Dr. Richard A. Pierce MD/PHD
Surgeon
1301 Medical Center Drive #3501A Nashville Tennessee, 37232About
Dr. Richard Pierce is a general surgeon practicing in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Pierce specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Pierce provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
University of Virginia
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery- General Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prenatal nicotine exposure and abnormal lung function.
- Identification of a matrix-binding domain in MAGP1 and MAGP2 and intracellular localization of alternative splice forms.
- Retinoic acid attenuates O2-induced inhibition of lung septation.
- Sustained changes in lung expansion alter tropoelastin mRNA levels and elastin content in fetal sheep lungs.
- The minor histocompatibility antigen HA-3 arises from differential proteasome-mediated cleavage of the lymphoid blast crisis (Lbc) oncoprotein.
- Cortisol enhances structural maturation of the hypoplastic fetal lung in sheep.
- Pulmonary elastin expression is decreased in the nitrofen-induced rat model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Imbalance between cysteine proteases and inhibitors in a baboon model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Effects of an intratracheally delivered anti-inflammatory protein (rhCC10) on physiological and lung structural indices in a juvenile model of acute lung injury.
- Disordered pulmonary myofibroblast distribution and elastin expression in preterm infants with Ureaplasma urealyticum pneumonitis.
- Positive transcriptional regulatory element located within exon 1 of elastin gene.
- Effects of recombinant Clara cell secretory protein (rhCC10) on inflammatory-related matrix metalloproteinase activity in a preterm lamb model of neonatal respiratory distress.
- Retinoids increase lung elastin expression but fail to alter morphology or angiogenesis genes in premature ventilated baboons.
- Bombesin-like peptides modulate alveolarization and angiogenesis in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Plexiform-like lesions and increased tissue factor expression in a rat model of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Local public speaking and lecturing as Assistant Professor of Surgery. -
Internships
- George Washington University Hospital 2003
Fellowships
- Legacy Healthcare Services-Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery 2010
Professional Society Memberships
- American Hernia Society,American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Association for Academic Surgery
What do you attribute your success to?
- Richard attributes his success to hard work, academic research, watching students thrive and continue their education.
Hobbies / Sports
- Family,Friends,Dining Out
Favorite professional publications
- All major medical publications, books, journals
Dr. Richard A. Pierce MD/PHD's Practice location
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