Leadership Team

Drew Gaffney, MD, Partner

MEDICAL LICENSE:  Tennessee (MD024038)

MILITARY STATUS: Colonel, Medical Corp, USAFR, Senior Flight Surgeon-Astronaut, Brooks AFB, TX Clearance TS-SBI

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:  Spanish, fluent; Swedish, reading, basic conversation

EDUCATION:

1966-67 - University of Madrid , Education Abroad Program, University of California

1968 B.A. -  University of California, Berkeley(Psychology/Pre-Medicine)

1972 M.D. - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1986 - Distinguished Graduate-Primary Course School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

1998 - Management Principles for Health Care, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1972-73 Straight Medical Internship. Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

1973-75 Medical Residency. Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

1975-77 Fellowship in Cardiology. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center       Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

 

1977-79 Faculty Associate, Research.  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

1978-79  Visiting Scientist. August Krogh Institute U. of Copenhagen, Denmark.

1979-84  Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of  Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.  Director of Echocardiography, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas.

1984-91 Payload Specialist on Spacelab Life Sciences(Space Shuttle Columbia, June 5-14, 1991).

1987-89  Visiting Senior Scientist, Life Sciences Division

NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

 

1984-92  Associate Professor of Medicine

1984-93  University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. (Promoted - Full Professor with Tenure, 28 Feb 92, effective 1 Sept 92)

 

1992- Professor of Medicine; Attending Physician Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Nashville Veteran's Administration Hospital, Nashville, TN.

1992-1997 Chief, Clinical Cardiology; Associate Director, Division of Cardiology. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. 

1997-1998 Interim Director, Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

1998-2002 Senior Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

2001-2003 Guest Researcher and Visiting Professor, Medical Management Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden

2002-   Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medical Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.   (Risk Management and Patient Safety)

2002- Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

HONORS:

American Association of Medical Colleges Public Health, Fellowship Award, Croatian Public Health Service, Zagreb Croatia 1970

Joseph Goldberger Student Research Award, 1972

National Institutes of Health, Individual Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1977

Young Investigator Award, NHLBI, 1980-83

Award for Outstanding Teaching and Clinical Service, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1981

American Heart Association-International Scientist Award, 2-D Echocardiography Courses, People's Republic of China, 1983

Distinguished Alumnus, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1989

NASA Space Flight Medal, 1991

Aviation Week and Space Technology, Aerospace Laurels Award, 1991

NASA Group Achievement Award, Spacelab Life Sciences-1 E-294 Experiment Team, 1991

Kilby Award for Technology Achievement, 1992

NASA Group Achievement Award, Spacelab Life Sciences-2 JSC Payload Project Team, 1994

Inductee, International Space Hall of Fame - Alamogordo, NM, 1996

Excellence in Education Award, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. 1999

Listings in: Best Doctor's in America, (Southeast and US editions);

Who's Who in Science and Technology

CERTIFICATIONS:

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1973

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1975

Cardiovascular Diseases, 1977 (non-expiring)

ACLS - Instructor

Commercial Pilot, SEL, MEL, Instrument, and Glider

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American College of Cardiology (Fellow-1981)

American Heart Association, Council on Circulation

Aerospace Medical Association

Society of Air Force Flight Surgeons

Association of Space Explorers

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

COMMITTEES/ACTIVITIES:

Texas Area 5 Health Systems Agency, Certificate of Need Review Committee, 1980-83.

Institutional Review Board, UTHSCD, 1982-84.

NIH-NHLBI Ad Hoc Study Sections, 1982 and 1983.

AFCR - Institutional Representative, 1983-84.

Member, 16th Bethesda Conference: Cardiovascular Abnormalities in the Athlete:

Recommendations Regarding Eligibility for Competition, American College of Cardiology/National Institutes of Health, 1984.

Member, MKSAP VII Cardiovascular Diseases Subcommittee, American College of Physicians, 1984-86.

Sally Ride Committee on NASA Leadership, Mission to Mars Subcommittee, 1987.

European Space Agency-NASA Joint Working Group for Life Sciences, 1987-89.

US-USSR Joint Working Group in Life Sciences.  Implementation Team, 1987-89.

NASA Space Station Science and Applications Subcommittee - Consultant, 1991.

NASA Cardiopulmonary Discipline Working Group, 1989-1992.

Committee on Space Biology and Medicine - National Research Council, 1991-98,

Tennessee Medicare Advisory Committee, 1992-2000.

Committee on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the American Heart Association, 1993-1996

Consultant, Committee on Clinical Toxicology, National Research Council, 1992

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Medical Board, 1993-1999.

