Publications

Peer-Review Journal Articles

  1. Grigore AM, Brusco L Jr, Kuroda M, Koorn R. Laudanosine and Atracurium Levels in a Patient Receiving
    Long-Term Atracurium Infusion. Critical Care Medicine 1998; 26:180-183.
  2. Grigore AM, Brusco L Jr. Temperature Regulation and Manipulation During Surgery. Progress in
    Anesthesiology 1998; XII: 159-176.
  3. Grigore AM, Castro J, Swistel D, Thys DM. Nicardipine Infusion for the Prevention of Radial Artery Spasm
    During Myocardial Revascularization. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 1998; 12:556-557.
  4. Newman MF, Laskowitz DT, Saunders AM, Grigore AM, Grocott HP. Genetic Predictors of Perioperative
    Neurologic and Neuropsychological Injury and Recovery. Seminars in CardiothoracicVascAnesth 1999; 3:34-46.
  5. Grigore AM, Castro J, Swistel D, Thys DM. Nicardipine Infusion for Radial Artery Spasm: A Cautionary Note
    (response). J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 1999; 13:510.
  6. Grigore AM, Grocott HP. Pro: Epiaortic Scanning Should be Used Routinely During Cardiac Surgery. J
    CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2000; 14:87-90.
  7. Grigore AM, Mathew JP. Con: Magnesium Should be Administered to all Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
    (CABG) Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2000; 14(3):339-43.
  8. Grigore AM, Grocott HP, Newman MF. Anesthetic Management of Patients with a Brain Tumor for Cardiac
    Surgery. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2000; 14(6):702-4.
  9. Grigore AM, Mathew JP, Grocott HP, Reves JG, Blumenthal JA, White WD, Smith PK, Jones RH, Kirchner JL,
    Mark DB, Newman MF. Prospective Randomized Trial of Normothermic Versus Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary
    Bypass on Cognitive Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Anesthesiology 2001; 95:1110-1119.
  10. Grigore AM, Grocott HP, Mathew JP, Phillips-Bute B, Stanley T, Butler A, Landolfo KP, Reves JG, Blumenthal
    JA, Newman MF. The Rewarming Rate and Increased Peak Temperature Alter Neurocognitive Outcome After
    Cardiac Surgery. AnesthAnalg 2002; 94(1):4-10.
  11. Grocott HP, Mackensen GB, Grigore AM, Mathew JP, Reves JG, Phillips-Bute B, Smith PK, Newman MF,
    and the Neurologic Outcome Research Group (NORG) and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Research Endeavors
    (CARE) Investigators of the Duke Heart Center. Postoperative Hyperthermia is Associated with Cognitive
    Dysfunction Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Stroke 2002; 33:537-41.
  12. Tsusaki B, Grigore A, Cooley DA, Collard CD. Reversal of Delayed Paraplegia with Cerebrospinal Fluid
    Drainage After Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair. AnesthAnalg 2002; 94(6):1674.
  13. Amory DW, Grigore AM, Amory JK, Gerhardt MA, White WD, Smith PK, Schwinn DA, Reves JG, Newman
    MF. Neuroprotection is Associated with Beta Andrenergic Receptor Antagonists During Cardiac Surgery:
    Suggestive Evidence from 2,575 Patients. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2002; 16(3):270-277.
  14. Bick RJ, Poindexter B, Buja LM, Grigore A, Nussmeier N, Radovancevic B, and Frazier. Alterations in
    Cardiomyocytes following Left Ventricular Unloading. Recent Res. Devel. Membrane Biol., 1(2002):1-10.
  15. Grigore A, Poindexter B, Vaughn WK, Nussmeier N, Frazier O.H., Cooper JR, Gregoric I, Buja LM, Bick R.
    Alterations in Alpha Adrenoceptor Density and Localization After Mechanical Left Ventricular Unloading With the
    Jarvik Flowmaker Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2005; 24(5): 609-613.
  16. Bick RJ, Bagwell SH, Jones CJ, Poindexter BJ, Buja ML, Youker KA, Grigore AM, Clubb F, Radovancevic B,
    Frazier OH. Fluorescence Imaging Microscopy of Cellular Markers in. Ischemic Versus Non-Ischemic
    Cardiomyopathy Following Left Ventricular Unloading. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2005;
    24(4):454-461.
  17. Bick RJ, Grigore, AM, Poindexter BJ, Schnee PM, Nussmeier NA, Gregoric ID, Shah NA,
    Myers TJ, Buja LM, Frazier OH. Left Ventricular Unloading with an Assist Device Results in Receptor
    Relocalization as Well as Increased Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Numbers: Are These Changes Indications for
    Outcome? J Card Surg 2005; 20:332-336.
  18. Sethi M, Grigore AM, Davison JK. Proceeding with Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
    Surgery After Encountering a Bloody Tap During CSF Catheter Placement. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2006;
    20:269-272. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (continued)
  19. Bracey AW, Grigore AM, Nussmeier NA. Impact of Platelet Testing on Presurgical
    Screening: Implications for Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgical Procedures. Am J Cardiol 2006;98[suppl]:25N-32N.
