Dr. Jack Patzer has a primary appointment in the Department of Surgery (TE Starzl Transplantation Institute) where he serves as the Coordinator of the Bioartificial Liver Program and a secondary appointment in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. He is actively involved in the laboratory, preclinical, and clinical evaluation of metabolic artificial organs. Dr. Patzer research involves the application of reaction engineering, transport phenomena, lectrochemistry, and metabolic catalysis in biomedical approaches to internal organ regeneration and function replacement.
In 1986, Dr. Patzer first joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, after spending ten years with Gulf Research and Development Company where he was a Staff Engineer leading research teams in the development of heavy oil and synthetic fuels processes. Since joining the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Patzer has led funded research projects in the development of a portable artificial kidney, implantable glucose sensor for an implantable artificial pancreas, and, most recently, development of a cell-based bioartificial liver support system to support patients with acute liver failure.
Dr. Patzer has been featured in several publications for his works. Through his leadership in the Bioartificial Liver Program in the TE Starzl Transplantation Insitute, he is involved in a large interdisciplinary team dedicated to bringing extracorporeal liver support to patients with acute liver failure. Those projects in which Dr. Patzer is currently involved include:
- Cell-based metabolic liver support systems
- Detoxification methods in support of acute liver failure
- Metabolic liver support in split liver transplantations
- Mitigation of transplant associated reperfusion injury
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Jack PatzerPhone: (412) 624-9819
Email: patzer@pitt.edu