Gregory J. Jaffers, M.D.
Director, Division of Transplant Surgery
General Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Faculty Rank - Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery
Education
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, M.D., 1976
Specialty Training
- General Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, 1976-1981
- Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1981-1983
Scott & White Appointment
September 1, 1996
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
Publications and Research
- Shandera KC, Rozanski TA, Jaffers G.
The necessity of voiding cystourethrogram in the pretransplant urologic evaluation.
Urology 1996; 47[2]:198-200. - Shandera K, Sago A, Angstadt J, Peretsman S, Jaffers G.
An assessment of the need for the voiding cystourethrogram for urologic screening prior to renal transplantation.
Clin.Transplant. 1993; 7[4]:299-301. - Bowman JS, III, Angstadt JD, Waymack JP, Jaffers GJ.
A comparison of triple-therapy with double-therapy immunosuppression in cadaveric renal transplantation.
Transplantation 1992; 53[3]:556-559. - Bowman JS, III, Jaffers G, Waymack JP.
Reutilization of a transplanted kidney--a case report.
Transplantation 1991; 51[5]:1124-1125. - Jaffers G, Angstadt JD, Bowman JS, III.
Early cannulation of plasma TFE and Gore-Tex grafts for hemodialysis: a prospective randomized study.
Am.J.Nephrol. 1991; 11[5]:369-373. - Bonventre EV, Harberts S, Waymack JP, Bowman JS, Jaffers G.
Translocation of Clostridium perfringens after administration of OKT3.
Transplantation 1990; 49[2]:481. - Buchanan W, Bowman JS, Jaffers G.
Adenoviral acute hemorrhagic cystitis following renal transplantation.
Am.J.Nephrol. 1990; 10[4]:350-351. - Read more publications.
Patient Care Emphasis
Kidney and pancreas surgery, dialysis access, general surgery procedures on transplant patients, vascular access surgery, pancreatic transplantation
Awards
- Wilford Hall Medical Center Golden Cane Award for outstanding physician, 1996
- Consultant to Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, 1983-1996
Research & Education
Health Care Professionals
Patients