Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2020 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Signals amid the noise: Parsing dd-cfDNA and MMDx in cardiac transplant surveillance.
Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · September 2025 Full text Link to item CiteOut-of-Sequence Donor Heart Allocation: A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry Analysis.
Journal Article J Card Fail · August 7, 2025 BACKGROUND: Out-of-sequence (OOS) allocation is a mechanism by which donor organs are offered outside the standard match run, typically to expedite the placement of hard-to-match or time-sensitive allografts. Rising OOS rates are described in abdominal org ... Full text Link to item CiteDonor 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 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.