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Adult Cardiothoracic »  Faculty »  Charles Hoopes, M.D.

Charles Hoopes, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Director, Heart and Lung Transplant Program

Contact Information

Clinical Phone       (415) 353-1606
Academic Phone: (415) 353-8890

Education

1988-92, Duke University, MD

Residencies

  • 1992-93, Duke University Intern General Surgery
  • 1993-95, Duke University Resident General Surgery
  • 1997-98, Duke University Resident General Surgery
  • 1998-99, Duke University Chief Resident General Surgery
  • 1999-01, University of Michigan Chief Resident Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fellowships

  • 1995-97, Duke University Fellow Molecular Genetics, Transplantation  
  • 2001-02, Duke University Fellow Thoracic Transplantation (heart and lung)

Postdoctoral Training

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery, 2000
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2003

Program Affiliations

  • Surgical Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation

Clinical Expertise

  • Transplantation
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • End stage lung disease
  • Immunosuppression
  • Infectious disease
  • Genomics

Research Interests

  • Thoracic transplantation and genetics

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Biography

Dr. Hoopes received his M.D. degree from Duke Univeristy School of Medicine, where he also completed his general surgery residency.   Dr. Hoopes completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Michigan before returning to Duke for fellowship training in cardiopulmonary transplantation.  His clinical interests include cardiopulmonary  transplantation and surgical approaches to end stage heart and lung disease.  In addition, he holds a graduate degree in anthropology and is actively developing research in the molecular genetics of infectious disease as it relates to thoracic transplantation.  Dr. Hoopes was recruited to UCSF in 2002 and is currently the Director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation.

Dr. Hoopes is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians  and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Selected Publications

  1. Sweet MP, Hoopes C, Golden J, Hays S, Leard L, Patti M. Prevalence of delayed gastric emptying and gastroesophageal reflux in patients with end-stage lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg, Oct/2006;82(4):1570; author reply 1570-1.
  2. Sweet MP, Patti MG, Leard LE, Golden JA, Hays SR, Hoopes C, Theodore PR. Gastroesophageal reflux in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis referred for lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, Apr/2007;133(4):1078-84.
  3. Leard LE, Cho BK, Jones KD, Hays SR, Tope WD, Golden JA, Hoopes CW. Fatal diffuse alveolar damage in two lung transplant patients treated with cetuximab. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Dec;26(12):1340-4

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