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Jeff L. Conger | The Texas Heart Institute®
Jeff L. Conger

I obtained an associate's degree in applied science in Respiratory Therapy Technology and then worked as a Registered Respiratory therapist for several years while attending the University of Houston, where I completed a BS in Technology.

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Texas Heart Institute Positions

Education

  • Undergraduate:

    University of Houston

Honors, Awards and Memberships

  • American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
  • National Board of Respiratory Care

Publications

Wang, Y., Smith, P. A., Handy, K. M. et al. (2020). In vivo hemodynamic evaluation of an implantable left ventricular assist device in a long-term anti-coagulation regimen. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020, 2589–2593. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176569.
Wang, Y., Conger, J. L., Handy, K. et al. (2018). In Vivo Hemodynamic Evaluation of CH-VAD in a Bovine Model for 14 Days. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018, 4512–4515. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513110.
Smith, P. A., Wang, Y., Bieritz, S. A. et al. (2018). In Vivo Feasibility Study of an Intra-Atrial Blood Pump for Partial Support of the Left Ventricle. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018, 4520–4523. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513193.
Adachi, I., Burki, S., Horne, D. et al. (2017). The miniaturized pediatric continuous-flow device: Preclinical assessment in the chronic sheep model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 154, 291–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.070.
Conger, J. L., Grace, B. W., Van Noy, K. L. et al. (2016). In vivo evaluation of a pneumatic extracorporeal ventricular assist device for up to 90 day support. ASAIO J 62, 697–703. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000417.
Cohn, W. E., Handy, K. M., Parnis, S. M. et al. (2014). Eight-year experience with a continuous-flow total artificial heart in calves. ASAIO J 60, 25–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000027.
Cohn, W. E., Winkler, J. A., Parnis, S. et al. (2014). Ninety-day survival of a calf implanted with a continuous-flow total artificial heart. ASAIO J 60, 15–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000026.
Rankin, J. S., Conger, J. L., Tuzun, E. et al. (2012). In vivo testing of an intra-annular aortic valve annuloplasty ring in a chronic calf model. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 42, 149–154. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr273.
Gellman, B. N., Richardson, J. S., Tuzun, E. et al. (2011). Development, pre-clinical validation of the UltraMag and summary of the clinical experience with Levitronix ventricular assist system. , 299. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2011-53585.
Tuzun, E., Bick, R., Kadipasaoglu, C. et al. (2011). Modification of a volume-overload heart failure model to track myocardial remodeling and device-related reverse remodeling. ISRN Cardiol 2011, 831062. https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/831062.