Delaware INBRE
IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
Supported by NIH – NCRR

Delaware Cardiovascular Researchers
Contact Information List

Name

Institution

Research Area

Email and Telephone

Rob Akins, Ph.D

Nemours

Cardiac remodeling and tissue Engineering

rakins@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Gina Baffa, MD

Nemours
Pediatric Cardiology

Cardiac imaging
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=390

gbaffa@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Brian Bahnson, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Chemistry/Biochemistry

Crystallography and Structural Biology
http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/

bahnson@udel.edu
302-831-0786

Michael Banbury, MD

Christiana Care

Cardio-thoracic surgery section chief
http://physician.christianacare.org/Webform1.aspx

mbanbury@christianacare.org
302-733-1980

Ray Blackwell, MD

Christiana Care

Cardio-thoracic surgery, health care disparities

rblackwell@christianacare.org
302-733-1980

Christopher Derby, MD

Nemours
Surgery

Congenital Heart disease, Neuroprotection during surgery
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=4847

cderby@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Andrew Doorey, MD

Christiana Care

Acute coronary syndromes, platelet function, simulation

adoorey@verizon.net
302-366-1929

David Edwards, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science

Vascular function during stress
http://www.udel.edu/HNES/faculty/edwards.dave.htm

dge@udel.edu
302-831-3363

Deb Ehrenthal, MD

Christiana Care

Woman’s Health

dehrenthal@christianacare.org
302-733-6610

Dan Elliot, MD

Christiana Care

Health care delivery, Pediatrics

Elliott_627@yahoo.com
302-366-1868

Edward Ewen, MD

Christiana Care
Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research

Informatics, cardiovascular outcomes

eewen@christianacare.org
302-623-0679

Bill Farquhar, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science

Blood pressure regulation / autonomic nervous system function
http://www.udel.edu/HNES/faculty/farquhar.htm

wbf@udel.edu
302-831-6178

Tim Gardner, MD

Christiana Care
Medical Director, Center for Heart and Vascular Health

Thoracic Surgery; General Surgery

tgardner@christianacare.org
302-733-1241

Sam Gidding, MD

Nemours
Head, Pediatric Cardiology

Preventive cardiology including nutrition and exercise, epidemiology, clinical pediatric cardiology, outcomes
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=3328

sgiddng@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Edward Goldenberg, MD

Christiana Care

Prevention

onekrog@aol.com
(302) 366-1929

Ralph P. Ierardi, MD

Christiana Care

Vascular surgery

rierardi@christianacare.org

(302) 733-5700

Claudine Jurkovitz, MD, MPH

Christiana Care
Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research

Cardiovascular and kidney disease outcomes

cjurkovitz@christianacare.org

Roger Kerzner, MD

Christiana Care

Electrophysiology

roger.kerzner@cardioconsultants.net
(302) 366-1929

Mohamad Khan, MD, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Biological Sciences

Animal models in cardiovascular diseases

unaik@udel.edu

Paul Kolm, Ph.D

Christiana Care
Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research

Statistical methods

pkolm@christianacare.org

James Lenhard, MD

Christiana Care
Section Chief, Endocrinology

Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Program

jlenhard@christianacare.org
(302) 661-3070

Brian Little, MD

Christiana Care
Medical Director, Academic Affairs

Pathology, Neuropathology
http://www.dbi.udel.edu/People/littlebio.html

brlittle@christianacare.org
302-733-1042

Shannon Lennon-Edwards, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science

Measurements of heart functions in rodents using an in vitro heart perfusion model.

slennon@udel.edu
302-831-2798

Hersh Maniar, MD

Christiana Care

Cardio-thoracic surgery

hmaniar@christianacare.org
(302) 733-1980

Ulhas Naik, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Biological Sciences/DBI

In vitro and in vivo models of hemostasis, thrombosis, angiogenesis and cardiomyopathy
http://www.udel.edu/bio/people/faculty/unaik.html

unaik@udel.edu
302-831-0434

Terry Papoutsakis, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Chem. Engineering/DBI

Gene expression profiling in Hematopoesis
http://www.dbi.udel.edu/People/papoutsakis.html

papoutsakis@dbi.udel.edu
302-831-8376

Michael Pasquale, MD

Christiana Care

Non-invasive imaging

mpasquale@christianacare.org
(302) 366-1929

Christian Pizarro, MD

Nemours Surgery

Congenital heart disease, Neuroprotection during surgery
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=3861

cpizarro@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Wolfgang Radtke, MD

Nemours Pediatric Cardiology

Congenital heart disease, interventional catheterization
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=50312

wradtke@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Ehsan Rahman, MD

Christiana Care

Acute coronary syndromes

erahman@christianacare.org
(302) 366-8600

Brad Robinson, MD

Nemours Pediatric Cardiology

Exercise
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=4979

bwrobins@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Edmundo Robinson, MD

Christiana Care

Health care delivery

erobinso@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Robert Rogers, Ph.D

University of Delaware Electrical & Computer Eng.

Neuronal control of cardiovascular and respiratory function
http://www.ece.udel.edu/%7errogers/Rogers.html

rrogers@eecis.udel.edu
302-831-8517

William Rose, Ph.D

University of Delaware Health, Nutrition, & Exercise Science

Computational modeling of cardiovascular system

rosewc@udel.edu
302-831-1064

Mitchell Saltzberg, MD

Christiana Care Medical Director, Heart Failure Program

Cardiovascular disease

msaltzberg@christianacare.org
(302) 733-1663

Krishna Sarker, Ph.D

University of Delaware Biological Sciences

Signaling pathways that regulate platelet and endothelial cell functions.

kpsarker@udel.edu
302-831-0434

Erica Selva, Ph.D

University of Delaware Biological Sciences

Wnt signaling in cardiac development
http://www.udel.edu/bio/people/faculty/eselva.html#research

selva@udel.edu
302-831-6096

Nadiv Shapira, MD

Christiana Care

Cardio-thoracic surgery

nshapira@christianacare.org
(302) 652-2291

Donna Stanowski

Nemours

Med. Secretary II Nemours Cardiology Center

dstanows@NEMOURS.ORG
302-651-6610

Michael Stillabower, MD

Christiana Care

Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine

mstillabower@christianacare.org
(302) 366-1929

Takeshi Tsuda, MD

Nemours

Pediatric Cardiology

Heart failure and cardiac remodeling. Mouse model of myocardial infarction; sophisticated heart function assessment tools in place
http://findadoc.nemours.org/doctorbiography.act?id=3421

rakins@nemours.org
302-651-6600

Dave Usher, Ph.D

University of Delaware
Biological Sciences

Lipid metabolism
http://www.udel.edu/bio/people/faculty/dusher.html

dusher@udel.edu
302-831-6685

Bill Weintraub, MD

Christiana Care
Head of Cardiology;
Director, Center for Outcomes Research

Outcomes research, epidemiology and clinical trials in cardiology
http://www.dbi.udel.edu/People/weintraub.html

WWeintraub@Christianacare.org
302-733-1200

Zugui Zhang, MD, Ph.D

Christiana Care
Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research

Statistical methods

zzhang@christianacare.org

Mark Zubrow, MD

Christiana Care

Critical care medicine

mzubrow@christianacare.org
(302) 733-5161