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Ioannis S Chatzizisis

Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD is Professor of Cardiology, and Chief of the Cardiovascular Division at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He was trained in interventional cardiology and advanced non-invasive cardiovascular imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His translational and clinical research is actively funded by the NIH, industry, and...
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Maria Carolina Delgado-Lelievre, M.D.

Maria Carolina Delgado-Lelievre, M.D.

Founder Director of the Comprehensive Hypertension Center
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Delgado is Assistant Professor of Medicine, AHA Hypertension Specialist, Founding Director of the AHA-certified University of Miami Comprehensive Hypertension Center. Dr. Delgado is Board Certified Internal Medicine, former Hypertension Fellow and Faculty at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of the University of Michigan. Dr. Delgado was the recipient of the...
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Joshua Hare, M.D.

Joshua M. Hare, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.

Director, Donald Soffer Endowed Program in Regenerative Medicine
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Hare graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He did his residency at Hopkins and fellowships at Hopkins, Harvard University and The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Hare was Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and director of cardiac transplantation at Johns Hopkins, leading their...
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Martin Liu

Martin Liu, M.D., Ph.D

Research Asst. Professor of Medicine

Biography: My mother language is Korean, but I was born and grew up in a remote area, in Northeastern China, close to the border of North Korea and China. I was educated in Chinese and graduated from a medical school in Xi’an, China, in 1986. As a Physician, I practiced internal medicine in a hospital for 10 years in Shenyang, China, before I came to the USA as a visiting scientist...
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Nikolaos Spilias

Nikolaos Spilias

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Nikolaos Spilias, MD, is an Interventional and Structural Cardiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He specializes in catheter-based, minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of coronary artery disease and heart valve disorders.

Dr. Spilias earned his medical degree with honors from the University...
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Shijia Zhao

Shijia Zhao, Ph.D

Research Asst. Professor of Medicine

Biography: Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with specialization in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2013. He spent 2.5 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln serving as Lecturer and Research Fellow before joining the Chinese Academy of Sciences in March 2016 as an Associate Professor. In May 2017, He joined the Cardiovascular...
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