Alan Dardik, MD/PhD, FACS, DFSVS, FAHA
Professor of Surgery (Vascular) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Chief of Surgery, VA Connecticut; Principal Investigator, Dardik Laboratory; Editor-in-Chief, JVS-Vascular Science; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
The Dardik laboratory focuses on working to understand he healing and function of blood vessels and synthetic blood vessel substitutes and patches that are used in vascular reconstruction. Work is underway to understand fundamental molecular mechanisms by which vein graft adaptation and arteriovenous fistula maturation result in positive remodeling and successful adaptation to the arterial and fistula environments, yet often proceed, in the long-term, to neointimal hyperplasia and graft failure.
Dr. Dardik is deeply committed to the training and mentoring of young investigators, especially those interested in becoming surgeon-scientists; he has been a mentor to over 25 predoctoral students for MD, PhD, MD/PhD, and masters? degrees, and to over 50 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom have entered academic surgical careers.