  20. Levy JH, Macao MY, Gitter R, Kereiakes DJ, Grigore AM, Aronson S, Newman MF:
    Clevidipine Effectively and Rapidly Controls Blood Pressure Preoperatively in Cardiac Surgery Patients: The
    Result of the Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Efficacy Study of Clevidipine Assessing its Preoperative
    Antihypertensive Effect in Cardiac Surgery-1. AnesthAnalg 2007; 105:918-925.
  21. Grigore AM. Surgical Interventions for Heart Failure. Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology 2007;
    11:39-40.
  22. Marzolino PS, Reynolds JH, Coselli JS, Grigore AM. Contained Ascending Aortic Rupture. Texas Heart
    Journal 2008; 35:555-558.
  23. Bennett-Guerrero E, Swaminathan M, Grigore AM, Roach GW, Aberle LG, Johnston JM, Fink MP. A Phase II
    Multicenter Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Ethyl Pyruvate in High Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiac
    Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2009; 23:324-9.
  24. Grigore AM, Murray Friederich C, Ramakrishna H, Djainai G. Temperature Regimens and Neuroprotection
    During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Does Rewarming Matter? AnesthAnalg 2009; 109:1741-51.
  25. Thunberg CA, Gaitan BD, Arabia FA, Cole DJ, Grigore AM. Ventricular Assist DevicesToday and Tomorrow.
    Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia J CardiothoracicVasc Anesth 2010; 24:656-680.
  26. Wehman B, Grigore AM, Griffith B, Bonatti J. Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
    for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. International Journal of Medical Robotics 2012 Jun; 8(2)166-168.
  27. Dawood MY, Lehr EJ, deBiasi A, Haque R, Grigore AM, Griffith BP, Bonatti JO. Robotically Assisted
    Coronary Endarterectomy. Innovations: Technology & Techniques in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery 2011
    Nov/Dec; 6(6): 391-394.
  28. Gaitan BD, Thunberg CA, Stansbury LG, Jaroszewski DE, Arabia FA, Griffith BP, Grigore AM. Development,
    Current Status and Anesthetic Management of the Implanted Artificial Heart. Journal of Cardiothoracic and
    Vascular Anesthesia 2011December; 25(6):1179-1192.
  29. Deshpande SP, Odonkor P, Lehr E, Bonatti JO, Kalangie M, Zimrin DA, Grigore AM. Anesthetic Management
    of Robotically Assisted Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. J Cardiothoracic VascAnesth. 2013
    Jun; 27(3)586-599.
  30. Odonkor P, Stansbury LG, Gammie JS, Rock P, Fitzpatrick M, Grigore AM. Anesthetic Management of
    Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Bypass (Apicoaortic Conduit) Surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular
    Anesthesia 2012 Feb; 26(1):148-160.
  31. Grewal A, Fitzpatrick M, Stansbury L, Grigore AM. Heart as an Endocrine System. International
    Anesthesiology Clinics 2012; 50(2):111-127.
  32. OdonkorP, Stansbury L, Garcia J, Rock P, Deshpande SP, Grigore AM. Perioperative Management of Adult
    Surgical Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support. J CardiothoracicVasc Anesthesia 2013 Apr;
    27(2):329-44.
  33. Thunberg C, Gaitan B, Grewal A, Ramakrishna H, Stansbury LG, Grigore AM. Pulmonary Hypertension in
    Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Pathophysiology, Perioperative Management, and Outcomes. J
    CardiothoracicVascAnesth. 2013 Jun; 27(3):551-72. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (continued)
  34. Clerc P, Walker A, Grigore AM, Fiskum G, Polster BM. Magnesium Sulfate Protects Against the
    Bioenergetic Consequences of Chronic Glutamate Receptor Stimulation. POLS ONE 2013:8(11); e79982
  35. Roman P, Grigore AM. Pro: Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Should be Used Routinely. J
    CardiothoracicVascAnesth 2012 Oct; 26(5):945-8. Epub 2012.
  36. Roman P, Battafarano, RJ, Grigore AM. Anesthesia for Tracheal Reconstruction and Transplantation. Current
    Opinion in Anesthesiology. 2013 Feb; 26(1):1-5.
  37. Deshpande SP, Grigore AM. Robotic Surgery is the Preferred Technique for CABG Surgery. Journal of
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2013; 27(4):602-605.
  38. Odonkor P, Grigore A. Ischemic Heart Disease Med Clin N AM. 2013; 97(6).
  39. Fitzpatrick M, Alexander HR, Deshpande SP, McCormick B, Martz DG, Jr, Grigore, AM. Use of Partial Veno-
    Venous Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion for Patients with Diffuse, Isolated Liver
    Metastases: A Case Series Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. J CardiothoracicVascAnesth.;
    2014:28(3);647-651.
  40. Engelman R, Baker RA, Likosky DS, Grigore AM, Dickinson TA, Shore-Lesserson L, Hammon JW. The
    Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and The American Society of
    Extracorporeal Technology: Clinical practice Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Temperature Management
    During Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;100:748-57.

