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Biography: Dr. James Waters, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in North Chelmsford, MA. He is 66 years old and has been practicing for 40 years. Dr. James Waters, MD is affiliated with Lowell General Hospital.

Biography: Gaurav Gulati, MD is a cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. He specializes in cardiomyopathies, heart failure, heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices (VAD) and cardiogenic shock. His research focus areas include hemodynamics, pulmonary hypertension, LVAD management and right heart failure. In 2019 he received the Gold Ribbon Abstract from the Association for Clinical and Translational Sciences Scientific Sessions. The same year he was awarded first place in the CardioVascular Center Research Symposium Poster Competition, Tufts Medical Center. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America and The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Biography: Yong Zhan, MD graduated from China Medical University in Shenyang, China. After completing a surgical residency at the University Hospital of China Medical University, he moved to Boston. He went on to pursue research fellowships at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He then completed a surgical residency at New York Methodist Hospital of Weill Cornell Medical College, followed by cardiothoracic surgery training at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In addition, Dr. Zhan obtained training in endovascular surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Zhan is board certified in cardiothoracic surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery. Dr. Zhan's research and clinical interests included endovascular surgery for valvular diseases and aortic aneurysms, coronary artery bypass graft, arrhythmia surgery, minimally invasive surgery, aortic surgery, heart transplantation and implantation of ventricular assist devices. Dr. Zhan holds memberships in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American Heart Association. Besides his professional interests, he loves sports, music, and photography and enjoys traveling with family.

Biography: Dr. Resor's specialty is in interventional cardiology and structural heart disease interventions. He earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he completed residency and chief residency. He then performed Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Resor's professional interests include complex coronary interventions and TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement).

Biography: Dr. Kapur is a dual, board-certified Interventional Cardiologist and Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant specialist. He is Director of the Acute Circulatory Support Program and Associate Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Tufts Medical Center. His clinical expertise focuses on invasive hemodynamics, mechanical circulatory support, and interventional therapies for patients with advanced heart failure. He serves on several national committees involved with the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. As Director of the Interventional Research Laboratories at Tufts Medical , Dr. Kapur's translational research focuses on large animal models of acute and chronic heart failure, circulatory support device development, and cardioprotective mechanisms in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. His recent work has focused on the hypothesis that mechanically unloading the heart and delaying coronary reperfusion limits infarct size. This concept known as the 'mechanical conditioning hypothesis' has the potential to alter the paradigm of acute heart attack therapy and reduce the burden of ischemic heart failure. As Director of the Cardiac Biology Research Center within the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center, Dr. Kapur's basic science laboratory focuses on molecular mechanisms governing maladaptive cardiac remodeling in heart failure. His particular expertise involves signaling via the transforming growth factor beta (TGFb) system. Over the past 6 years, the laboratory has published several critical papers focused on a TGFb co-receptor known as endoglin and was the first to establish that reduced endoglin activity improves survival and limits maladaptive cardiac remodeling in heart failure. More recently, the laboratory has demonstrated that targeting endoglin using an antibody-mediated approach not only limits the development of cardiac fibrosis, but can reverse established cardiac fibrosis in preclinical models of heart failure. Dr. Kapur is the recipient of grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, and several industry sponsors.

Biography: Dr. Ayan Patel, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in Boston, MA. She is 57 years old and has been practicing for 33 years. Dr. Ayan Patel, MD is affiliated with Tufts Medical Center.

Biography: David DeNofrio, MD is the Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program at Tufts Medical Center which has performed the most heart transplants in New England over the past five years. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, a longtime member and current Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology.

Biography: Michael S. Kiernan, MD, MS, MBA is the Medical Director of the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program and an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. He specializes in cardiomyopathies, heart failure, cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist devices. His research focus areas include physiology of mechanical circulatory support and cardiorenal interactions in heart failure. He has received numerous awards including the Teaching Award from the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center in 2010 and the Excellence in Medicine Award from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 2004. In 2009, Dr. Kiernan was the Chief Cardiology Fellow at Tufts Medical Center. He is a member of the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation, Heart Failure Society of America, American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.