Vanderbilt Health Plans Medical Advisory Board, 1994-1997

Vanderbilt Medical Group, Board of Directors, 1995-

Consultant, Future of Space Science Technology Task Group, National Research Council, 1995

NIH/NASA Grant Review Panel for Life Sciences, 1995

ACLS Instructor, Vanderbilt University, 1995-

Physician Integration Team, Vanderbilt University Hospital/St. Thomas Hospital Merger Negotiations, 1996

Westinghouse-Waste Isolation Pilot Project, Carlsbad, NM, Consultant, 1996

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Records/Information Committee, Chairman,1996-2003

American Heart Association, Gala Patrons Committee, 1996-1998

Telemedicine Strategic Planning Group, Vanderbilt University, 1996-1997

University Space Research Associate, Center for Advanced Space Studies, Consultant, Houston, TX, 11/21/96

Vanderbilt University Task Force on Credentialing Conflict Resolution, 1997

Vanderbilt University Search Committee-Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, 1997

Technology Area Reviews and Assessments (TARA) Panel, Biomedical Research, Office of  Secretary of Defense, 1997-1999, 2001

Co-Chair, School of Medicine Task Force on Faculty Compensation & Incentives, 1998

Consultant to Undersecretary of Veteran's Health Affairs; VA Advisory Panel on Patient Safety & Event Reporting, 1998

Medical Director, Vanderbilt Page-Campbell Heart Institute, 1998-1999; Board of Directors 1998-

Biomedical Review Panel, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin, TX, 1999.  Overall program reviewer, 2000

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Self Insurance Trust Committee, 2000-

Vanderbilt Department of Internal Medicine, Resource Utilization Committee, 2000-

Consultant, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine-Committee on Astronaut Health, 2000

Vice-Chancellor's "Paperless Medical Center", Steering Committee, 2000-2003

Steering Committee, Curriculum Redesign Task Force; 2003

VA National Patient Safety Center, Chair-Grant Review Panel, 2003

EDITORIAL CONSULTANT:

American Journal of Cardiology

American Journal of Physiology

Annals of Internal Medicine

Archives of General Psychiatry

Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

Handbook of Physiology

Hypertension

Journal of Applied Physiology

Journal of the American Medical Association

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

New England Journal of Medicine

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Circulation, 1994-96

Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology 1999-2003

Patents

1.         US6,254,548:  INTERNAL THERMOMETER, Ball Semiconductor, Inv.; Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Nabuo Takeda, Ph.D. Suzanne I. Ahn, M.D., Samuel S. Ahn, M.D., Steven R. Hays, M.D., F. Andrew Gaffney, M.D.,

2.         US06,261,247:  POSITION SENSING SYSTEM, Ball Semiconductor, Inc.; Inventors:, MD., Akira Ishikawa, Nabu Takeda, Ph.D, Suzanne Ahn, M.D., Samuel S. Ahn, M.D., Steevn R. Hays,M.D., F. Andrew Gaffney

3.         US06,264,611:  Monitor for interventional procEdures; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.; 

4.         US06,295,466:  :WIRELESS ECG; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.; 

5.         US06,398,710:  RADIATION DOSIMETRY SYSTEM; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.;

6.         US06,447,448:  Miniture implanted orthopedic sensor; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.;

7.         US06,423,056:  Injectable thermal balls for tumor ablation; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.;

8.         US06,415,184:  Implantable neuro-stimulator with ball implant; Inventors:, Akira Ishikawa Nabuo Takeda, Suzanne Ahn, Samuel Ahn, Steven Hays, M.D.,  F Andrew Gaffney, M.D.;

INVITED LECTURES (selected):

03/27-31/95   11th Man in Space Symposium/NASA/CNES, Toulouse, France, "Cardiovascular Physiology"

09/14/95        International Workshop on Cardiovascular Research in Space, Dallas, TX, "Working as an Investigator/Operator/Subject in Space"

11/04/95         UMDNJ, NASA, NJ Space Consortium Symposium, Newark, NJ, "Cardiopulmonary Physiology in Microgravity"

01/11/96         Bedford County Hospital, Shelbyville, TN, "Indications for Valve Placement"

02/08/96         Medical Grand Rounds, Sumner Regional Medical Center, Gallatin, TN, "Space Physiology"

03/07/96         Bedford County Hospital, Shelbyville, TN, "Critical Pathways:  Design & Implementation"

03/12/96         National Management Association, Arnold Chapter, Tullahoma, TN, "Results from Spacelab Life Sciences I"

04/21/96         Medicine Grand Rounds, Evansville, IN,

04/23/96         University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, "Physiological Consequences of Space Flight:  An Astronaut's Perspective"

05/08/96         Information Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Improvement of Cardiology with Computers"

05/18/96         Family/Primary Care Update, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,        "A Primer on Reading EKGs"

05/21/96         Grand Rounds, Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, IN, "Space Physiology"

05/28/96         NASA Astronaut Training, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Role of Payload Specialist in Spaceflight Experiments."

08/07/96         Medicine House Staff, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, "Unstable AP & AMI"

08/08/96         Bedford County Grand Rounds, Shelbyville, TN, "Homocysteinemia: A Common but Unrecognized Cause of Atherosclerotic Disease"

08/18/96         Family Medicine Update, , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Primer on ECG's

09/06-07/96   Medical Scholars Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL,       "Cardiovascular Physiology in Space"

09/19-21/96   "Pushing the Envelope:  Medicine in Challenging Environments," University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, "STS-40:  Cardiology in Space"

10/27/96         Biomedical Research Alumni Reunion Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Space Physiology"

12/06/96         Critical Pathways Workshop, UT Center for Government, Nashville, TN, "Implementing Collaborative Outcomes-Focused Practice"

01/23/97         Bedford County Grand Rounds, Shelbyville, TN, "New Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute MI"

03/18/97         NATO Flight Surgeons Conference, Ramstein, Germany, "Aerospace Physiology"

05/08/97         Critical Pathways, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

05/15/97         Family Medicine Update, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

05/28/97         Organizer, co-chair & lecturer, Systems Physiology Workshop, National Academy of Sciences, NRC, Washington D.C.

