eaikawa at bwh.harvard.edu

Multidisciplinary Team

Addressing the Needs of Cardiac Valves
Requires a Multidisciplinary Team

LEADERSHIP

Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD
Program Director
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Valve pathobiology and calcification
Proteomics
Target discovery

Patrick O’Gara, MD
Clinical Co-Director
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Valvular Heart Disease
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Desease of the Aorta

Peter Libby, MD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Atherosclerotic Plaque
Atherosclerosis
Inflammation

Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Medicine, HMS Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases
Cell fate in the developing zebrafish heart

Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Pathology, HMS
Dept. of Pathology, BWH

Expertise:
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valves
Calcinosis
Heart Valve Diseases
Bioprosthesis
BASIC BIOLOGY

Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD
Program Director
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Valve pathobiology and calcification
Proteomics
Target discovery

Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Inflammation
NOTCH Signaling

Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Medicine, HMS Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases
Cell fate in the developing zebrafish heart
CLINICAL INSIGHT

Ron Blankstein, MD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Department of Radiology, BWH

Expertise:
Non-invasive cardiovascular imaging

Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD
Professor of Radiology, HMS
Department of Radiology, BWH

Expertise
Cardiovascular Imaging

Raymond Y. Kwong, MD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Director, Cardiac MRI
Department of Radiology, BWH

Expertise:
Cardiovascular Imaging

Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Medicine, HMS Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases
Cell fate in the developing zebrafish heart

Richard N. Mitchell, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and HST, HMS, BWH

Expertise:
Heart Valve Pathobiology

Christine Seidman, MD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Director, Cardiovascular Genetic Center
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Clinical cardiology
Genetics
Genomics

Douglas C. Shook, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, HMS
Department of Anesthesia, BWH

Expertise:
3D imaging
Echo

Scott D. Solomon, MD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Core Echo Lab, BWH

Expertise:
LV Remodeling
NETWORK MEDICINE

Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Department of Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Systems biology

Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Advisory Board Member
Professor of Medicine, HMS Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases
Cell fate in the developing zebrafish heart

Abhijeet Sonawane, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, HMS
Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH

Expertise:
Network Medicine
Systems Biology
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