Heart Diseases and Treatments

Juliana Soares is a cardiologist with a postgraduate degree in cardiology and women's cardiology. Founder of the Cardioncology Service at the Federal University of São Paulo - Brazil. She was head of the medical assistance groups at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Author of several book chapters. Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Cardiology in 2014 by the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Lecturer in postgraduate Cardiology at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

Juliana Soares is a cardiologist with a postgraduate degree in cardiology and women's cardiology. Founder of the Cardioncology Service at the Federal University of São Paulo - Brazil. She was head of the medical assistance groups at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Author of several book chapters. Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Cardiology in 2014 by the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Lecturer in postgraduate Cardiology at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

Diana Popescu completed her medical studies at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iasi, Romania - Faculty of Medicine in 2016. In the following five years. She completed the residency program in Medicine, specialty Internal Medicine. In 2019, She started my Ph.D. studies in Internal Medicine. The following year She became an assistant professor at the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa".

In all these years of practice, She have actively participated in numerous national and international medical conferences, She have published more than ten articles in ISI-indexed journals. She was an assistant researcher in a demonstrative experimental project called "Public health risk mitigation of biochemical contaminants of recycled pharmaceutical and food packaging by spectral analysis based method in the TzH domain". She have also participated in a number of volunteer activities, training students and helping patients experiencing socio-economic deprivation.

Dipak Ramji is Professor of Cardiovascular Science and Deputy Head at the School of Biosciences in Cardiff University. He is also Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He received his BSc (Hons) degree (Biochemistry) and his PhD (Molecular Biology) from the University of Leeds. This was followed by post-doctoral research at EMBL (Heidelberg) and IRBM (Rome) with fellowships from the Royal Society and the EU. His current research is focused on understanding how natural products regulate cellular processes in heart disease with the goal of attaining deeper mechanistic insight and identifying preventative/therapeutic agents. He has published over 150 research articles (h index 41 and i10 index 76 with over 8350 citations), including 880-page book in 2022 on Methods in Atherosclerosis. He is an Editorial Board member of 16 international journals; regular organising committee member, speaker, and track/session chair at international conferences on heart disease; involved in grant evaluation for over 20 organisations; and supervised over 25 PhD students

Elizaveta Strebkova (28 years). She graduated with honors from the Kursk State Medical University, than She graduated from a residency by cardiovascular surgery from the A.V. Vishnevskiy National Medical Research Center of Surgery in 2021 and wished to continue studying, went on for a Post Graduate by cardiovascular surgery and arrhythmology. The aim of her scientific work is “Effectiveness of thoracoscopic treatment of persistent and long-standing forms of atrial fibrillation”. She assist in all cardiac surgeries and take an active part in the scientific work our department. According to her work, theses and articles have been published. For the first time in our center, simultaneous two-way access is offered when performing thoracoscopic ablation, which significantly reduces the operation time.

John K Maesaka was born in Hawaii, received degrees from Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine, did his medical residencies at BarnesJewish Hospital at Washington University In St. Louis and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and renal fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital. His interest-driven decision to spend 5 years exclusively in the renal physiology laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital as a renal fellow and member of the faculty proved to be the best investment he made to pursue an academic career in medicine. He was involved in developing colorimetric methods for the determination of uric acid and phosphorus in blood and urine that were applied to studying the transport characteristics of both electrolytes by renal micropuncture techniques in rat kidney. He developed several bioassays to demonstrate the presence of a natriuretic factor in the blood of patients with renal salt wasting and Alzheimer’s disease and more recently identified the elusive natriuretic factor after more than a 25-year pursuit.

Eun-jin Kim is a Professor in Physics and Applied Mathematics at Coventry University, UK. She obtained her PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago, USA. She held postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Leeds/Exeter in UK, High-Altitude Observatory in Boulder, USA and University of California, San Diego, USA, and Assistant and Associate Professor positions at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is interested in self-organisation and complex systems/non-equilibrium processes including cardiac dynamics. She was awarded the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and published over 130 refereed journal papers.

Maria Cristina Vladeanu is graduated from University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" in Romania. She is a member of european society of cardiology.

Prashant J. Shinde is recently working as assistant professor at Department of Pharmaceutics, St. John Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Palghar, Maharashtra, India. He has post graduated from pharmaceutics stream in 2019. He has published several research, review papers and book chapters at national and international level and participated in various national and international conferences and workshops. He has 3 years of experience in academics and research. He has guided 13 students for project and research work in his academic career. During his tenure he served as an academic committee member in his institution and university. He worked with accreditation compliance/self-study projects at the university and college level. He is active member of Indian pharmaceutical association and Maharashtra state pharmacy council. He is a volunteer and member of UNICEF- INDIA and participated in different social progress activities of rural development.

Shayan Keramat chose the field of the medical laboratory from the undergraduate course from 2012 to 2016. After a short time, He became very interested in hematology and pathology. So He decided to pursue a master's degree in hematology. After entering the Master in 2017, I became interested in the fields of coagulation, thrombosis, vascular diseases and especially thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). Shayan Keramat started my dissertation with research on TAO and finished it with the highest possible score and two articles. In 2019 I took a commitment course in the biochemistry research laboratory of Mashhad Medical University for two years until 2021.  Currently, He is a major member of the Department of Research and Biobanking, Buerger’s Disease Non-Governmental Organization and an active member of Vascular Independent Research and Education, European Foundation, VAS Young committee.

