewitt JM, Sorenson AL, Barber DL, Bowers L, Rynders G, Arrazola L, Matas AJ, Rosenberg ME, Canafax DM. Pharmacokinetics of FK506 following intravenous and oral administration in patients awaiting renal transplantation. J Clin Pharmacol 34: 859-64, 1994.

Gruber SA, Hrushesky WJM, Cipolle RJ, Erdmann GR, Burke BA, Skjei KL, Mueller RP, Fryd DS, Matas AJ, Simmons RL, Canafax DM. Local immunosuppression with reduced systemic toxicity in a canine renal allograft model. Transplantation 48: 936-43, 1989.

Gruber SA, Canafax DM, Erdmann GR, Cipolle RJ, Burke BA, Rabatin JT, Hynes PE, Gould FH, Heil JE, Ascher NL, Simmons RL, Najarian JS, Hrushesky WJM. The pharmacokinetic advantage of local 6-mercaptopurine infusion in a canine renal transplant model. Transplantation 48: 928-35, 1989.