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David Tilson, M.D.
Phone: 212-523-7780
Email: tilson@slrsurgery.org
Departments:
Vascular Surgery
Specialties:
Vascular
Interests:
Research In Vascular Biology, expecially Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
Medical School:
Yale University, 1967, M.D., conferred cum laude
Post Grad:
Rice University, 1963, B.A., Conferred summa cum laude
Intern and Resident in Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1967-1971
Residents in Surgery and Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1971-1972
Honors:
Evans Visiting Scientist in Residence, Otago School Of Medicine, New Zealand 1999
Other:
Academic Appointments:
Instructor in Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, 1971-1972
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, 1974-1978
Associate Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, 1978-1983
Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, 1983-1989
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1983-1989.
Director of Surgery, St.Luke's Roosevelt HC, 1989-1995
Honorary Societies and Academic Awards:
Blanche White Honor Scholar, 1962
Phi Beta Kappa, 1962
President, Hanszen College, Rice University, 1962-1963
Ferris Prize for excellent work in anatomy, 1963
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1966
Ramsey Prize for unquestioned ability and character, 1966
James IV Traveler, 1985
Who's Who in the East, 25th Edition, 1995-6
Who's Who in America, 50th Edition, 1996-7
Professional Societies
American Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons
American Association for Advancement of Science
Association for Academic Surgery
Halsted Society
International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
New England Society for Vascular Surgery
New England Surgical Society
New York Academy of Sciences
New York Clinical Society
New York Surgical Society
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society for Vascular Surgery
Society of University Surgeons
Surgical Biology Club III
Vascular Biology Club
Editorial Boards
Journal of Vascular Surgery
Publications:
1. Chew DKW, Knoetgen James III, Xia S, Gaetz HP, Tilson MD. Regional distribution in human of a novel aortic collagen-associated microfibrillar protein. Esp Mol Path 1999:66: 59-65
2. Hirose H, Tilson MD. Negative genetic risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysim: HLA-DQ3, a Japanese study. J Vasc Surg 1999: 30: 959.
3. Tilson MD, Fu C, Xia S, Syn D, Yoon Y, McCaffrey T. Expression of Molecular messages for angiogenesis by fibroblats from aneurysmal abdominal aorta versus dermal fibroblasts. Int J Surgical Investigation 1999: 1: 453-457.
4. Tilson MD, Rzhetsky A. A novel hypothesis rearding the evolutionary origins of the immunoglobulin fold. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 200:16:88-93
5. Park WM, Connery CP, Hochman JS, Tilson MD, Anagnostopoulos CE. Successful repair of mycardial free wall rupture after thrombolytic therapy for acute infarction. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1345-9.
6. Tilson MD. Molecular mimicry and the etiology of the nonspecific abdominal aortic aneurysm. In Progress in Vascular Surgery, JST Yao and WH Pearce, eds. Appleton & Lange, Stamford, CT. 1997, 111-116.
7. Tilson MD. On physician-assisted suicide (a letter to the Editor). New England Journal of Medicine 1997L;336:1526.
8. Tilson MD. Pathogenesis of mycotic aneurysms (editorial). Cardiovascular Surgery 1999;7:1-2.
9. Chew DKW, knoetgen J III, Tilson MD. A perspective on the etiology of aneurysms. In: Development of Aneurysms. Keen RR, Dobrin PB eds. 2000. Georgetown, TX, RG Landes Co pp 206-218.
10. Tison MD. Public awareness of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (editorial). Cardiovascular Surgery 2991;4:311-312.
11. Gandhi RH, Hochman JS, Nackman GB,Diwan S, Tilson MD. Early activation of Proteolytic enzymes after acute myocardial infarction in the rat. Circulation 1993(Oct);88(4.2):I-447.
12. Paik D, Tilson MD. Neovascularization in the abdominal aortic aneurysm: endothelial nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide, and elastolysis. Annal of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996) 800:277.
13. Tilson MD, Supio B. Do aneurysms cause atherosclerosis? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996) 800:268-9.
14. Syn D, Hardy K, Xia S, Tilson MD. A molecular hypothesis for the phenomenon of generalized arteriomegaly and/or peritoneal inflammation in some patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. J. Surg Res 2000;93:365.