Chair and Co-Chair
| Timothy J. Gardner, MD (Chair) | Christiana Care Health System |
| Patrick T. O’Gara, MD (Co-Chair) | Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
Clinical Centers – Principal Investigators and Lead Coordinators
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Eugene Blackstone, MD |
| A. Marc Gillinov, MD | |
| Kathy Sankovic, RN, CCRP | |
| Columbia University | Michael Argenziano, MD |
| Lyn Goldsmith, MA, RN, BSN, CCRC | |
| Duke University | Peter Smith, MD |
| Stacey Welsh, RN | |
| East Carolina Heart Institute | T. Bruce Ferguson, MD |
| Malissa J. Harris, RN, BSN | |
| Emory University | John Puskas, MD |
| Vinod Thourani, MD | |
| Alexis Neill, RN, MSN | |
| Montefiore Einstein Heart Center | Robert Michler, MD |
| Roger Swayze, RN, BSN, MBA | |
| Montreal Heart Institute | Louis Perrault, MD |
| Michel Carrier, MD | |
| Sophie Robichaud, RT | |
| NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital | Keith Horvath, MD |
| Philip Corcoran, MD | |
| Mandy Murphy, RN, CCRC | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Michael A. Acker, MD |
| Joseph Y. Woo, MD | |
| Mary Lou Mayer, RN, CRC | |
| University of Virginia | Irving L. Kron, MD |
| Karen Johnston, MD | |
| Sandra G. Burks, RN |
Affíliate/Ancillary Sites
| Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, CHUM | Nicolas Noiseux, MD |
| Louis-Mathieu Stevens, MD | |
| Ignacio Prieto, MD | |
| Fadi Basile, MD | |
| Joannie Dionne | |
| Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal | Pierre Pagé, MD |
| Carole Sirois | |
| Hôpital Laval de Québec | Pierre Voisine, MD |
| Mario Senechal, MD | |
| Gladys Dussault | |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Alan M. Speir, MD |
| Minh Dang, Clinical Research Associate | |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Gideon-Nehemia Cohen, MD |
| Reena Karkhanis, MBBS, DA | |
| The Ohio State University Medical Center | Chittor Sai-Sudhakar, MBBS |
| Ayseha Hasan, MD | |
| Asia McDavid | |
| WellStar Kennestone Hospital | William A. Cooper, MD |
| George Kramer, MD | |
| Tauri Harden, RN, BSN |
Satellite Sites
| Baylor Research Institute | Michael Mack, MD |
| William Ryan, MD | |
| Robert Smith, MD | |
| Tracine Adame, RN, CRC | |
| Baystate Medical Center | John Rousou, MD |
| Barbara Burkott, RN, BSN, CCRP | |
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Frederick Y. Chen, MD, PhD |
| Anju Nohria, MD | |
| Debra Conboy, RN | |
| Christiana Care | Ray Blackwell, MD |
| Andrea M. Squire | |
| Lankenau Medical Center | Scott Goldman, MD |
| Susan Herring, RN, BSN, M.Ed. | |
| Mission Hospital | Mark A. Groh, MD |
| Claudine Cuento, BSN, RN, CCRC | |
| Mount Sinai Hospital, NY | David Adams, MD |
| Robin Varghese | |
| St Michael’s Hospital Toronto | David Latter, MD |
| Randi Feder-Elituv | |
| Toronto General Hospital | Terrence Yau, MD |
| Lisa Garrard | |
| University of Alberta | John C. Mullen, MD, MSc |
| Emily Kuurstra | |
| University of Chicago | Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD |
| Elizabeth Johnson | |
| University of Maryland | James S. Gammie, MD |
| Dana Beach, RN | |
| University of Michigan | Steven Bolling, MD |
| Cathie Bloem, MPH, RN | |
| University of Southern California | Michael Bowdish, MD |
| Vaughn A. Starnes, MD | |
| Becky Lopez, RN | |
| Washington University | Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD |
| Tracey Guthrie, RN | |
| Yale New Haven | Abeel Mangi, MD |
| Lynn Wilson |
Collaborating Network
Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research NetworkData Coordinating Center (DCC)
International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1077
New York, NY 10029 USA
Main Number: 212-659-9567
Fax: 212-423-2998
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1077
New York, NY 10029 USA
Main Number: 212-659-9567
Fax: 212-423-2998
DCC Leadership
- Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD
- Michael K. Parides, PhD
- Deborah D. Ascheim, MD
- Alan J. Moskowitz, MD
- Ellen Moquete, RN, BSN
- Eric A. Rose, MD
- Emilia Bagiella, PhD
- Mary Ann Kral, PA-C, MS
DCC Administrative Support
- Melissa Chase, MPA
- Milerva Santos, BS
DCC Trial Coordination
- Seth Goldfarb
- Janine Lynch, MPH
- Sarah Varghese, MPH
- Paula Williams, MS
Regulatory and Monitoring
- Karen O’Sullivan, MPH
- James Foo, MAS
- Andrea Ratner, RN
- Deborah Williams, RN
DCC Biostatistics and Data Management
- Helena Chang, MS
- Lopa Gupta, MPH
- Katherine Kirkwood, MS
- Jessica Overbey, MS
- Michael Weglinski, MBA
DCC Informatics
- Ron Levitan, DipCompSci
- Edlira Kumbarce, MS
- Xia (Terry) Ye, BS
National Institutes of Health
NHLBI
- Marissa Miller, DVM, MPH (Program Director)
- Albert Lee, PhD (Deputy Program Director)
- Wendy Taddei-Peters, PhD (Clinical Trials Specialist)
- David J. Gordon, MD, PhD (Clinical Trials Specialist)
- Nancy Geller, PhD (Biostatistician)
- Neal Jeffries, PhD (Biostatistician)
- Amy Connolly (Grants Management)
NINDS
- Claudia Moy, PhD
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Ilana Kogan Gombos, PhD
- Jennifer Ralph
