Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FCP, Surgeon

Dr. Gruber leads the transplant program at Harper University Hospital and is professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Gruber graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland with a bioengineering degree. He subsequently graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn, New York, and earned a doctoral degree in surgery with an emphasis in pharmacology from the University of Minnesota, where he completed a general surgery residency and transplant fellowship.

Selected Publications (of 106):

• Jones JW, Gruber SA, Barker JH, Breidenbach WC. Successful hand transplantation: One-year follow-up. N Engl J Med 343: 468-73, 2000.
• Gruber SA, Gillingham K, Sothern RB, Stephanian E, Matas AJ, Dunn DL. De novo cancer in cyclosporine-treated and non-cyclosporine-treated adult primary renal allograft recipients. Clin Transplantation 8: 388-95, 1994.
• Gruber SA, Hewitt JM, Sorenson AL, Barber DL, Bowers L, Rynders G, Arrazola L, Matas AJ, Rosenberg ME, Canafax DM. Pharmacokinetics of FK506 following intravenous and oral administration in patients awaiting renal transplantation. J Clin Pharmacol 34: 859-64, 1994.
• Gruber SA, Hrushesky WJM, Cupola RJ, Erdmann GR, Burke BA, Skjei KL, Mueller RP, Fryd DS, Matas AJ, Simmons RL, Canafax DM. Local immunosuppression with reduced systemic toxicity in a canine renal allograft model. Transplantation 48: 936-43, 1989.
• Gruber SA, Canafax DM, Erdmann GR, Cipolle RJ, Burke BA, Rabatin JT, Hynes PE, Gould FH, Heil JE, Ascher NL, Simmons RL, Najarian JS, Hrushesky WJM. The pharmacokinetic advantage of local 6-mercaptopurine infusion in a canine renal transplant model. Transplantation 48: 928-35, 1989.

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