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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
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Effect of Everolimus Immunotherapy on Anti-HLA Antibody Mediated Activation of Endothelial Cells. A retrospective mechanistic substudy of â??A 24-month, multi-center, randomized, open-label study
Torre-Amione, G. & Bhimaraj, A.
University of California at Los Angeles
11/30/12 → 12/31/13
Project: Non Profit
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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
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Genetic Modulation of Left Ventricular Recovery (University of Pittsburgh Reference Number 108216)
12/1/05 → 12/31/06
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Impact of cannabidiol on myocardial recovery in patients with acute myocarditis: Rationale & design of the ARCHER trial
ARCHER Study Group, Oct 2024, In: ESC Heart Failure. 11, 5, p. 3416-3424 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter–Dependent Energetic Dysfunction Drives Hypertrophy in Heart Failure
Alves-Figueiredo, H., Silva-Platas, C., Estrada, M., Oropeza-Almazán, Y., Ramos-González, M., Bernal-Ramírez, J., Vázquez-Garza, E., Tellez, A., Salazar-Ramírez, F., Méndez-Fernández, A., Galaz, J. L., Lobos, P., Youker, K., Lozano, O., Torre-Amione, G. & García-Rivas, G., Apr 2024, In: JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 9, 4, p. 496-518 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Previous cardiovascular injury is a prerequisite for immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated lethal myocarditis in mice
Rubio-Infante, N., Castillo, E. C., Alves-Figueiredo, H., Ramos-González, M., Salazar-Ramírez, F., Salas-Treviño, D., Soto-Domínguez, A., Lozano, O., García-Rivas, G. & Torre-Amione, G., Apr 2024, In: ESC Heart Failure. 11, 2, p. 1249-1257 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Successful pharmaco-invasive approach using a lower alteplase dose and VA-ECMO support in high-risk pulmonary embolism: case report
Gutierrez-Gallegos, P., Jimenez-Franco, V., Jerjes-Sanchez, C., Quevedo-Salazar, R., Rodriguez-Rivera, J., Paredes-Gutierrez, E., Lira-Lozano, D., Quintanilla-Gutierrez, J., Gomez-Gutierrez, R., de la Peña-Almaguer, E. & Torre-Amione, G., 2024, In: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine. 11, 1444636.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Upper body thermal images and associated clinical data from a pilot cohort study of COVID-19
Rojas-Zumbado, S., Tamez-Peña, J. G., Trevino-Ferrer, A. A., Diaz-Garza, C. A., Ledesma-Hernández, M., Esparza-Sandoval, A. C., Ortiz-Lopez, R., Torre-Amione, G., Cardona-Huerta, S. & Trevino, V., Jan 2024, In: BMC Research Notes. 17, 1, 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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