Selected Grants
BiVACOR® Total Artificial Heart Early Feasibility Study
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by BiVACOR, Inc. · 2024 - 2032Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for Surgeons
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2019 - 2029Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028Carmat Total Artificial Heart Early Feasibility Study
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Carmat · 2021 - 2027Improving Cardiac Transplant Outcomes Through PD-L1 Overexpression Gene Therapy
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2023 - 2025Improving Cardiac Transplant Outcomes Through PD-L1 Overexpression Gene Therapy
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2024Antiplatelet Removal and HemocompatIbility EventS with the HeartMate 3 Pump - CDR_971 - ARIES HM3
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by St. Jude Medical Inc. · 2020 - 2024Duke Heart for Honduras
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2023 - 2023Right ventricle adaptive changes in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists · 2021 - 2023HeartMate III IDE Clinical Study Protocol
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoratec Corporation · 2014 - 2023Right Ventricular Metabolic Dysregulation after Surgery for Heart Failure
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by International Anesthesia Research Society · 2021 - 2023USE OF THE NUPULSECV iVAS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRIDGE-TO-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NuPulseCV, Inc. · 2018 - 2023TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2020 - 2022Development of a lightweight, portable, pneumatic drive unit for long-term counterpulsation support
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NuPulseCV, Inc. · 2019 - 2022HM3 SWIFT Implantation of the HeartMate 3 in Subjects with Heart Failure using Surgical Techniques Other Than Full Median Sternotomy
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Laboratories · 2021 - 2022TVVAD Study - Ad Star
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by St. Jude Medical Inc. · 2021 - 2022The Use of Two HeartMate 3¿ pumps (¿Device(s)¿) as a Total Artifact Heart for Chronic Support
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by St. Jude Medical Inc. · 2019 - 2022A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Unblinded, Multi-Center ClinicalTrial to Evaluate the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device System for Destination Therapy of Advanced Heart Failure
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HeartWare International, Inc · 2013 - 2022A prospective, single arm, multi-center clinical study to evaluate the thoracotomy implant technique(Heartware 006)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HeartWare, Inc · 2015 - 2021Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in patients undergoing LVAD Implantation study: TVVAD Study
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medtronic, Inc. · 2018 - 2021Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigations in Cardiovascular Medicine: ¿Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2019 - 2021Utilization of Two Heartmate III Pumps as a Total Artificial Heart Replacement
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by St. Jude Medical Inc. · 2017 - 2019Cadaver Implant Studies of PABP
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by 3R Life Sciences Taiwan Ltd. · 2018 - 2019Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mount Sinai School of Medicine · 2014 - 2019Role of Mitochondrial Injury in the Pathogenesis of Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Cardiac Transplantation
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018RECOVER RIGHT: The Use of IMPELLA RP Support System in Patients with Right Heart Failure: Continued Access Protocol
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abiomed · 2014 - 2018Core Clinical Centers for the CTSN
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2018A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tanax Therapeutics, Inc. · 2014 - 2018Impella RP Support Systems in Patietns with Right Heart Failure
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abiomed · 2015 - 2017A Prospective Pilot Study to Examine the Involvement of apoE Gene Variants in Intracranial Hemorrhage in LVAD Patients
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HeartWare, Inc · 2015 - 2016Expanding the Donor Pool for Heart Transplantation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014Proteomic Profiling of Human Heart Tissue Exposed to Microgravity
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2012 - 2013Autologous EPC lining to improve biocompatibility of circulatory assist devices
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012PTEN Gene Therapy for Vein Graft Disease
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012Molecular Basis of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2010Skeletal Muscle Plasticity Following LVAD Support
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2009PeriOperative Interventional Neuroprotection Trial POINT
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2008Myocardial Gene Transfer during Cardiac Surgery in Swine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2008Gene Transfer to Prevent Intimal Hyperplasia in a Canine Model of CABG
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2006Myocardial Gene Transfer During Simulated Heart Surgery
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2005Gene Transfer to Alter Transplanted Heart Function
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2004Gene Transfer to Alter Transplanted Heart Function
ResearchAdministrative Assistant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2003Reduction of Intimal Hyperplasia by a GBY Inhibitor
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2003Tsh Receptor Gene Mutations In Thromboid Neoplasia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1994Tsh Receptor Gene Mutations In Thyroid Neoplasia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 1994External Relationships
- Caripae Biotechnology LLC
- Thoracic Innovations LLC
- TransMedics, Inc.
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