 06/11/97         Arnold Engineering Center, USAF, Tullahoma, TN, Preventive Cardiology"

06/23/97         Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs, 69th Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, "Shooting for the Stars"

07/10/97         Veterans Administration Hospital, Critical Care Lecture, Nashville, TN, "Unstable Angina/Acute MI"

09/29/97         Mini-Medical School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Management of a Heart Attack"

10/23/97         Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN, "Medical Results from STS-40"

11/04/97         Council for the Advancement & Support of Education, Nashville, TN, "Space Physiology"

11/08/97         Clinical Applications of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, Grand Rapids, MI, "Echocardiography & Cardiac Physiology in Spaceflight"

01/08/98                     Bedford County Hospital, Shelbyville, TN, "Orthostatic Hypotension"

01/15/98         Microgravity Sciences Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, Irvine CA, "Space Physiology"

01/19/98         Guest faculty, Brooks Air Force Base, TX "Aerospace Physiology"

01/21/98         Davidson County Women's Council of Realtors, Nashville, TN, "Space Flight"

02/26/98         National Society of Engineers Banquet, Arnold Engineering Center, USAF, Tullahoma, TN, "STS-40"

03/10/98         Troop #9 Boy Scouts of America (2nd Graders), Nashville, TN, "Space Travel"

03/21/98         Clinical Care Conference, Care of the Critically Ill and Injured, Orlando, FL, "Flight Medicine and Physiology at Unusual Altitudes:  Spacelab Life Science Mission Results"

04/09/98         Bedford County Hospital, Shelbyville, TN, "Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Cardiac Disease Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery"

04/20/98         Mini-Medical School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN "Heart Attack: How to Prevent and How to Treat"

05/05/98         1998 Current Concepts in Operational and Environmental Medicine Conference,  US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, "Physiologic & Operational Considerations for Microgravitivity Environment"

06/22/98         Rotary Club of Nashville, "Medical Research in Space: Findings from the Spacelab Life Sciences I Mission"

10/26/98         1998 Air Medical Transport Conference, Albuquerque, NM, "Flight Physiology"

11/07/98         American Medical Association-Medical Student Section, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, "Space Physiology"

03/02/99         First Doris Escher Lectureship in Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, "Aerospace Physiology"

04/24/99         Cumberland Science Museum, Nashville, TN, "The Beat Goes On"

05/11/99         OWE Luncheon, Richland Country Club, Nashville, TN, "Spacelab Life Sciences I Mission"

06/03/99         American College of Sports Medicine, Symposium on Microgravity, Seattle, WA, "Cardiopulmonary Adaptation to Microgravity"

06/04/99         Mitral Valve Prolapse Symposium, South Florida Health System, Hollywood, FL,"Observation of the Mitral Valve Syndrome"

10/13/99         Canadian Space Agency Symposium on Microgravity, Toronto, Canada, "Effects of Microgravity on Circulatory Control"

 03/21/00         Bellevue Exchange Club, Nashville, TN, "Space Phsiology"

05/12/00         Commencement Address, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

08/30/00         "Physiology of Microgravitivity," Brooks Air Force Base, TX

10/14/00         "The Evaluation of Findings in Long-Term Follow-up in a Group of 400 Fliers with Mitral Valve Prolapse," Current Concepts in Cardiology, Palm Beach, FL

03/11/01         "Echos From Space," AIUM Annual Convention-General Session, Orlando, FL 

SCHOOL LECTURES: (Selected)

11/11/94         Southeastern New Mexico University, Realistic Applied Technology Symposium, Space & Space Physiology," 1995, 1996

02/29/96         St. Paul Christian Academy, 4th grade, "Space"

03/08/96         Neely's Bend Elementary School Assembly (K-6), Nashville, TN, "Space"

03/18/96         Gallatin Middle School Assembly (8th & 9th graders), Nashville, TN, "Space"

03/23/96         Brentwood Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, "Space"

04/29/96         Carthage Elementary School, Carthage, TN, "Space"

05/15/96         St. Bernard Academy, Nashville, TN, "Space"

02/19/97         St. Paul Christian School, Nashville, TN, "STS-40"

03/05/97       University School of Nashville, Career Day, Nashville, TN, "Physician in Space"

03/06/97         Hendersonville High School, Hendersonville, TN, "Space"

04/15/97         Meigs Magnet School, Nashville, TN, "Space"

04/30/97         St. Bethlehem Elementary School, Clarksville, TN, "Space"

05/07/97         Head Middle School, Nashville, TN, "Space"

05/21/97         Walnut Grove Elementary School, Walnut Grove, TN, "Space"

