Dr. Christopher D. Derby MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1432 S Dobson Rd Suite 403 Mesa AZ, 85202About
Dr. Christopher Derby is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Mesa, AZ. Dr. Derby specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Derby typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High-resolution functional labeling of vertebrate and invertebrate olfactory receptor neurons using agmatine, a channel-permeant cation.
- Functional units of a compound nose: aesthetasc sensilla house similar populations of olfactory receptor neurons on the crustacean antennule.
- A spatiotemporal wave of turnover and functional maturation of olfactory receptor neurons in the spiny lobster Panulirus argus.
- Learning from spiny lobsters about chemosensory coding of mixtures.
- Postembryonic proliferation in the spiny lobster antennular epithelium: rate of genesis of olfactory receptor neurons is dependent on molt stage.
- Why do animals have so many receptors? The role of multiple chemosensors in
- Morphology and distribution of setae on the antennules of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus reveal new types of bimodal chemo-mechanosensilla.
- Transsexual limb transplants in fiddler crabs and expression of novel sensory capabilities.
- A CUB-serine protease in the olfactory organ of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus.
- Selective ablation of antennular sensilla on the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus suggests that dual antennular chemosensory pathways mediate odorant activation of searching and localization of food.
- Biochemical characterization of independent olfactory receptor sites for 5'-AMP and taurine in the spiny lobster.
- Routine primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot in the neonate.
- Modified CPB circuit for postoperative rescue of high-risk patients following cardiac repair: are we keeping safe?
- Stage II reconstruction after hybrid palliation for high-risk patients with a single ventricle.
- An unusual case of button battery-induced traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula.
Fellowships
- (Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery), CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA 2003
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