Robert Klinghoffer Wenger, MD

Cardiac Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
LG Health Physicians Cardiothoracic Surgery
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: Emory University Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Wenger is a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Wenger RK, Mortensen JD. The intravascular oxygenator Ivox: Augmentation of blood-gas transfer. , In Mora CT, ed.: Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Techniques of Extracorporeal Circulation.New York: Springer-Verlag. : 1995,450-458


Mansour KA, Wenger RK. T-tube management of late esophageal perforations. , Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, 175(6): 1992,571-572


Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr. Left ventricular mechanics of ejecting, postischemic hearts during left ventricular circulatory assistance. , Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 101(2): 1991,245-255


Wenger RK, Lukasiewicz H, Mikuta BS, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr. Loss of platelet fibrinogen receptors during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. , Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 97(2): 1989,235-239


Wenger RK, Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Bogen D, Edmunds LH Jr. Flow dynamics of peripheral venous catheters during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a centrifugal pump. , Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 96(3): 1988,478-484


Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Gupta KB, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr. Changes in left ventricular systolic wall stress during biventricular circulatory assistance. , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 45(5): 1988,526-532


Gluszko P, Rucinski B, Musial J, Wenger RK, Schmaier AH, Colman RW, Edmunds LH Jr, Niewiarowski S. Fibrinogen receptors in platelet adhesion to surfaces of extracorporeal circuit. , American Journal of Physiology, 252 (3 (Pt2)): 1987,H615-621


Wachtfogel YT, Kucich U, Greenplate J, Gluszko P, Abrams W, Weinbaum G, Wenger RK, Rucinski B, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr. Human neutrophil degranulation during extracorporeal circulation. , Blood, 69(1): 1987,324-330


Wenger RK, Gluszko P, Schmaier A, Rucinski B, Greenplate J, Stewart G, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr. Platelet adherence to synthetic surfaces. , Surgical Forum XXXVII: 1986