02/25/98         Neely's Bend Elementary School, Nashville, TN, "Space"

02/26/98         Grassland Elementary School, Brentwood, TN, "Space"

03/11/98         Hendersonville High School, Hendersonville, TN, "Space"

03/04/99         Aerospace Day 1999, Brooks Air Force Base, "Space" (two talks)

05/18/99         Space Day 1999, Neely's Bend Elementary School, Nashville, TN, "Space"

02/22/00         Harpeth Middle School, Kingston Springs, TN, "Space"

03/20/00         Hendersonville High School, Hendersonville, TN, "Space"

09/29/00         Mt. Juliet High School, Mt. Juliet, TN, "Anatomy of the Heart"

TEACHING:

02/96              Physical Diagnosis Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (7 hr classroom  with audiovisual heart sounds generation)

02/22/96         Physiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Space and the+6 Cardiovascular System"

03/21/96         Physical Diagnosis Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "ECG"

04/96              Physical Diagnosis Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,  "ECG"

(four 2-hour lectures)

02/20/97         Physiology Course, VU Sophomore Class, Orthostatic Hypotension, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (1 hr)

02/98              Physical Diagnosis Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN  (7 hr classroom with audiovisual heart sounds generation)

08/98              Critical Care Lecture, V.A. Hospital, Nashville, TN, "Unstable Angina"

02/15/99         Clinical Management Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Financial Aspects of Patient Care in the New Millennium"

02/16/99         Freshman Medical Students, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Space Physiology"

02/14/00         Clinical Management Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Financial Aspects of Patient Care in the New Millenium"

02/17/00         Freshman Medical Students, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Mechanisms of Orthostatic Intolerance"

02/12/01         Clinical Management Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, "Financial Aspects of Patient Care in the New Millennium"

02/15/01         Medical Physiology Course, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Publications

 1.        Gaffney FA, Wohl AJ, Blomqvist CG, Parkey RW, Willerson JT: Thallium-201 myocardial perfusion studies in patients with the mitral valve prolapse syndrome.  Am J Med  64:21-26, 1978.

 2.        Blomqvist CG, Gaffney FA, Atkins JM, Nixon JV, Mullins CB, Willerson JT: The exercise ECG and related physiological data as markers of critical coronary artery lesions.  Acta Med Scand  Suppl 615:51-61, 1978.

 3.        Haller RG, Mukherje H, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: A mitochondrial myopathy presenting as exercise intolerance.  Trans Am Neurol Assoc 103:6-10, 1978.

 4.        Gaffney FA, Karlsson ES, Campbell W, Schutte JE, Nixon JV, Willerson JT, Blomqvist CG: Autonomic dysfunction in women with mitral valve prolapse syndrome.  Circulation  59:894-901, 1979.

 5.        Mulvihill-Wilson J, Graham RM, Anderson S, Muckelroy C, Pettinger WA, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Comparative effects of prazosin and phenoxybenzamine on arterial blood pressure, heart rate and plasma catecholamines in essential hypertension.  J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Suppl 1:6 S1-S7, 1979.

 6.        Raven PB, Saito M, Gaffney FA, Schutte J, Blomqvist CG: Interactions between surface cooling and LBNP induced central hypovolemia.  Aviat Space Environ Med  51(5):497-503, 1980.

 7.        Morrison EB, Gaffney FA, Eigenbrodt EH, Reynolds RC, Buja LM: Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with macronodular (postnecrotic) cirrhosis and autoimmune phenomena.  Am J Med  69:513-519, 1980.

 8.        Gaffney FA, Grimby G, Danneskiold-Samsoe B, Halskov O: Adaptation to peripheral muscle training.  Scand J Rehabil Med  13:11-16, 1981.

 9.        Gaffney FA, Thal ER, Taylor WF, Bastian BC, Weigelt JA, Atkins JM, Blomqvist CG: Hemodynamic effects of the medical anti-shock trousers (MAST garment).  Journal of Trauma  21:931-937, 1981.

 10.       Saltin B, Sjogaard G, Gaffney FA, Rowell LB: Potassium, lactate and water    fluxes in human quadriceps muscle during static contractions. Circ Res 48 (Suppl I):18-24, 1981.

 11.       Schutte JE, Gaffney FA, Blend L, Blomqvist CG: Distinctive anthropometric characteristics of women with mitral valve prolapse.  Am J Med  51:533-538, 1981.

12.       Schutte JE, Longhurst JC, Gaffney FA, Bastian BC, Blomqvist CG: Total plasma creatinine - an accurate measure of total striated muscle mass.  J Appl Physiol  51(3):762-766, 1981. 

13.       Raven PB, Pape G, Taylor WF, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Hemodynamic changes during whole body surface cooling and lower body negative pressure.  Aviat Space Environ Med  52(7):387-391, 1981.

14.       Gaffney FA, Bastian BC, Thal ER, Atkins JM, Blomqvist CG: Passive leg raising does not produce a significant or sustained autotransfusion effect.  Journal of Trauma  22(3):190-193, 1982.

15.       Anderson AL, Gaffney FA, Davidson TS, Estrera A: Acute bronchogenic cyst formation: Diagnosis by two-dimensional echocardiography.  JCU  10:444-447, 1982.

