UM SOM: Artificial Organs Lab

Faculty & Staff

Faculty:

griffith Bartley P. Griffith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Cardiac Surgery

 

jwu Zhongjun "Jon" Wu, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Laboratory Director

 

Son

Ho Sung Son, MD, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery

Research Interests:

  • Artificial organs
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Heart/Lung Transplantation

Researchers and Staff:

 

gbianchi

 

Giacomo Bianchi, MD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:

  • LVAD, artificial lung implantation and their biologic responses.
  • Left ventricular remodeling post myocardial infarction with LVAD unloading, including hemodynamics, protein signaling, EC coupling.
  • Stem Cell Therapy

 

sonja

 

Sonja Boras, BS
Research Assistant

Research interests:

  • Biological Sciences
  • Surgical / Laboratory Assistant
  • Animal Medicine

 

yanan

 

Yanan Ding, MS
Research Assistant

Research Interests:

  • Biocompatibility of Artificial Organs
  • Molecular Biology

 

emily

Emily Engel, MS
Research Assistant

Research interests:

  • Ventricular remodeling and recovery post myocardial infarction
  • Development of cardiovascular devices and ventricular assist devices
  • Biomechanics and biological responses to biomedical devices

 

kate

Katharine H. Fraser, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Cardiovascular device design and development
  • Computational modeling of blood damage, biocompatibility and interaction of devices and the circulation
  • Hemodynamics and multiscale modeling of the cardiovascular system

 

jhu

Jingping Hu, PhD
Research Specialist

Research Interests:

  • Examine the effects of VAD implantation on the thrombosis and inflammation in non-heart failure ovine model and human heart failure patients.

 

 

tli

Tieluo Li, MD
Research Specialist

Research Interests:

  • Molecular biology and gene expression
  • Apoptosis and mechanotransduction in post myocardial infarction remodeling

 

Melissa Miller, BS
Research Assistant

Research Interests:

  • Animal Science
  • Animal Surgery

 

 

ertan

M. Ertan Taskin, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Complex 3D grid generation and CFD modeling
  • Conjugate heat transfer and turbulent flow modeling
  • Cardiovascular device optimization by CFD
  • Gas transfer and biocompatibility (hemolysis, platelet activation, and thrombosis formation) modeling

 

xufeng

Xufeng Wei, MD PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • LVAD and artificial lung implantation, and the biological responses to these devices
  • Apoptosis and mechanotransduction in post myocardial infarction remodeling
  • Left ventricular remodeling post myocardial infarction with LVAD unloading, including hemodynamics, protein signaling and EC coupling
  • Stem Cell Therapy

 

tzhang Tao Zhang, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:

  • Bioengineering: Artificial Lungs, Cardiac Devices, Functional Biosensors and Cell Mechanics.
  • Micro fluidics, Micro Sensors and Actuators: Micro fluidic devices such as micro pumps and micro valves, Micro sensors
  • CFD and FEM Analysis: Modeling and simulation of complex devices or systems using CFD and FEM tools

 

kzhou Kang Zhou, MD
Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:

  • LVAD and artificial lung implantation and the biological responses to these devices
  • Examining the effects of VAD and artificial lung implantation on thrombosis in a non-heart failure ovine model and human heart failure patients

 

 

 

 
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