Faculty

Akar, Joseph

Research Interests:mechanisms of atrial fibrillation; ablation of atrial fibrillation; molecular imaging of structural remodeling; pericardial fat and arrhythmogenesis; effect of remote device monitoring on patient outcomes; atrial fibrillation burden and clinical outcomes

Clinical Interests:Radiofrequency ablation of complex arrhythmias with including persistent and long-standing atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation and flutter in the setting of structural heart disease (surgically corrected congenital disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart failure, prosthetic valves), and epicardial ventricular tachycardia; cardiac resynchronization therapy (biventricular devices).

Bellumkonda, Lavanya

Clinical Interests:heart failure

Bender, Jeffrey

Research Interests:Inflammatory, Immune, Metabolic and Hormonal Effects on the Endothelium

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; preventive cardiology

Bhatt, Paras

Research Interests:device utilization and outcomes; atrial fibrillation outcomes.

Clinical Interests:device implants; ICDs and pacemakers; atrial fibrillation ablation; SVT ablations; VT ablation

Brennan, Joseph

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; Interventional cardiology; Coronary Angioplasty and Coronary Stenting.

Burg, Matthew

Research Interests:role of emotion and stress on colonary heart disease; ischemia

Cabin, Henry

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology

Cambi, Brian

Chun, Hyung

Research Interests:Atherosclerosis; pulmonary hypertension; angiogenesis; GPCR signaling; endothelial cell function; vascular pharmacology; apelin; angiotensin II

Clinical Interests:General cardiology; coronary artery disease; heart failure

Clancy, Jude

Research Interests:atrial fibrillation; catheter technology

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; electrophysiology; cardiac arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation ablation; lead extractions

Cleman, Michael

Research Interests:Interventional management of adult structural heart disease, and valvular heart disease

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; management of adult structural heart disease including PFOs, ASD, coronary fistula,patent ductus, aortic coarctation.

Cohen, Lawrence

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; valvular heart disease; coronary artery disease; primary muscle disease (cardiomyopathy); mitral valve prolapse; pericardial disease

Curtis, Jeptha

Research Interests:interventional cardiology; health services research

Clinical Interests:Interventional cardiology; percutaneous coronary interventions; acute coronary syndromes; endovascular treatment of peripheral vascular disease

Dicola, Vincent

Dries, Daniel

Research Interests:cardiomyopathy; heart failure; heart transplantation; mechanical circulatory support; genetics; natriuretic peptide biology; hypertrophy

Clinical Interests:cardiomyopathy; heart failure; heart transplant; cardiac transplantation; mechanical circulatory support.

Eichmann, Anne

Research Interests:vascular development and angiogenesis; guidance of vascular patterning; tip cells; axonal growth cones; vascular growth factors in the nervous system

Foley, John

Forrest, John

Research Interests:Transcather Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Clinical Interests:Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous Coronary interventions; Valvular Heart Disease; Aortic Stenosis; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacmenet (TAVR); Peripheral Vascular disease and interventions.

Freed, Lisa

Fucci, Michael

Gerber, Jaime

Giordano, Frank

Research Interests:Myocardial angiogenesis; Viral vectors

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; novel treatments for heart disease

Goldstein, Daniel

Research Interests:immunity in transplantation; impact of aging on inflammation and immunity

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation

Greif, Daniel

Research Interests:vascular biology; vascular smooth muscle; vessel wall; arteriogenesis; developmental biology; clonal analysis; lineage analysis; hypertension; atherosclerosis; pulmonary artery hypertension

Grubman, Eric

Haronian, Howard

Research Interests:PCI; stents; valvular heart disease

Clinical Interests:Coronary Disease; angioplasty; stents; valve disease

Hasan, Faisal

Clinical Interests:Interventional Cardiology; Peripheral Arterial Disease; General Cardiology

Henry, Glen

Clinical Interests:Interventional cardiology, hemodynamics, clinical cardiology

Hiatt, Bonnie

Clinical Interests:heart failure.