National Presentations

  1. Controversies in Case Management and Panel Discussion – Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 24th
    Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 20-24, 2002, New York, New York.
  2. Heart Transplantation, Indications and Perioperative Management – Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 25th
    Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 26-30, 2003.
  3. Society of Spinal Cord Injury and Thoracic Aorta Surgery – Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 25th
    Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 26-30, 2003, Miami, Florida.
  4. Left Heart Bypass: What’s the Data and When is It Indicated? American Society of Anesthesiologists 2004
    Annual Meeting, October 23-27, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada.
  5. Echocardiography for Heart Failure: Echo for Assist Devices and the Total Artificial Heart – Clinical Decision
    Making in the Cardiac Surgery Patient, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 8th Annual Comprehensive
    Review and TEE Update, February 14-19, 2005, San Diego, California.
  6. Echocardiography for Heart Failure: You are the Intraoperative Echocardiography Consultant: Case
    Discussions With the Experts – Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Clinical Decision Making in the
    Cardiac Surgery Patient, February 14-19, 2005, San Diego, California.
  7. Left Ventricular Devices Now and Tomorrow – Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, 10th Annual
    Update on Cardiopulmonary Bypass, March 13-18, 2005, Snowmass, Colorado.
  8. Pulmonary Hypertension: Etiologies, Therapies, and Case Studies; Moderator– Society ofCardiovascular
    Anesthesiologists, 27th Annual Meeting and Workshop, May 14-18, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland.
  9. Perioperative Care of Congestive Heart Failure Patients. Cardiac Anesthesia Learning Track, Clinical Forum-
    American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, October 22-26,2005, Atlanta.
  10. Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest, Problem-Based Learning Discussion, Society of Cardiovascular
    Anesthesiologists, 28th Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 29-May 3, 2006, San Diego, California.
  11. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Ventricular Assist Devices, Third Annual You Are the Transesophageal
    Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, August 19-20, 2006, Houston, Texas.
  12. You Are the Intraoperative Echocardiography Consultant: Case Presentations, Fourth Annual Intraoperative
    Transesophageal Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, August 19-20, 2006, Houston,
    Texas.
  13. Ventricular Assist Devices, Grand Rounds, February 28, Baylor College of Medicine, 2007, Houston, Texas.
  14. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Ventricular Assist Devices, Third Annual Intraoperative Transesophageal
    Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, November 4-5, 2007, Houston, Texas.
  15. Transesophageal Echocardiography and Vascular Access Workshop. Cardiac Anatomy Imaging and
    Hemodynamics Workshop. American Society of Anesthesiology. Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, November
    10-11, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.
  16. Transesophageal Echocardiography and Vascular Access Workshop. Case Presentation. American Society
    of Anesthesiology. Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, November 10-11, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.
  17. Intraoperative Imaging of Ventricular Assist Devices and Total Artificial Heart. 21st Annual State-of-the-Art
    Echocardiography. March 2-6, 2008, Phoenix, Arizona.
  18. Temperature Management during Cardiopulmonary Bypass. International Anesthesia Research Society,
    March 31, 2008, San Francisco, California.
  19. Temperature Management During Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic Hospital, August 11,
    2008, Phoenix, Arizona.
  20. Spinal Cord Protection during Thoracic Aortic Procedures. Problem Based Learning Discussion, American
    Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 18-23, 2008, Orlando, Florida.
  21. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Ventricular Assist Devices, Fifth Annual Transesophageal
    Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, February 21-220, 2009, Houston, Texas.