16.       Gaffney FA, Lane LB, Pettinger W, Blomqvist CG: Effects of clonidine administration on the hemodynamic and neuroendocrine postural responses in patients with dysautonomia.  Chest (Supplement)  83S:436S-438S, 1983.

17.       Mulvihill-Wilson J, Gaffney FA, Pettinger WA, Blomqvist CG, Anderson S, Graham RM: Hemodynamic and neuroendocrine responses to acute and chronic alpha-adrenergic blockade with prazosin and phenoxybenzamine.  Circulation  67:383-393, 1983.

18.       Gaffney FA, Anderson RJ, Nixon JV, Blomqvist CG: Cardiovascular function in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (Scleroderma).  Clinical Cardiology  5:569-576, 1983.

19.       May DC, Morris SW, Stewart RM, Fenton BJ, Gaffney FA: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Response to dantrolene sodium.  Annals of Int Med  98:183-184, 1983.

 20.       Huxley RL, Gaffney FA, Corbett JR, Firth BG, Peshock R, Nicod P, Curry G, Lewis SE, Willerson JT: Early detection of left ventricular dysfunction in chronic aortic regurgitation as assessed by contrast angiography, echocardiography and rest and exercise scintigraphy.  Am J Cardiol  51:1542-1550, 1983.

21.       Gaffney FA, Nicod P, Lin JC, Rude RE: Non-invasive recognition of the parchment right ventricle (Uhl's anomaly - arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia) syndrome.  Clinical Cardiology  6:235-242, 1983.

22.       Gaffney FA, Bastian BC, Lane LB, Taylor WF, Horton J, Schutte JE, Graham RM, Pettinger W, Blomqvist CG: Abnormal cardiovascular regulation in patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome.  Am J Cardiol  52:316-320, 1983.

23.       Gaffney FA, Lin JC, Peshock RM, Bush L, Buja LM: Hydrogen peroxide contrast echocardiography.  Am J Cardiol  52:607-609, 1983.

24.       Nicod P, Firth BG, Peshock RM, Gaffney FA, Hillis LD: Rupture of dissecting aortic aneurysm into the right atrium: Clinical and echocardiographic recognition.  Am Heart J  107:1276-1278, 1984.

25.       Winslow EH, Lane LD, Gaffney FA: Oxygen consumption and cardiovascular response in patients and normal adults during in-bed and out-of-bed toileting.  J Cardiac Rehab  4(8):348-354, 1984.

26.       Gaffney FA, Keller AM, Lin JC, Peshock RM, Firth BG: Pathophysiologic mechanisms of cardiac tamponade and pulsus alternans shown by echocardiography.  Am J Cardiol  53:1662-1666, 1984.

27.       Buckey JC, Beattie JM, Gaffney FA, Nixon JV, Blomqvist CG: Simplified right ventricular volume algorithm using one digitized view and transducer tilt angle.  Computers in Cardiology, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 399-402, 1984. 

28.       Wilson SL, Gaffney FA, Laird WP, Fixler DE: Persistently elevated blood pressure and its relationship to body size, composition and fitness in adolescent boys and girls.  Hypertension  7:417-422, 1985.

29.       Mulvihill-Wilson J, Gaffney FA, Neal WW, Graham RM, Pettinger WA, Blomqvist CG: Single and combined therapy for systemic hypertension with propranolol, hydralazine and hydrochlorothiazide: Hemodynamic and neuroendocrine mechanisms of action.  Am J Cardiol  56:315-327, 1985.

30.       Gaffney FA, Nixon JV, Karlsson ES, Campbell W, Dowdy ABC, Blomqvist CG: Cardiovascular deconditioning produced by 20-hour bedrest with head-down tilt     (-5|) in middle-aged men.  Am J Cardiol  56:634-638, 1985. 

31.       Winslow EH, Lane LD, Gaffney FA: Oxygen consumption and cardiovascular responses in normal adults and acute myocardial infarction patients during basin bath, tub bath, and shower.   Nursing Res  34:164-169, 1985.

32.       Maron BJ, Gaffney FA, Jeresaty RM, McKenna WJ, Miller WW: Task Force III: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, other myopericardial diseases and mitral valve prolapse.  JACC  6:1215-1217, 1985.

33.       Buckey JC, Sweeney FM, Kim LT, Beattie JM, Nixon JV, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Stroke volume in-vivo using multiple 2D echo views from one echo window.  Computers in Cardiology, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 293-296, 1985. 

34.       Gatchel RJ, Gaffney FA, Smith JE: Comparative efficacy of behavioral stress management versus propranolol in reducing psychophysiological reactivity in post-myocardial infarction patients.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine  9:503-513, 1986.

35.       Buckey JC, Beattie JM, Nixon JV, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Right and left ventricular volumes in-vitro by a new non-geometric method.  Am J Cardiac Imaging  1:227-233, 1987.   

36.       Parra B, Buckey J, DeGraff D, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG:  Echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular mass by a non-geometric method.  Aviat Space Environ Med  58:A64-68, 1987.

