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Dr. Torre-Amione received his first academic appointment in 1995 as a Clinical Instructor at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He became an Assistant Professor there one year later, the same year he became the Medical Director for the Cardiac Transplant Service at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center. Dr.Torre-Amione joined the Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group and Weill Medical College in 2005.
Research interests
Dr. Torre-Amione is the director of the Heart Failure Research Laboratory at Houston Methodist, and conducts research examining the mechanisms of immune activation and inflammation as it relates to myocardial dysfunction in the areas of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. The doctor and his colleagues have conducted numerous studies that suggest novel immune modulatory therapies for the treatment of heart failure and transplant patients. Dr. Torre-Amione led the first two FDA-approved trials of Celacade with impressive results, and a Phase III trial is underway. Other studies underway in the Heart Failure Research Laboratory are investigating additional immune response pathways that contribute to the progression of heart failure, including the role of heat shock proteins and cardiac mast cells.
Education/Academic qualification
Interventional Cardiology, Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Aug 1 1992 → Jun 30 1995
Award Date: Jun 30 1995
Internal Medicine, Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
Jul 1 1990 → Jul 30 1992
Award Date: Jul 30 1992
MD, Facultad De Medicina - Instituto Tech.
… → May 31 1985
Award Date: May 31 1985
Cardiology, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Immunology, PhD, University of Chicago
Research Area Keywords
- Regenerative Medicine
Free-text keywords
- Heart failure
- Cardiac transplant
- Immune activation
- Inflammation
- Heat shock proteins
- Cardiac mast cells
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Projects
- 5 Finished
A PROSPECTIVE
Bhimaraj, A., Torre-Amione, G. & Estep, J. D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
9/1/13 → 8/31/14
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
Effect of Everolimus Immunotherapy on Anti-HLA Antibody Mediated Activation of Endothelial Cells. A retrospective mechanistic substudy of â??A 24-month
Torre-Amione, G., Bhimaraj, A. & Estep, J. D.
University of California Los Angeles
11/30/12 → 12/31/13
Project: Non Profit
CLINICAL TRIALS IN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION (CTOT) PROTOCOL CTOT-11 - PREVENTION OF CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY USING RITUXIMAB (RITUXAN®) THERAPY IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION (CTOT-11 Trial)
Bhimaraj, A., Torre-Amione, G. & Estep, J. D.
9/1/12 → 8/31/15
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
Effect of Plasma Exchange on patients with chronic refractory heart failure
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
10/15/07 → 10/30/08
Project: Non Profit
Genetic Modulation of Left Ventricular Recovery (University of Pittsburgh Reference Number 108216)
12/1/05 → 12/31/06
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
Research Output
Discovery of non-HLA antibodies associated with cardiac allograft rejection and development and validation of a non-HLA antigen multiplex panel: From bench to bedside
Butler, C. L., Hickey, M. J., Jiang, N., Zheng, Y., Gjertson, D., Zhang, Q., Rao, P., Fishbein, G. A., Cadeiras, M., Deng, M. C., Banchs, H. L., Torre, G., DeNofrio, D., Eisen, H. J., Kobashigawa, J., Starling, R. C., Kfoury, A., Van Bakel, A., Ewald, G., Balazs, I. & 9 others, , Jan 1 2020, In : American Journal of Transplantation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Equipo de respuesta rápida para tromboembolismo venoso del hospital zambrano hellion (PREVENTION-team): mejorando el manejo del tromboembolismo pulmonar y trombosis venosa profunda
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Percutaneous Left Axillary Artery Placement of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Bhimaraj, A., Agrawal, T., Duran, A., Tamimi, O., Amione-Guerra, J., Trachtenberg, B., Guha, A., Hussain, I., Kim, J., Kassi, M., Xu, J., Suarez, E. E., Ngo, U. Q., Torre-Amione, G. & Estep, J. D., Apr 2020, In : JACC: Heart Failure. 8, 4, p. 313-323 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Pulse assessment is important with blood pressure measurement in individuals with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices
Marcos-Abdala, H. G., Cruz-Solbes, A. S., Hussain, I., Trachtenberg, B., Ashrith, G., Torre-Amione, G., Bruckner, B., Suarez, E. E., Estep, J. D. & Bhimaraj, A., Jan 1 2020, In : International Journal of Artificial Organs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Resveratrol Prevents Right Ventricle Remodeling and Dysfunction in Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with a Limited Improvement in the Lung Vasculature
Vázquez-Garza, E., Bernal-Ramírez, J., Jerjes-Sánchez, C., Lozano, O., Acuña-Morín, E., Vanoye-Tamez, M., Ramos-González, M. R., Chapoy-Villanueva, H., Pérez-Plata, L., Sánchez-Trujillo, L., Torre-Amione, G., Ramírez-Rivera, A. & García-Rivas, G., 2020, In : Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2020, 1841527.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article