Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
·
2025 - Present
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Five-year experience of heart transplantation following donation after circulatory death.
Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · December 2025 OBJECTIVE: The United States' experience with heart transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD HT) has expanded since clinical adoption in 2019. We aimed to examine a large institution's outcomes associated with DCD HT versus HT follow ... Full text Link to item CiteApplication of plasma cell-free metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the identification of Aspergillus fumigatus donor-derived infections among solid organ transplant recipients.
Journal Article Med Mycol Case Rep · December 2025 A cluster of Aspergillus fumigatus donor-derived infections (DDI) was rapidly diagnosed using plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) among solid organ transplant recipients. The heart recipient, experiencing marginal hemodynamics, underwent a ... Full text Link to item CiteOutcomes among patients bridged to heart transplant with microaxial flow versus durable left ventricular assist device support.
Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · October 9, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate characteristics and outcomes of patients bridged to orthotopic heart transplantation with microaxial left ventricular assist device (ma-LVAD) versus durable LVAD (d-LVAD). METHODS: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Randomized Evaluation of Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement
Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by BioVentrix, Inc. · 2025 - 2031Investigation of a Novel, magNetically levitated VAD for the treatment of refractOry left Ventricular heArT failurE (INNOVATE Trial)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by BrioHealth Solutions, Inc. · 2024 - 2030Biomaterials for Cardiac Regeneration
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Maryland, School of Medicine ·
2011
M.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2006
B.S.