Christopher K. Breuer, MD

Christopher K. Breuer, MD, is Co-Director of the new Tissue Engineering Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Director of Tissue Engineering in The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s new Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Based Therapies. His clinical and research interests center on bioengineered tissue for use in surgery. Working with Dr. Toshiharu Shinoka, he was the first in the world to tissue engineer blood vessels and implant them in human infants. Dr. Breuer has many honors recognizing his contributions, including the Jacobsen Promising Investigator Award from the American College of Surgeons which is given to the most innovative young surgical investigator in the country.

Gender:

• Male

Languages Spoken:

• English

Research Center:

• Hospital-Based Research Faculty

Medical School

• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  Date Completed: 05/28/1990

Residency

• Rhode Island Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1992

Residency

• Boston Children's Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1993

Fellowship

• Harvard Medical School
  Date Completed: 06/30/1995

Residency

• Rhode Island Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1997

Fellowship

• Hasbro Children's Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1999

Department:

• Pediatric Surgery

Section:

• General Pediatric Surgery

Speciality:

• Pediatric Surgery
  
• Surgery
  

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital:

• 09/28/2012