Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Surgery
·
2021 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Current approaches to optimize the donor heart for transplantation.
Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · April 2025 Heart transplantation remains a critical therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure, offering incremental survival and improved quality of life. One of the key components behind the success of heart transplantation is the condition and preservation ... Full text Link to item CiteUBR1 Promotes Sex-Dependent ACE2 Ubiquitination in Hypertension.
Journal Article Hypertension · January 2025 BACKGROUND: Ang-II (angiotensin II) impairs the function of the antihypertensive enzyme ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) by promoting its internalization, ubiquitination, and degradation, thus contributing to hypertension. However, few ACE2 ubiquitin ... Full text Link to item CiteDelivery of a Muscle-Targeted Adeno-Associated Vector Via Ex Vivo Normothermic Perfusion Is Efficient, Durable, and Safe in a Preclinical Porcine Heart Transplant Model.
Journal Article Transpl Int · 2025 Normothermic ex-vivo organ perfusion (EVP) systems not only provide a physiological environment that preserves donor organ function outside the body but may also serve as platforms for ex-vivo organ modification via gene therapy. In this study, we demonstr ... 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 - 2028Genetic engineering of kidney allografts by ex vivo perfusion delivery of adeno-associated viral vectors
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Louisiana State University ·
1999
Ph.D.