37.       Frase LL, Gaffney FA, Lane LL, Buckey JC, Said SI, Blomqvist CG, Krejs GJ: Cardiovascular effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in healthy subjects.   Am J Cardiol  60:1356-1361, 1987. 

38.       Gaffney FA, Fenton BJ, Lane LD, Lake CR. Hemodynamic, ventilatory, and biochemical responses of panic patients and normal controls with sodium lactate infusion and spontaneous panic attacks.  Archives of General Psychiatry  45:53-60, 1988.

39.       Gaffney FA, Sjogaard G, Saltin B: Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to static contraction in man.  Acta Physiol Scand  138:249-258, 1990.

40.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Watenpaugh DE, Levine BD, Moore WE, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Cardiovascular adaptation to 0-G (Experiment 294): Instrumentation for invasive and non-invasive studies.  SAE Technical Paper Series #911563, 1991. 

41.       Feit A, Cohen M, Dimino L, El-Sherif N, Holtzman R, Ram CVS, Gaffney D, Heller JA, Kaplan N: The effects of labetalol and prazosin on exercise haemodynamics in hypertensive patients.  Journal of Human Hypertension  5:39-43, 1991.

42.       Baisch F, Beck L, Karemaker JM, Arbeille Ph, Gaffney, FA, Blomqvist CG: Head-down tilt bedrest.  HDT'88 - an international collaborative effort in integrated systems physiology. Acta Physiol Scand 144, S604:1-12, 1992. 

43.       Beck L, Baisch F, Gaffney FA, Buckey JC, Arbeille Ph, Patat F, ten Harkel ADJ, Hillebrecht A, Schulz H, Karemaker JM, Meyer M, Blomqvist CG: Cardiovascular response to lower body negative pressure before, during, and after ten days head-down tilt bedrest.  Acta Physiol Scand 144, S604:43-52, 1992.

44.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Plath G, Gaffney FA, Baisch F, Blomqvist CG: Effects of head-down tilt for 10 days on the compliance of the leg.  Acta Physiol Scand  144, S604:53-59, 1992.

45.       Gaffney FA, Buckey JC, Lane LD, Hillebrecht A, Schulz H, Meyer M, Baisch F, Beck L, Heer M, Maass H, Arbeille Ph, Patat F, Blomqvist CG: The effects of a 10-day period of head-down tilt on the cardiovascular responses to intravenous saline loading. Acta Physiol Scand 144, S604:121-130, 1992.

 46.       Buckey JC, Gaffney FA, Lane LD, Levine BD, Watenpaugh DE, Wright SJ, Yancy CW, Blomqvist CG.  Central venous pressure in space. N Engl J Med 328(25):1853-1854, 1993. 

47.       Schmitz RA, Gaffney FA, Scandling DM, McKenzie JE.  Effects of orthostatic and anti orthostatic stress on patent and stenotic coronary arteries in swine. Av Space Environ Med 64:839-844, 1993.

 48.       Latham RD, Fanton JW, Vernalis MN, Gaffney FA, Crisman RP: Central hemodynamics in a baboon model during microgravity induced by parabolic flight.  Adv Space Res 14:349-358, 1994.

49.       Arbeille P. Gaffney FA. Beck L. Coulon J. Porcher M. Blomqvist CG. Investigator: Blomqvist CG. Effect of microgravity on renal and femoral flows during LBNP & intravenous saline load. [Journal Article] Journal of Gravitational Physiology: A Journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology. 3(2):91-2, 1996 Sep

50.       Levine BD, Lane LD, Watenpaugh DE, Gaffney FA, Buckey JC, Blomqvist CG.  Maximal exercise performance after adaptation to microgravity. J Appl Physiol 81(2):686-694, 1996

51.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Levine BD, Watenpaugh DE, Wright SL, Moore WE, Gaffney FA.  Orthostatic intolerance after spaceflight.  J Appl Physiol 81(1):7-18, 1996.

52.       Buckey JC, Gaffney FA, Lane LD, Levine BD, Watenpaugh ED, Wright SJ, Yancy CW, Meyer D, Blomqvist CG.  Central venous pressure in space.  J Appl Physiol 81(1):19-25, 1996.

53.       Roose SP, Laghrissi-Thode F, Kennedy JS, Nelson JC, Bigger, Jr. JT, Pollock BG, Gaffney FA, Narayan M, Finkel MS, McCafferty J, Gergel I.  A comparison of paroxetine to nortriptyline in depressed patients with ischemic heart disease.  JAMA 279(4):287-91, 1998.

54.       Koenig SC, Convertino VA, Fanton JW, Reister CA, Gaffney FA, Ludwig DA, Latham RD. Evidence for increased cardiac compliance during exposure to simulated microgravity.  Am J Physiol 44:R1343-R1352, 1998.

55.       Watenpaugh DE, Gaffney FA.  Measurement of net whole-body transcapillary fluid transport and effective vascular compliance in humans.  J of Trauma: Injury, Infection, & Critical Care 45:1062-1068, 1998.

56.       Purvis GM, Weiss SG, Gaffney FA.  Prehospital ECG monitoring of chest pain patients.  Am J Emergency Med 17:604-607, 1999.

