Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Surgery
·
2021 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Recent Publications
ANTXR1 blockade enhances cardiac function in preclinical models of heart failure.
Journal Article Nat Cardiovasc Res · November 2025 Heart disease, a leading cause of mortality worldwide, is in urgent need of improved therapies. Fibrosis, an accumulation of collagen-rich extracellular matrix in response to injury, is a hallmark of heart disease, but clinical agents that can interfere wi ... Full text Link to item CiteTumour initiated purinergic signalling promotes cardiomyocyte RBFOX1 degradation and cardiotoxicity from DNA damaging anticancer agents.
Journal Article Nat Commun · July 25, 2025 It is well established tumour cells secrete signalling factors affecting distant normal tissues. What remains unresolved is whether these factors initiate a signalling cascade rendering terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes susceptible to apoptosis, a f ... Full text Link to item CiteA High-Fidelity Porcine Model of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Following Donation after Circulatory Death.
Journal Article J Vis Exp · June 6, 2025 The number of advanced heart failure patients who can receive a heart transplant is limited by a shortage of suitable organ donors. In efforts to expand the donor pool, alternative donation and procurement methods have been developed, including heart trans ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Tolerance to Allogeneic Hearts via Implantation of Cultured Donor Thymus
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028Leveraging Drosophila to identify novel and conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidy
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Louisiana State University ·
1999
Ph.D.