Highman, Henry

Hirschi, Karen

Howes, Christopher

Research Interests:Interventional Cardiology; Exercise Echocardiography; Correlation of peripheral markers of endothelial dysfunction and coronary artery disease

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; atrial fibrillation; coronary artery disease; heart disease; hypertension; shortness of breath; valvular heart disease; cardiomyopathy; preventative cardiology; aortic aneurysm

Hwa, John

Research Interests:prostacyclin; thromboxane; GPCR; pharmacogenetics; atherothrombosis

Israel, Douglas

Jacoby, Daniel

Research Interests:Heart failure in adult congenital heart disease; ventricular assist therapy

Clinical Interests:Cardiomyopathy (Hypertrophic, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome); Heart failure; adult congenital heart disease; heart transplant; ventricular assist device therapy

Jacoby, Steven

Clinical Interests:general cardiology; coronary artery disease; valvular heart disease; congestive heart failure; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; stress testing; echocardiography

Jadbabaie, Farid

Clinical Interests:Adult cardiovascular disease; congestive heart failure; non-invasive imaging of the heart; echocardiography; valvular heart disease

Jin, Suk-Won

Research Interests:vascular development and angiogenesis; hemogenic endothelium; BMP signaling

Kruger, Nathan

Clinical Interests:Prevention; Congestive Heart Failure; Coronary Artery Disease; Valvular Heart Disease; Advanced Heart Failure Management; Dyslipidemia

Krumholz, Harlan

Research Interests:Outcomes research in cardiovascular disease

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; Echocardiography; public health; internal medicine; health outcomes;

Lampert, Rachel

Research Interests:Arrhythmias, Stress, and the Autonomic Nervous System

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; electrophysiology; pacemakers; defibrillators

Lansky, Alexandra

Clinical Interests:women's cardiovascular health; intravascular ultrasound; interventional cardiology; preventive cardiology.

Lee, Forrester

Research Interests:Congestive heart treatment; heart rate variability; Minority population cardiovascular health care access

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation

Leventhal, Seth

Liu, Yi-Hwa

Research Interests:Nuclear Cardiac Imaging

Clinical Interests:Nuclear cardiology

Loscalzo, Christopher

Clinical Interests:Clinical Cardiology. Direct patient care. Diagnosis and treatment of all cardiovascular conditions. Echocardiography. Carotid Ultrasound. Exercise stress testing.

Malm, Brian

Clinical Interests:echocardiography; stress testing; nuclear cardiology; valvular heart disease; coronary artery disease; cardiac CT; preventive cardiology

Mani, Arya

Research Interests:Identification of cardiovascular disorders that have strong familial pattern

Clinical Interests:General cardiology; adult familial cardiovascular disorders; congenital heart disease; coronary Computed Tomography (CT); arrythmia; cardiac echocardiography; cardiac nuclear stress testing; cardiovascular stress testing; fainting; nuclear cardiography; tachycardias; transesophageal echocardiography; CT angiography

Marieb, Mark

Clinical Interests:Cardiac arrhythmias; pacemakers; defibrillators; AICD's (Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator); sudden death; supraventricular tachycardia; ventricular tachycardia; ablation; cardiac ablation; atrial fibrillation; cardiac electrophysiology; catheter ablation; radiofrequency; catheter ablation; cryoablation; bradycardia; fainting; sinus node dysfunction; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Martin, Kathleen

Research Interests:vascular smooth muscle; differentiation; signal transduction; transcription; translation

McNamara, Robert

Research Interests:Application of evidence-based medicine to improving outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease

Clinical Interests:Ischemic Heart Disease; Valvular Heart Disease; Atrial Fibrillation

McPherson, Craig

Meadows, Judith

Mena, Carlos

Research Interests:Angioplasty; Endovascular therapy; stents

Clinical Interests:Advanced endovascular therapy for peripheral vascular disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Non-invasive vascular imaging

Molisse, Theresa

Mukherjee, Sandip

Nelson, Jennifer

Nicoli, Stefania

Research Interests:Zebrafish; Post-transcriptional regulation; Small RNAs; Angiogenesis; Artery-vein differentiation; Vessels stability; Hematopoiesis; Lymphatic development

