Chair & Co-chair

Timothy J. Gardner, MDChristiana Medical Center (Chair)
Patrick T. O'Gara, MDBrigham and Women's Hospital (Co-chair)

Clinical Centers and Principal Investigators

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Eugene Blackstone, MD
Columbia University Eric Rose, MD
Duke University Peter Smith, MD
Eastern Carolinas Heart Institute T. Bruce Ferguson, MD
Emory University John Puskas, MD
Montefiore Medical Center Robert Michler, MD
Montreal Heart Institute Louis Perrault, MD
University of Pennsylvania Michael A. Acker, MD
University of Virginia Irving L. Kron, MD

Data Coordinating Center

Columbia University International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR):

  • Michael K. Parides, PhD (PI)
  • Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD (Co-PI)
  • Alan J. Moskowitz, MD, FACP (Co-PI)
  • Deborah D. Ascheim, MD (Co-PI)
  • Ron Levitan, Dip. Comp. Sci. (Co-I)
  • Ellen Moquete, Project Leader
  • Jeanne Scanlon, Administrative Coordinator

Additional Key DCC Personnel:

  • J. Thomas Bigger, MD (Co-I)
  • Mary E. Charlson, MD (Co-I)

National Institutes of Health

  • NHLBI: Marissa Miller, DVM, MPH
  • NINDS: Claudia Moy, PhD

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

  • Christine Lavictoire, BSc, Proj. Manager, Strategic Initiatives and       Evaluation
  • Ilana Kogan Gombos, PhD, Assistant Director, Ottawa