Bob Bartlett
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
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Bob Bartlett
Professor Emeritus/a
  • Recent Publications
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    • 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 S-M, 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, COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium . J Intensive Care, 2024 May 6; 12 (1): 18 DOI:10.1186/s40560-024-00726-2
      PMID: 38711092
    • Journal Article
      Leukocyte filtration and leukocyte modulation therapy during extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest.
      VanZalen JJ, Nakashima T, Phillips A, Hill JE, Westover AJ, Lou L, Liao J, Mergos J, Fogo G, Sanderson TH, Stacey WC, Tiba MH, Humes DH, Bartlett RH, Rojas-Peña A, Neumar RW. Sci Rep, 2024 Jun 7; 14 (1): 13081 DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-63522-w
      PMID: 38844477
    • Chapter
      Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for newborn persistent fetal circulation
      Bartlett RH, Gazzaniga AB, Fong SW, Mondanlou HD, Oliver CB, Sperling DR. 2024 Oct 3; American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Platinum 70th Anniversary Special Edition, 329 - 335.
    • Journal Article
      A Wearable Extracorporeal CO2 Removal System with a Closed-Loop Feedback.
      Zhang A, Haimowitz BJ, Tharwani K, Rojas-Peña A, Bartlett RH, Potkay JA. Bioengineering (Basel), 2024 Sep 27; 11 (10): DOI:10.3390/bioengineering11100969
      PMID: 39451346
    • Journal Article
      Definitions of adverse events associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children: results of an international Delphi process from the ECMO-CENTRAL ARC.
      Alexander PMA, Di Nardo M, Combes A, Vogel AM, Antonini MV, Barrett N, Benedetti GM, Bettencourt A, Brodie D, Gómez-Gutiérrez R, Gorga SM, Hodgson C, Kapoor PM, Le J, MacLaren G, O'Neil ER, Ostermann M, Paden ML, Patel N, Rojas-Peña A, Said AS, Sperotto F, Willems A, Vercaemst L, Yoganathan AP, Lorts A, Del Nido PJ, Barbaro RP, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) , International ECMO Network (ECMONet) , Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) , Pediatric ECMO subgroup of PALISI and ELSO (PediECMO) , European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) , Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG) , Intensive Care Society (ICS) , Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) , Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) , Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) , American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) , Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) , Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) . Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 2024 Oct; 8 (10): 773 - 780. DOI:10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00132-9
      PMID: 39299748
    • Journal Article
      Blood Transfusion During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An ELSO Position Statement.
      Ramanathan K, Peek G, Martucci G, Al Foudri H, Nair P, Kattan J, Thiagarajan R, Fan BE, Agerstand C, MacLaren G, Bartlett R. ASAIO J, 2024 Sep 1; 70 (9): 719 - 720. DOI:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002275
      PMID: 39024410
    • Journal Article
      Surface Engineering for Endothelium-Mimicking Functions to Combat Infection and Thrombosis in Extracorporeal Life Support Technologies.
      Ashcraft M, Garren M, Lautner-Csorba O, Pinon V, Wu Y, Crowley D, Hill J, Morales Y, Bartlett R, Brisbois EJ, Handa H. Adv Healthc Mater, 2024 Sep; 13 (22): e2400492 DOI:10.1002/adhm.202400492
      PMID: 38924661
    • Journal Article
      Successful Resuscitation of Porcine Hearts After 12 and 24 h of Static Cold Storage With Normothermic Ex Situ Perfusion.
      Johnson MD, Urrea KA, Spencer BL, Singh J, Niman JB, Owens GE, Haft JW, Bartlett RH, Drake DH, Rojas-Peña A. Transplant Direct, 2024 Sep; 10 (9): e1701 DOI:10.1097/TXD.0000000000001701
      PMID: 39165492
    Featured News & Stories 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.