Pfau, Steven

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology

Possick, Stephen

Price, Daniel

Qyang, Yibing

Research Interests:Heart; Stem cell; ES cell; iPS cell; Physiology; Tissue engineering; Small molecule; Patient; Disease; Cardiovascular

Remetz, Michael

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; carotid interventions; peripheral vascular interventions; Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) screenings; angina; cardiac catheterization; renal vascular disease

Revkin, James

Research Interests:My clinical research efforts have focused on a broad range of areas in cardiovascular medicine, including heart failure, heart transplantation, myocardial metabolism and, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis.

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; coronary artery disease; hypertension; shortness of breath; valvular heart disease

Rocklin, Donald

Clinical Interests:Adult Cardiology including coronary artery disease; chest pain evaluation; congestive heart failure; shortness of breath; cardiomyopathy; valvular conditions; palpitation; basic arrhythmias; preventive cardiology; hypertension; lipid management; anti-coagulation, legal medicine including cardiac disability evaluation, second opinions.

Rosenfeld, Lynda

Research Interests:Bradycardia and tachycardia device therapy; Remote monitoring of implanted devices; Atrial fibrillation; Intraoperative determinants of post operative atrial fibrillation; Therapy of patients with post operative AF; Arrhythmias in patients with post operative adult congenital heart disease

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; electrophysiology; cardiac arrhythmias; cardiac sarcoidosis; adult congenital heart disease, cardiac disease after cancer therapy

Russell, Kerry

Research Interests:Signaling pathways in vascular function and heart failure

Clinical Interests:General Cardiology; Echocardiography; Cardiac complications of Cancer and its treatment (CardioOncology)

Russell, Raymond

Research Interests:Regulation of cardiac metabolism in the setting of ischemia; heart failure and diabetes

Clinical Interests:Cardio-oncology; coronary artery disease; heart failure; stress testing; exercise physiology; noninvasive cardiac imaging

Sadeghi, Mehran

Research Interests:Molecular imaging; Nuclear imaging; Vascular biology; Molecular biology; Vascular remodeling; Atherosclerosis; Aneurysm; Transplantation; Valvular biology and imaging

Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular Medicine, Noninvasive Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Coronary CT Angiography

Scandrett, Rebecca

Schwartz, Martin

Research Interests:Integrin signaling; mechanotransduction; atherosclerosis; vascular remodeling; heart disease; extracellular matrix; cell adhesion; cytoskeleton; cell-cell junctions; fluid shear stress

Seltzer, Arthur

Clinical Interests:Clinical Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology, Valvular Heart Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Cardio-Oncology

Setaro, John

Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; preventive cardiology

Simons, Michael

Research Interests:Angiogenesis; Arteriogenesis; Lymphangiogenesis; Endothelial Signaling; tyrosine kinase signaling; vascular development; FGF; VEGF; endocytosis

Clinical Interests:Coronary artery disease; acute myocardial infarction

Sinusas, Albert

Research Interests:Advanced cardiovascular and molecular imaging

Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular imaging; stress testing; ischemic heart disease

Soufer, Robert

Research Interests:Neurobehavioral Correlates of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease: Neuro-Cardiac Interaction, Mental Stress and Myocardial Blood Flow

Sugeng, Lissa

Research Interests:Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) is a natural evolution in the development of echocardiography. My interests in 3DE stems back to 1993, which was mainly focused on validating and comparing 3D techniques to other imaging modalities such as CMR and CT imaging. As new developments in probe technology brought a true “real-time” 3D fully-sampled matrix array transducer it has become the main imaging modality in valvular disease.

Clinical Interests:Echocardiography and Valvular Heart Disease

Thompson, Craig

Clinical Interests:Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) (chronic 100% arterial blockages); multivessel coronary disease; left main coronary disease; complex coronary Intervention; peripheral vascular diseases; heart surgery Transcatheter Aortic Vavle Implanation (TAVR) Peripheral Arterial Diseases Cardiovascular Device Development