Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD

• Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides in Decompensated Heart Failure
• D-dimer Assay in the Evaluation of Atrial Thrombosis
• Cardiac CT angiography in the Evaluation of Coronary Artery Plaques

Mulugeta Fissha, MD

• Alternative Methods of Healthcare in Axum, Ethiopia
• Co-researcher: Semhal Abbay, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Determined the prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use
• Investigated the use of religious rituals prior to utilization of western medicine
• Processed platelet aggregation by Thromboelastograph and Flow Cytometer
• Analyzed cardiac markers by Triagemeter
• Comparison of a novel type of Biphasic pacemaker with the contemporary monophasic pacemakers in rats-pressure-volume loop analysis
• Comparison of a novel type of Biphasic pacemaker with the contemporary monophasic pacemakers in rats-ECHO analysis
• Induction and cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in rabbit hearts with external cold application
• A Comparison of AZD6140 and Clopidogrel in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Phase III PLATO study

Huajun Liu, MD

• Working on Atrial High-Rate Episodes and Stroke Evaluation in Dual-Chamber Pacemaker Patients

Farzad Majidi, MD

• Studying and analyzing echocardiographic correlates of diastolic heart failure in elderly population, Samer S. Najjar, M.D., National Institute of Aging (NIA/NIH)
• Retrospective study of “excessive utilization of healthcare resources in diagnosing syncope”, Harbor Hospital Center, research poster presentation at American College of Physicians, Annual Associate Meeting, Maryland Chapter, May 2001
• Retrospective analysis of the risk of contrast mediated nephropathy following administration of high dose contrast (>750 ml), for percutaneous coronary interventions, Jeffrey A. Brinker, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2001
• Platelet activation in women with acute coronary syndrome: Response to GPIIb/IIIa inhibition, Steven P Schulman, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, December 2000

Dinesh Patel, MD

• Effects of Basal Motion Constraint and Reproducibility of Left Ventricular Volume Curve Parameters Derived from 16-frame Gated Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
• Preventing Early Adverse Complications in Heart Failure.
• Different Patterns of Transient Cavity Dilatation at Stress in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Implication for the Presence of Coronary Artery Stenosis.
• Effects of Metabolic Acidosis on Myocardial Performance in Vivo.

Nirav Patel, MD

• Platelets and coronary artery disease
• QT interval dynamics

Will Maddox, MD

• Heart failure

Rakesh Patel, MD

Stephen Chen, MD

Ann Kanjanauthai, MD

Almois Mohamad, MD

Xu Wang, MD

Prabal Guha, MD