  22. You Are the Intraoperative Echocardiography Consultant: Case Presentations, Fifth Annual Intraoperative
    Transesophageal Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, February 21-22, 2009, Houston,
    Texas.
  23. Patient with Hypercoagulable Disorder has Problems With Bleeding and Clotting. American Society of
    Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 17-21, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  24. Medically Challenging Cases; Moderator. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 17-
    21, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  25. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Ventricular Assist Devices, Sixth Annual Intraoperative Transesophageal
    Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, March 6-7, 2010, Houston, Texas.
  26. You Are the Intraoperative Echocardiography Consultant: Case Presentations, Sixth Annual Intraoperative
    Transesophageal Echocardiography Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer, March 6-7, 2010, Houston, Texas.
  27. Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension. Problem Based Learning Discussion, Society of
    Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, 32nd Annual Meeting, April 27, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  28. Spinal Cord Protection During Thoracic Aortic Procedures. Problem Based Learning Discussion, American
    Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 15-19, 2010, Orlando, Florida.
  29. Rewarming and Temperature Management. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October
    15-19, 2010, Orlando, Florida.
  30. Anesthetic Challenges in the Hypercoagulable Patient. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual
    Meeting, October 15-19, 2010, Orlando, Florida.
  31. Pulmonary Embolism During Liver Transplantation in a Patient with Fulminant Hepatic Failure (2), Problem-
    Based Learning Discussion, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2010, San
    Diego, California.
  32. Spinal Cord Protection During Thoracic Aortic Procedures (2), Problem-Based Learning Discussion,
    American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2010, San Diego, California.
  33. Management of Patient for Pulmonary Embolectomy, Panel, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual
    Meeting October 17, 2010, San Diego, California.
  34. Medically Challenging Cases, Poster Moderator (2), American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting
    October 17, 2010, San Diego, California.
  35. Rewarming and Temperature Management, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting October
    20, 2010, San Diego, California.
  36. Spinal Cord Protection During Thoracic Aortic Procedures (2), Problem-Based Learning Discussion.
    American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 16, 2011, Chicago, Illinois.
  37. Medically Challenging Cases, Poster Moderator (2), October 17, 2011. American Society of
    Anesthesiologists, Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois.
  38. Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography Workshop American Society of Anesthesiologists, Annual Meeting
    Chicago, Illinois.
  39. Spinal Cord Protection During Thoracic Aortic Procedures (2), Problem-Based Learning Discussion,
    American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 15-16, 2012, Washington, DC. 40.
  40. Recent Advances in Ventricular Assist Device. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting,
    October 13, 2021, Washington, DC.
  41. Sudden-onset Pericardial Tamponade During Femoral Venous Cannulation. American Society of
    Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 13-17, 2021, Washington DC.
  42. Recent Advances in Ventricular Assist Devices. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, April 6-10, 2013,
    Miami, Florida.
  43. Spinal Cord Protection During Thoracic Aortic Procedures (2), Problem-Based Learning Discussion,
    American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 12-16, 2013, San Francisco, California.
  44. Basic TEE Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, October 12-16, 2013, San
    Francisco, California.
  45. Echocardiography for Veno-Venous and Veno- Arterial ECMO: Can we wean? American Society of
    Echocardiography June 18-22, 2021, Virtual Scientific Meeting.pass-Temperature Management During
    Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;100:748-57.

