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Robert C. Gorman, M.D. is a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon and cofounder of the Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group. His primary interests include device development for structural heart disease, percutaneous mitral valve replacement technology, cardiovascular imaging, large animal models of heart disease and unique approaches for funding translational research.
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Dr. Joseph H. Gorman, III is an engineer and surgeon. He is a cofounder of the Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group. His research interests include the design and development of catheter based therapies for structural cardiovascular disease as well as the development of novel cardiovascular imaging techniques. During the past decade Dr. Gorman has been continuously funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and has managed over $25 million in grant funding during his career.
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Dr. Matthew J. Gillespie is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an Attending interventional cardiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His clinical and research interests center on minimally invasive, catheter-based interventions for the treatment of structural heart defects in children and adults. He has a strong research interest in developing novel devices and percutaneous treatment strategies for diseased heart valves. Currently his focus is on percutaneous valve replacement for complex pulmonary and mitral valve disorders.
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Giovanni Ferrari Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, graduated at the University of Pavia (Italy) with a Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology (2004).
Giovanni is a group leader, in charge of developing and advancing the program of translational research. He is the principal investigator of the Cardiovascular Blood and Tissue Database.
Dr Ferrari’s research interest encompasses cell biology, biomarkers discovery, and biomechanics of cardiovascular diseases. His current research projects include the study of valvular diseases (myxomatous mitral valve prolapse and aortic valve calcification), and thoracic aortic aneurysms.
Lab is supported by federal grant from the National Institutes of Health as well as from internal endowments
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Dr. Benjamin M. Jackson is a board-certified vascular surgeon with an engineering background. Dr. Jackson received a research fellowship from the Department of Engineering at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1993 with a Master's of Science.
Dr. Jackson’s research interest is the biomechanics of cardiovascular pathophysiology. His current projects utilize three-dimensional modeling and computational biomechanics to study the pathophysiology of mitral and aortic valves, the thoracic and abdominal aorta, and the internal carotid arteries.
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James J. Pilla, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Research in the University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology.
Dr. Pilla's research is medical device design and therapies for heart failure. He also has an interest in the development of new imaging methods for heart disease, particularly with an emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging.
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