2024 - 2026
Tyler Guinn, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: Stony Brook University
Mentor: Dr. Ravi Ghanta and Dr. Omid Veiseh
Lab: ATLAS: Applied sTatistics and machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery
Chang-Ru Tsai, Ph.D.
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. James Martin
Lab: Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab
2023-2025
Berra Koskulu, Ph.D.
Graduate School: University of Houston, TX
Mentor: Bradley McConnell, Ph.D., FAHA, FCVS
Lab: University of Houston College of Pharmacy Laboratory
Travis Miles, M.D.
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Ravi Ghanta, M.D.
Lab: ATLAS: Applied sTatistics and machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery
Robert Seniors, M.D.
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Mentor: Ying Shen, M.D., Ph.D.
Lab: Aortic Disease Research Laboratory
2022-2024
Melandrea Worsley, M.D.
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer and L. Parker Gregg
2022-2023
Axel Moreira, M.D.
Medical School: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Mentor: Dr. Chris Amos
Lab: Dan L Duncan Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
2021-2023
Kimberly Rebello, M.D., M.Sc.
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Scott LeMaire and Dr. Ying Shen
Lab: Aortic Disease Research Laboratory
Oluyinka Olutoye, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical School: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Sundeep Keswani
Lab: Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair
Paige Brlecic, M.D.
Medical School: Heidelberg University Medical School
Mentor: Dr. Todd Rosengart
Lab: Laboratory for Cardiac Regeneration
2020-2022
Jeffrey Steimle, Ph.D.
Graduate School: University of Chicago
Mentor: Dr. James Martin
Lab: Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab
Ishan Kamat, M.D., M.B.A.
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. William “Billy” Cohn and Dr. Jason Sakamoto
Lab: TMCi Biodesign
2019-2020
Gu Eon Kang, Ph.D.
Graduate School: University of Michigan
Mentor: Dr. Bijan Najafi
Lab: iCAMP (Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance)
Christopher Ryan, M.D.
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Mentor: Dr. Todd Rosengart
Lab: Laboratory for Cardiac Regeneration
2018-2020
Tarah Word, Ph.D.
Graduate School: University of South Florida
Mentor: Dr. Xander Wehrens
Lab: Xander Wehrens Lab
Waleed Ageedi, M.D.
Medical School: University of Baghdad College of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Scott LeMaire & Dr. Ying Shen
Lab: Aortic Disease Research Laboratory