International Presentations

  1. High Dose Magnesium and Platelet Function in Patients Undergoing CABG. Society of Cardiovascular
    Anesthesiologists 23rd Annual Meeting and Workshop, May 5-9, Vancouver, Canada.
  2. Ventricular Assist Devices: Classification, Selection and Perioperative Management – Society of
    Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 26th Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 24-28, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  3. Economics of Fast Tracking: Are Expensive Drugs Necessary? Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
    29th Annual Meeting and Workshop, April 22-25, 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  4. Poster Discussion Moderator. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 29th Annual Meeting and
    Workshop, April 22-25, 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  5. Surgical Interventions for Heart Failure, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 26th Annual Symposium: Clinical
    Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Perioperative Medicine. January 21-25, 2008, Acapulco, Mexico.
  6. Management Considerations for Axial Flow Device Implantation. How Are These Devices Diferent From
    Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Devices? Problem-Based Learning Discussion Society of Cardiovascular
    Anesthesiologists, 30th Annual Meeting and Workshop, June 21, 2008, Vancouver, Canada.
  7. Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Assist Devices 47th Romanian Congress of Cardiology,
    September 20, 2008, Sinaia, Romania.
  8. Surgical Interventions for Heart Failure. Mount Sinai School of Medicine 27th Annual Symposium: Clinical
    Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Perioperative Medicine. January 18-23, 2009, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
  9. Surgical Options for Heart Failure. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Czech Society of Anesthesiology and
    Intensive Care Medicine June 14-16, 2009 Prague, Czech Republic.
  10. The Geriatric Patient with Heart Failure. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 27th Annual Symposium: Clinical
    Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Perioperative Medicine. January 17-22, 2010 Paradise Island, Bahamas.
  11. Ventricular Assist Devices. 12th International Congress of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia,
    September 21-24, 2010, Beijing, China.
  12. Periop Management of Hypercoagulable States. 29th Annual Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology,
    Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, January 16-21, 2011, French West Indies.
  13. Perioperative Management of VAD Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery. Mexican College Meeting,
    June 4, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico.
  14. Perioperative Management of Geriatric Patients with Heart Failure. Mexican College Meeting, June 4, 2011,
    Mexico City, Mexico.
  15. Spinal Cord Protection During Open and Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms, 2nd
    International Congress: Anesthesia for Seniors, June 6-9, 2012, Prague Czech Republic.
  16. Temperature Regimens during Cardiac Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Round, Hebrew
    University and Hadassah Medical Center, May 2, 2013, Jerusalem, Israel.

Visiting Professorships

  1. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,
    February 20-21, 2006, Scottsdale, Arizona.
  2. Surgical Interventions for Heart Failure, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, March 27, 2008,
    Houston, Texas.
  3. Ventricular Assist Devices Today and Tomorrow, University of Miami, August 21, 2008, Florida.
  4. Temperature Management During Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Resident Lecture, Yale University, October 7,
    2008, New Haven.
  5. Surgical Options for Heart Failure, Grand Rounds, Yale University, October 8, 2008, New Haven, Connecticut.
  6. Surgical Options for Heart Failure, Grand Rounds, University of Maryland School of Medicine, July 23, 2009,
    Baltimore, Maryland.
  7. Temperature Management During Cardiac Surgery, West Virginia University, November 14, 2012,
    Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dr. Grigore was very
solicitous
in responding to my
questions regarding the
impending open-heart surgery.
As a result of her efforts as the
primary anesthesiologist, I will
resume a better-than-previous
active life once my rehabilitation
period is completed.

Hi, Dr. Grigore! Today
is the 6th
anniversary of
my husband’s aortic
dissection. Especially grateful
for the care you provided him
every day, but especially
grateful today. I can never
thank you enough for helping
save his life!

Neale and I want to
thank you
so much for what
you did on August 29th after his
surgery on August 28th. If you
hadn’t been there to help him, I
don’t know if he would be here
today! You were so kind! Just
wanted to tell you how much we