Cynthia Gries, MD
Medical Director of Lung Transplant
Transplant
Overview
Dr. Cynthia Gries is a board-certified critical care physician with advanced fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine who is part of the medical team at the AdventHealth Transplant Institute. She joined AdventHealth from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she was an assistant professor of medicine and immunology. Dr. Gries earned her medical degree at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She completed her pulmonology and critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Washington (UW) and also holds a master’s degree in epidemiology from UW. Prior to her tenure in Pittsburgh, she served on the UW faculty as a lung transplant sub-specialist.
Articles
Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Antagonism in 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Lung Injury
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2021
ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part I: Epidemiology, assessment of extrapulmonary conditions, candidate evaluation, selection criteria, and pathology statements
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
2021
International consensus recommendations for anesthetic and intensive care management of lung transplantation. An EACTAIC, SCA, ISHLT, ESOT, ESTS, and AST approved document
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
2021
Underweight Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Have Acceptable Survival Following Lung Transplantation A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry Study
CHEST
2020
Frailty and aging-associated syndromes in lung transplant candidates and recipients
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
2020
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and American Association for Thoracic Surgery Workshop Report: Identifying collaborative clinical research priorities in lung transplantation
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
2018
Refining Low Physical Activity Measurement Improves Frailty Assessment in Advanced Lung Disease and Survivors of Critical Illness
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
2017
Frailty Phenotypes, Disability, and Outcomes in Adult Candidates for Lung Transplantation
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2015
Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU: Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Consensus Statement
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2015
Pulmonary hypertension is associated with increased post-Lung transplant mortality risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
2015
Education & Training
Education
Pritzker School of Medicine - University of Chicago; University Of Washington School Of Medicine; Johns Hopkins Bayview Med Center
Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital;
Johns Hopkins Bayview Med Center
Fellowship
University of Washington Medical Center;
University Of Washington School Of Medicine