Bob Bartlett
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Medical School
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Bob Bartlett
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    • Journal Article
      Effect of early and later prone positioning on outcomes in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: analysis of the prospective COVID-19 critical care consortium cohort study
      Simpkin AJ, McNicholas BA, Hannon D, Bartlett R, Chiumello D, Dalton HJ, Gibbons K, White N, Merson L, Fan E, Panigada M, Grasselli G, Motos A, Torres A, Barbé F, Ng PY, Fanning JP, Nichol A, Suen JY, Bassi GL, Fraser JF, Laffey JG. Annals of Intensive Care, 2025 Dec 1; 15 (1): DOI:10.1186/s13613-025-01422-6
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      A Reduced Resistance, Concentric-Gated Artificial Membrane Lung for Pediatric End-Stage Lung Failure
      Wich LA, Gudex LM, Dann TM, Matich HJ, Thompson AJ, Atie M, Johnson MD, Bartlett RH, Rojas-Peña A, Hirschl RB, Potkay JA. ASAIO Journal, 2025 Mar 1; 71 (3): 254 - 262. DOI:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002308
      PMID: 39269894
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      Correction to: Position paper on the physiology and nomenclature of dual circulation during venoarterial ECMO in adults (Intensive Care Medicine, (2024), 50, 12, (1994-2004), 10.1007/s00134-024-07645-8)
      Badulak J, Abrams D, Luks AM, Zakhary B, Conrad SA, Bartlett R, MacLaren G, Vercaemst L, Lorusso R, Broman LM, Agerstrand C, Price S, Combes A, Peek G, Fan E, Shekar K, Fraser J, Brodie D. Intensive Care Medicine, 2025 Mar 1; 51 (3): 661 - 662. DOI:10.1007/s00134-025-07809-0
      PMID: 39937222
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      Antithrombotic and Antimicrobial Potential of S-Nitroso-1-Adamantanethiol-Impregnated Extracorporeal Circuit
      Lautner-Csorba O, Gorur R, Major T, Wu J, Sheet P, Hill J, Yu M, Xi C, Bartlett RH, Schwendeman SP, Lautner G, Meyerhoff ME. ASAIO Journal, 2025 Feb 1; 71 (2): 177 - 185. DOI:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002276
      PMID: 39037705
    • Journal Article
      Hemorrhage and thrombosis in COVID-19-patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an international study based on the COVID-19 critical care consortium
      Feth M, Weaver N, Fanning RB, Cho SM, Griffee MJ, Panigada M, Zaaqoq AM, Labib A, Whitman GJR, Arora RC, Kim BS, White N, Suen JY, Li Bassi G, Peek GJ, Lorusso R, Dalton H, Fraser JF, Fanning JP, Laffey J, Brodie D, Fan E, Torres A, Chiumello D, Elhazmi A, Hodgson C, Ichiba S, Luna C, Murthy S, Nichol A, Ng PY, Ogino M, Marwali E, Grasselli G, Bartlett R, Burrell A, Elhadi M, Motos A, Barbé F, Zanella A, Fraser JF. Journal of Intensive Care, 2024 Dec 1; 12 (1): DOI:10.1186/s40560-024-00726-2
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      Leukocyte Filtration and Leukocyte Modulation Therapy during Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Porcine Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest
      VanZalen J, Nakashima T, Phillips A, Hill J, Westover A, Lou L, Liao J, Mergos J, Fogo G, Sanderson T, Stacey W, Tiba MH, Humes D, Bartlett R, Rojas-Bena A, Neumar R. Scientific Reports, 2024 Jun 4;
    • Journal Article
      Position paper on the physiology and nomenclature of dual circulation during venoarterial ECMO in adults
      Badulak J, Abrams D, Luks AM, Zakhary B, Conrad SA, Bartlett R, MacLaren G, Vercaemst L, Lorusso R, Broman LM, Agerstrand C, Price S, Combes A, Peek G, Fan E, Shekar K, Fraser J, Brodie D. Intensive Care Medicine, 2024 Dec 1; 50 (12): 1994 - 2004. DOI:10.1007/s00134-024-07645-8
      PMID: 39557688
    • Journal Article
      Recovery model for minimally invasive central cannulation, cardiopulmonary bypass, and cardioplegic arrest in quadrupeds
      Johnson MD, Tchouta L, Spencer BL, Langley MW, Urrea KA, Toomasian JM, Niman JB, Bartlett RH, Rojas-Pena A, Drake DH. Perfusion (United Kingdom), 2025 Apr 15; DOI:10.1177/02676591241309824
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    Robert H. Bartlett, M.D., and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., named National Academy of Inventors fellows
    The National Academy of Inventors has selected U-M faculty members Robert H. Bartlett, M.S., FACS, and Zhen Xu, Ph.D., as fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. They were nominated for being innovative researchers with extensive work translating discoveries into new products and technologies that are addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges
         Dr. Robert Bartlett is wearing a doctor's white coat and leaning on a steel table in a lab with his hands clasped. He's standing next to a large circular surgical light.
    Medicine at Michigan
    The things you didn’t know about the “father” of ECMO
    Robert Bartlett (M.D. 1963) once wanted to play professional hockey, but instead he developed the heart-lung support system that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Even though he’s technically retired, Bartlett is still active in his lab developing new life-saving devices.
         My advice is to focus on a project that only surgeons can do - Robert Bartlett, MD
    Department News
    Lessons learned from more than 50 years of NIH funding
    Robert Bartlett, MD, reflects on what it takes to secure funds for research and keep the support coming.