Harmon Gareth Tobler, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Harmon Gareth Tobler, M.D., F.A.C.S. serves as the primary surgeon for the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Cardiac Transplant Program and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery.

He received his medical doctorate from the University of Utah, College of Medicine, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was trained in surgery at the University of Minnesota and in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University.

A diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Tobler is a member of the American Medical Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Tobler is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Publications

1. Benditt DG, Kriett JM, Tobler HG, Benson DW Jr, Fetter J, Chavalier PA: Cardioversion of atrial tachyarrhythmias by low energy transvenous technique.  Cardiac Pacing, Proc VIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing, 845-851, 1983.

2. Benditt DG, Tobler HG, Benson DW Jr, Gornick CC, Dunnigan A, Detloff BLS: Antiarrhythmic actions of bretylium, bethanidine and related compounds.  Clin. Prog. Pacing and Electrophysiol.  I(4):349-362, 1983.

3. Kao A, Kriett JM, Tobler HG, Detloff BLS, Pritzker MR, Benson DW Jr, Benditt DG: Bromocriptine treatment of digitalis-induced ventricular tachyarrhythmias: Studies in a canine model.  J Am Coll Cardiol 4:6: 1188-94, Dec 1984.

4. Guehler J, Gornick CC, Tobler HG, Almquist A, Schmid JR, Benson DW Jr, Benditt DG: Electrophysiologic effects of flecanide acetate and its fluorinated metabolites in the canine heart.  Amer J Cardiol 55: 807-812, 1985

5. Benditt DG, Kriett JM, Tobler HG, Gornick CC, Detloff BL, Anderson RW: Electrophysiologic effects of transient aortic occlusion in intact canine heart: Relation to altered regional myocardial systolic function.  Am J Physiol 249 (Heart Circ Physiol 18): H1017-0123, 1985

6. Tobler HG, Anderson RW, Ring WS, Benditt DG: Techniques for intraoperative mapping of tachyarrhythmias in pre-excitation syndromes.  In: Cardiac Pre-excitation Syndromes: Origins, Evaluation and Treatment, Benditt DG, Benson DW Jr, eds, Boston, Martinus-Nijhoff, 1986, pp.545-551.

7. Gornick CC, Tobler HG, Pritzker MR, Tuna IC, Almquist A, Benditt DG: Electrophysiologic effects of papillary muscle traction in the intact heart.  Circulation 73: 1013-1021, 1986

8. Dunbar DN, Tobler HG, Fetter J, Gornick CC, Benson DW Jr, Benditt DG: Intracavitary electrode catheter cardioversion of atrial tachyarrhythmias in the dog. JACC 7: 1015-1027, 1986

9. Tobler HG, Gornick CC, Anderson RW, Benditt DG:  Electrophysiologic properties of the myocardial infarction border zone:  Effects of transient aortic occlusion. Surgery 100(2):150-156, 1986

10. Benditt DG, Benson DW Jr, Dunnigan A, Gornick CC, Ring WS, Almquist A, Tobler HG, Milstein S: Role of extrastimulus site and tachycardia cycle length in inducibility of atrial preexcitation by premature ventricular stimulation during reciprocating tachycardia.  Am J Cardiol  60 (10): 811-9, 1987

11. Tobler HG, Edwards JE: Frequency and location of atherosclerotic plaques in the ascending aorta.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 96 (2): 304-6,  1988

12. Gornick CC, Tobler HG, Tuna IC, Benditt DG: Electrophysiological effects of left ventricular free wall traction in intact hearts.  Am. J. Physiol. 257: H1211-H1219, 1989.

13. McCarthy PM, Portner PM, Tobler HG, Starnes VA, Ramasamy N, Oyer PE: Clinical experience with the Novacor ventricular assist system.  Bridge to transplantation and the transition to permanent application.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 102(4):578-86, discussion 586-7, 1991.

14. Brodsky JB, Tobler HG, Mark JB.  A double-lumen endobronchial tube for tracheostomies (letter).  Anesthesiology, 1991 Feb;74(2):387-8.

15. Barone GW, Ketel BL, Tobler HG. An update of solid organ transplantation at UAMS.  J Ark Med Soc. 89(12): 601-3, May 1993

16. Ziomek S, Read R, Tobler HG, Harrell JE Jr., Gocio JC, Fink LM, Ranval TJ, Ferris EJ, Harshfield DL, McFarland DR, Schaefer R, Purnell G, Barnes RW.  Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy.  Ann Thoracic Surg, 56(2):223-7, Aug 1993.

17. Hearnsberger JE, Ziomek S, Tobler G, Maxson T, Van Devanter SH, Harrell JE, Jr.  Management of Cold Agglutinemia with Warm Heart Surgical Intervention:  A Case Report (letter).  J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg, 106:756-7, Oct 1993.

18. Robinson B, Lawhorn S, Tobler HG, Talley JD: Atrial Myxoma.  J Ark Med Soc 91(6): 290-1, Nov 1994.

19. Tobler HG, Sethi GK, Grover FL, Shroyer AL, Moritz T, Henderson W, Hammermiester KE: Variations in Processes and Structures of Cardiac Surgery Practice.  Medical Care. 1995 Oct; 33 (10 Suppl): OS43-58.

20. London MJ, Shroyer AL, Grover FL, Sethi GK, Moritz T, Tobler HG, McCarthy MJ, Henderson W, Villa Nueva C, Hammermeister KE.  Evaluating Anesthesia Health Card Delivery for Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Process and Structure Variables.  Medical Care, 1995 Oct; 33 (10 Suppl): OS66-75.