57.       Convertino VA, Koenig SC, Fanton JW, Reister CA, Gaffney FA, Ludwig DA, Ewert DL,  Wade CH.  Alterations in the volume stimulus-renal response relationship during exposure to simulated microgravity.  J Gravitational Physiol 6(2):1-10, 1999.

58.       Senbonmatsu T, Ichihara S, Price E, Jr., Gaffney A, Inagami T.  Evidence for angiotensin II type 2 receptor-mediated cardiac myocyte enlargement during in vivo pressure overload.  J Clinical Investigation 10:R25-R29, 2000

59.       Watenpaugh DE. Buckey JC. Lane LD. Gaffney FA. Levine BD. Moore WE. Wright SJ. Blomqvist CG. Effects of spaceflight on human calf hemodynamics. Journal of Applied Physiology. 90(4): 1552-8, 2001 

60.       Ichihara S, Senbonmatsu T, Price E Jr, Ichiki T, Gaffney FA, Inagami T.  Angiotensin II Type 2 receptor is essential for left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac fibrosis in chronic angiotensin II-induced hypertension, Circulation 2001; 104:346-351

 61.       Ertl AC. Diedrich A. Biaggioni I. Levine BD. Robertson RM. Cox JF. Zuckerman JH. Pawelczyk JA. Ray CA. Buckey JC Jr. Lane LD. Shiavi R. Gaffney FA. Costa F. Holt C. Blomqvist CG. Eckberg DL. Baisch FJ. Robertson D. Investigator: Biaggioni I. Levine BD. Ray CA. Blomqvist CG. Eckberg DL. Robertson D. Human muscle sympathetic nerve activity and plasma noradrenaline kinetics in space Journal of Physiology. 538(Pt 1):321-9, 2002 Jan 1..

 62.       Ichihara S, Senbonmatsu T, Price Jr. E, Ichiki T, Gaffney FA, Inagami T.  The targeted deletion of angiotensin II Type 2 receptor caused cardiac rupture after acute myocardial infarction.  Circulation. 106(17):2244-9, 2002

63.       Pukk K, Lundberg J, Penaloza-Pesantes RV, Brommels M, Gaffney, FA.Do women simply complain more? National patient injury claims data show gender differences. (In Press, Quality Management and Health Care, 2003)

 64.       Pukk K, Lundberg J, Gaffney FA, Penaloza-Pesantes RV, Olsson J.  A study of Swedish health care managers perception of adverse medical events.  (In Press, Quality Management and Health Care, 2003)

65.       Senbonmatsu T, Saito S, Landon EJ, Price Jr. E, Ichiki T, Imboden H, Gaffney FA, Inagami T. A novel intranuclear signaling mechanism of angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2) in association with promyelocytic leukemia Zn2+ finger protein (PLZF): activation of the p85-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit.  (Submitted)

66.       Osswald SS, Gaffney FA, Kruyer WB, Pickard JS, Jackson WG.  Analysis of aeromedical endpoints and evaluation in USAF aviators with mitral valve prolapse.  (In Preparation)

 67.       Osswald SS, Gaffney FA, Kruyer WB, Pickard JS, Jackson WG. Longterm follow-up of 403 USAF aviators with mitral valve prolapse.  (In Preparation)

 Invited Papers, Monographs and Editorials

  1.        Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Mitral valve prolapse syndrome: Autonomic dysfunction.  Primary Cardiology  7:132-145, 1981.

 2.        Cassidy SS, Gaffney FA, Johnson RL Jr: A perspective on PEEP.  New Eng J Med  (editorial)  304:421-422, 1981.

 3.        Gaffney FA, Thal ER, Taylor WF, Bastian BC, Weigelt JA, Atkins JM, Blomqvist CG: Hemodynamic effects of lower body positive pressure.  IN: Human Cardiovascular Adaptation to Zero Gravity.  European Space Agency Special Publication SP-1033, January 1981.

4.         Gaffney FA, Raven PB, Saito M, Schutte J, Blomqvist CG: The effect of lower body negative pressure (LBNP) as modified by body surface cooling.  IN: Human Cardiovascular Adaptation to Zero Gravity.  European Space Agency Special Publication SP-1033, January 1981.

5.        Blomqvist CG, Gaffney FA, Nixon JV: Cardiovascular responses to head-down tilt in young and middle-aged men.  The Physiologist  26(6):S-81-82, 1983. 

6.        Gaffney FA, Fenton BJ: Barney B. Clark, DDS.  A view from the Medical Service.  Arch Gen Psychiatry  41:917-918, 1984. 

7.       Buckey JC, Beattie JM, Gaffney FA, Nixon JV, Blomqvist CG: Simplified right ventricular volume algorithm using one digitized view and transducer tilt angle.  Proc IEEE Computers in Cardiology, PP.399-402, 1984.

 8.       Buckey JC, Sweeney FM, Kim LT, Beattie JM, Nixon JV, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG:  Stroke volume in-vivo using multiple 2D echo views from one echo window.  Proc IEEE Computers in Cardiology, pp.293-296, 1985.

