Todd Grazia, MD

"Dr. Grazia cares for patients undergoing evaluation for lung transplantation and those that are post-lung transplant. Dr. Grazia assumes the role of Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health. Prior to his arrival, Dr. Grazia was faculty at the University of Colorado where he served as the Associate Medical Director and Acting Medical Director of Lung Transplantation. Additionally, he headed a successful cardiothoracic transplantation research laboratory responsible for numerous peer-reviewed publications. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Gates Foundation amongst others. Dr. Grazia's research interests include attenuating acute and chronic lung rejection - including the potential use of stem cell therapy. He is also interested in donor utilization, donation after cardiac death and advanced circulatory therapies to bridge extremely ill lung disease patients to transplant. Dr. Grazia is married with two teenage boys. He is an avid hunter, fisherman, skier and cyclist. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his wife and sons."