Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Research Group –Cardiovascular Center, Tufts – Boston, Massachusetts

Data analytics of large registries such as the UNOS Database, interinstitutional collaboration for research projects. To date this work has led to presentations at AATS and invited manuscripts to JTCVS.

Aortic Surgery Research Group - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, Texas

Data collection and analytics for projects concerning novel aortic surgery procedures (frozen elephant trunk), as well as diversity in clinical trials. Wrote abstracts and presentations for the AATS and STS National Conferences.

Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support Research Group - Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, Texas

Assisted assembly of Left Ventricular Assist Device Database of over 800 patients, and coordinated assembly of Heart Transplant Database of almost 300 patients. Took part in concept design, patient chart review, and data analysis of postoperative outcomes and mortality.

Stem Cell Center, Texas Heart Institute – Houston, Texas

Investigated uses of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in various areas of applications such as treatment with Gadonanotubes as in vivo imaging agents, the effects of oxygen-induced cellular-stress on MSCs, and epigenetics of cellular senescence and re-polarization of MSCs in cell aging.