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Faculty Directory

Project Staff

  • Kasia Bialkowska, Ph.D.
  • Qiuyun Chen, Ph.D
  • Sudhiranjan Gupta, Ph.D.
  • Ela Pluskota, Ph.D.
  • Priya Raman, Ph.D.
  • Yan-Qing Ma, Ph.D.
  • Mark Rishavy, Ph.D.
  • Gong-Qing Shen, Ph.D.
  • Ting Shi, Ph.D.
  • Youhua Zhang, Ph.D.

Research Associates

  • Shenghan Chen, M.D.
  • Koichi Fukuda, Ph.D.
  • Yanqing Gong, Ph.D.
  • Ekta Kohli, Ph.D.
  • Dmitry Soloviev, Ph.D.
  • Valentin Ustinov, Ph.D.
  • Sandro L. Yong, Ph.D.

Joint Appointments

  • Mina K. Chung, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Brian Duncan, M.D. (Primary w/ Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery)
  • Fetnat M. Fouad-Tarazi, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Jane L. Hoover-Plow, Ph.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Kandice Kottke-Marchant, M.D., Ph.D. (Primary w/ Clinical Pathology)
  • Michael Lincoff, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Christine Moravec, Ph.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Joseph V. Nally, Jr., M.D. (Primary w/ Nephrology/Hypertension)
  • Steven Nissen, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • E. Rene Rodriquez, M.D. (Primary w/ Anatomic Pathology
  • Patrick Tchou, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Patrick L. Whitlow, M.D. (Primary w/ Cardiovascular Medicine)

Adjunct Appointments

  • David J. Anderson, Ph.D. (CSU)
  • Meredith Bond, Ph.D. (UM)
  • Michael Kalafatis, Ph.D. (CSU)
  • John J. Mieyal , Ph.D. (CWRU)
  • Shin-Ichiro Miura, M.D., PhD. (Fukuoa University)
  • Mary Ruehr, Ph.D.
  • Daniel Simon, M.D. (CWRU)
  • Xue-Long Sun, Ph.D. (CSU)
  • Heng Wang, M.D., Ph.D. (DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children)
  • Yan Xu, Ph.D. (CSU)