I am a Postdoctoral Fellow and trainee in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with a deep commitment to advancing surgical science through translational research and clinical innovation. My focus is on complex cardiopulmonary diseases, particularly in the setting of heart and lung transplantation, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
My work involves developing and performing microsurgical models that replicate key clinical scenarios such as vascular thrombosis, pulmonary artery reconstruction, and transplantation procedures. These models allow for the study of immune cell behavior, thrombosis resolution, graft injury, IRI and fibrosis.These critical elements that drive patient outcomes after surgery. In CTEPH, I focus on analyzing thromboendarterectomy (PTE) specimens to understand the immunofibrotic environment contributing to disease progression and recurrence. In heart and lung transplant settings, I examine immune rejection, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and sex-based differences in recovery and outcomes by applying cutting-edge immunophenotyping and statistical modeling techniques to patient-derived samples. I have also explored mortality disparities in CABG surgery, using a comprehensive meta-regression framework to evaluate how age, sex, and surgical advancements influence outcomes across decades of published data.