Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2020 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Donor Heart Recovery and Preservation Modalities in 2024.
Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · March 2024 Historically, heart transplantation (HT) has relied on the use of traditional cold storage for donor heart preservation. This organ preservation modality has several limitations, including the risk for ischemic and cold-induced graft injuries that may cont ... Full text Link to item CiteIncreasing Utilization of Extended Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation: The OCS Heart EXPAND Trial.
Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · March 2024 BACKGROUND: Extended criteria donor (ECD) hearts available with donation after brain death (DBD) are underutilized for transplantation due to limitations of cold storage. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated use of an extracorporeal perfusion system on donor h ... Full text Link to item CiteEpidemiology, management, and clinical outcomes of extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections in heart transplant and ventricular assist device recipients.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · July 2023 Nontuberculous mycobacteria are emerging pathogens, yet data on the epidemiology and management of extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) and ventricular assist device (VAD) recipients are scarce. We ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Targeting Inflammation and Alloimmunity in Heart Transplant Recipients with Tocilizumab
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2018 - 2023Entresto (LCZ696) in Advanced Heart Failure
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2016 - 2021PRIME-HF
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Amgen, Inc. · 2016 - 2019View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School ·
2002
M.D.