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Craig Selzman, MD

Dr. Selzman holds the Dr. Russell M. Nelson and Dantzel W. Nelson Presidential Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Utah who specializes in the care of patients requiring heart surgery. He earned his undergraduate degree at Amherst College and … Read more

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TingTing Hong, MD, PhD

Dr. Hong is Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Investigator of Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute at the University of Utah.  Dr. Hong received her MD from Peking University in China, and continued there for the Resident Program in Internal Medicine while completing her MS research in hypertension.  She was then … Read more

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Erik Blackwood, PhD

Dr. Blackwood is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology and Investigator in both the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute (CVRTI) and the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center at the University of Utah College of Health. Although born and raised in San Diego, Dr. Blackwood received his BS … Read more

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Stavros Drakos
MD, PhD

Dr. Drakos is an investigator at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and a Professor of Cardiology at the Univ. of Utah Health and School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the institution’s historic Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, Co-Chief Heart Failure & Transplant and Director of Research for … Read more