Soichiro Usui is an Associate Professor in Cardiovascular medicine in Kanazawa University, Japan. He is also Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the Japanese Circulation Society. He obtained his PhD in Medical Science from Kanazawa University, Japan. He held a postdoctoral position at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, USA. He is interested in molecular mechanisms of cardiac remodeling in heart failure and adipose-derived regenerative cell research. He published over 90 refereed journal papers.

Graduated in Physical Education from the Regional University of Blumenau Foundation (2007); Postgraduate courses related to special groups and biomechanics between 2009-2011 at the Gama Filho University. Postgraduate with emphasis on the improvement in cardiovascular rehabilitation at the Instituto do Coração; Master in Human Movement Sciences from the State University of Santa Catarina (2013). University Teacher (2010-2015) at FURB institutions; UNIDAVI; UNIFEBE; UNIASSELVI; UNIMAX (current job 2022) (Biochemistry of Exercise; Resistance Training; Biomechanics & Kinesiology; Technology in Physical Education). Ph.D scholarship  by CNPQ “Ciências Sem Fronteiras” program (Faculty of Human Motricity, 2015-19); Responsible for the teaching/research/extension process at the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Center of the University of Lisbon (CRECUL). Dissertation/Thesis theme: Acute Responses and Chronic Effects of Autonomic/Cardiovascular/Cardiopulmonary Systems following exercise training. Research and professional activities in the area of health, training, cardiology, exercise biochemistry, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, cardiovascular rehabilitation, stress, nervous system and vascular system.

As Director of Nuclear Medicine at Healthcare Imaging Services, Zita Ballok brings a wealth of local and international experience and world-class training to Bridge Road Imaging. Zita Ballok completed her nuclear medicine and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) training at Austin Hospital and subsequently completed a fellowship program at the Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre in Ann Arbor, at the University of Michigan. During her fellowship, she gained extensive experience in oncology and neurology PET Imaging and general nuclear medicine imaging under the supervision of Professor David Kuhl, a leading pioneer of brain imaging. Ballok is also the co-author of a number of published scientific papers in collaboration with colleagues in multiple specialties, including orthopaedic surgery, thoracic surgery, oncology, urology, neuro-surgery and endocrinology. She was also the convenor of the highly successful 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine held in Melbourne. Ever since her return to Australia, Ballok has been lobbying to establish PET Imaging and is excited to have this available at Bridge Road Imaging.

Zohreh Tutunchian is a 5th year medical and MPH student at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science (SBMU) and also a member of Medical Student Research Committee (MSRC). She is interested in medical research in the field of cardiology and pharmacology. This research was conducted to gather the cardiovascular results of COVID-19 during the pandemic to help the healthcare system monitor the fetal and maternal health and prevent these complications among them.

John R. Dylewski, is a cardiac electro physiologist and professor of medicine in active clinical practice for the last 20+ years with an extensive and diversified background in materials engineering and medical applications of artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery. With the abundance of valuable data generated for patient care and the continuous production of scientific knowledge, Dr. Dylewski found it significantly challenging to deliver accurate, up-to-date and expeditious care to his tens of thousands of patients resulting in the development of the Complaint2Care model for a novel healthcare delivery platform, LifeSaver, powered by Apollo Artificial Intelligence. 

Benjamin Cooper is currently a medical resident at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura, FL. Prior to starting medical school, He was a full-time Firefighter/Paramedic in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition, he worked at Iowa Heart Center as a Testing Paramedic for CT, Nuclear, and Ultrasound departments. He has been an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructor since 2007. Ben received his Doctor Osteopathic Medicine degree and Masters of Medical Science degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pooja Patel completed her medical school in Mumbai, India and is currently pursuing her Internal Medicine residency at Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, Florida. She is currently a PGY2 resident, who aspires to specialize in cardiology and critical care. She is from the Midwest, not fearing living in the oh-so-cold winters. Patel enjoys learning and improving her skills, in every aspect available. She believes ‘teaching others is the easy way to learning’. Patel also completed and received her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences. She has volunteered her time at a non-profit organization since 2017, at Waukesha Free Clinic in Waukesha, Wisconsin (former St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic), and still continues to do so whenever  possible. Patel was awarded the Director’s Coin during her rotation at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado for the care provided to our veterans, and for volunteering to help the community in times of the COVID surge in the late 2021. As a physician, she prides herself on serving those who have served our country.

Samer AKL is medical doctor (MD) by profession and works with one of the private hospitals and lecturer in private institute of medical science in Syria. He holds an MD in medical, He has 2 years of private practices as a general physician (Doctor). He has also been involved in outbreak investigations of EPI in Syria.

Stefania Czapp has graduated from Medical University of Gdańsk in 2021 and now she is doing her postgraduation internship in Szpital Morski im. PCK in Gdynia (Poland). She has the big interest in Cardiosurgery and is planning to do her PhD in this field of science in Poland.