Medical Advisory Board

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Dr. Farah Sheikh, PhD

Chair – Medical Advisory Board
Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA

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Dr. Jonathan Kirk, PhD

Chair Pro Tempore – Medical Advisory Board Director
Loyola Proteomics Core Associate Professor Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood, IL USA

Dr. Brian P. Delisle, PhD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Associate Professor, Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY USA

Dr. Michael Portman, MD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Director of Research, Division of Cardiology Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, WA USA

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Dr. Mark Russell, MD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiologist C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor, MI USA

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Dr. Stuart Campbell, PhD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Associate Professor Of Biomedical Engineering & Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University New Haven, CT USA

Dr. Jason Gardner, PhD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Professor, Department of Physiology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine New Orleans, LA USA

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Dr. Thomas Hund, PhD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Professor of Biomedical Engineering The Ohio State University Columbus, OH USA

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Dr. Joy Lincoln, PhD

Member – Medical Advisory Board
Professor and Associate Chief, Pediatric Cardiology Research Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Peter Sommerhauser Chair for Quality, Outcomes and Research, Children’s Wisconsin, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Herma Heart Institute Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Emeritus Board Members

Dr. Peter J. Mohler, PhD

Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board
Senior Associate Dean for Research Director, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute Chair, Department of Physiology & Cell Biology Professor, Departments of Physiology & Cell Biology & Internal Medicine William D. and Jacquelyn L. Wells Chair in Cardiovascular Research The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH USA

Carl L. Backer, MD

Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board
Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery; Kentucky Children’s Hospital Lexington, KY USA Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH USA

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Dr. Merry Lindsey, PhD

Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board
Chair and Stokes-Shackleford Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Director of Center for Heart and Vascular Research University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE USA

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