 9.       Buckey JC, Watenpaugh DE, Kim LT, Smith ML, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Initial experience with a new plethysmograph for zero-g use.  The Physiologist  28:S-145-S-146, 1985.

10.       Gaffney FA: Spacelab life sciences experiments: An integrated approach to the study of cardiovascular deconditioning and orthostatic hypotension.  Presented at the International Astronautical Federation, Stockholm, Sweden, 1985.  Acta Astronautica  15:291-294, 1987. 

11.       Gaffney FA: Mitral valve prolapse.  IN: Conn's Current Therapy. (Ed.) RE Rakel. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co.  1988, pp. 212-214. 

12.       Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Mitral valve prolapse and autonomic nervous system dysfunction: A pathophysiological link. IN: Mitral Valve Prolapse and the Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome.  (Eds.) H Boudoulas, CF Wooley. Mount Kisco, NY: Futura Publishing Co.  1988, Chapter 22, pp. 427-443.

 13.       Gaffney FA: Cardiovascular responses to microgravity: Adaptation, maladjustment, and countermeasures.  American Astronautical Society, Science and Technology Series.  AAS 87-157, 72:37-43, 1989. 

14.       Nicogossian AE, Garshnek V, Gaffney FA: The effects of space flight on the cardiopulmonary system.  American Astronautical Society, Science and Technology Series.  AAS 87-164, 72:111-120, 1989.

15.       Winslow EH, Lane LD, Gaffney FA: Oxygen consumption and cardiovascular response in patients and normal adults during in-bed and out-of-bed toileting.  IN: Key Aspects of Recovery.  Improving Nutrition, Rest, and Mobility.  Part IV. Adult Rest and Mobility, Chapter 25. (Eds.) SG Funk, EM Tornquist, MT Champagne, LA Copp, RA Wiese, Springer Publishing Company, New York, 1990, pp 238-259 

16.       Baisch F, Beck L, Maass H, Heer M, Plath G, Blomqvist G, Gaffney FA, Buckey J, Hillebrecht A, Schulz H, Meyer M, Kropp J, Ten Harkel DJ, Karemaker J, Patat F, Arbeille PH: Effects of a 10-day period of 6° head down tilt (HDT). The Physiologist 33(1, Suppl):S-163-S-164, 1990.

17.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Plath G, Gaffney FA, Baisch F, Blomqvist CG: Effects of head down tilt for 10 days on the compliance of the lower limb.  The Physiologist  33(1, Suppl):S-167-S-168, 1990. 

18.       Gaffney FA, Buckey JC, Lane LD, Hillebrecht A, Schulz H, Meyer M, Baisch F, Beck L, Heer M, Maass H, Arbeille PH, Patat F, Blomqvist CG: The effects of a 10-day period of head-down tilt on the cardiovascular responses to intravenous saline loading.  The Physiologist 33(1, Suppl):S-171-S-172, 1990.

19.       Beck L, Blomqvist G, Arbeille PH, Baisch F, Buckey J, Gaffney A, Hillebrecht A, Karemaker J, Patat F, Schulz H, Ten Harkel DJ: Effect of a 10-day HDT on the hemodynamic response to LBNP.  The Physiologist 33(1, Suppl):S-173-S-174, 1990.

20.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Wathenpaugh DE, Levine BD, Moore WE, Gaffney FA, Blomqvist CG: Cardiovascular adaptation to zero-G (Experiment 294): Instrumentation for invasive and non-invasive studies. SAE Technical Paper 911563, 1991. 

21.       Robertson D, Gaffney FA, Biaggioni I: Orthostatic hypotension in earthlings and space travelers. Western Med J 157:679, 1992.

22.       Buckey JC, Lane LD, Plath G, Gaffney FA, Baisch F. Blomqvist CG: Effects of head-down tilt for 10 days on the compliance of the leg. Acta Physiol Scand 144,S604:53-59, 1992.

23.       Gaffney FA, Buckey JC, Lane LD, Hillebrecht A, Schulz H, Meyer M, Baisch F, Beck L, Heer M, Maass H, Arbeille PH, Patat F, Blomqvist CG: The effects of a 10-day period of head-down tilt on the cardiovascular responses to intravenous saline loading.  Acta Physiol Scand 144,S604: 121-130, 1992.

 24.       Blomqvist, CG, Lane LD, Wright SJ, Meny GM, Levine BD, Buckey JC, Gaffney FA, Watenpaugh DE, Arbeille P, Baisch F.  Cardiovascular regulation at microgravity.  Anthrorack on the Spacelab D2 Mission; Michael Perry, Editor, 1997, pg 50-53

25.       A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century.  Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences Press, Washington DC, 1998.  276pp.

26.       Gaffney FA. Cardiac Responses to Environmental Stress: High Altitude, In Cardiology, Crawford MH and Dimarco JP, eds, Mosby International Ltd. London, 2001. Section 8:16, pp.1-5.

27.       Gaffney FA, Bagian JP.  Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments: Military Spaceflight.  In Textbooks of Military Medicine, Vol. II, Chapt. 34, pp 1039-1057, 2002

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