MCW Cardiovascular Center Faculty & Labs
Faculty and labs included on this page are currently housed in the Cardiovascular Center.
CVC Members
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Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology; Director of the Cardiovascular Center
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John A. Auchampach, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair
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Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC
Professor, Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Surgery; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program
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Andreas Beyer, PhD
Professor
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Matt Durand, PhD
Associate Professor; Research Director; Secondary Faculty Appointment in Physiology
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Carol Everson, PhD
Professor
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Julie Freed, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Executive Vice Chair; Director of Clinical Research
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Benjamin Gantner, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Aron Geurts, PhD
John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship
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Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Butenhoff Family Professor of Cardiovascular Research; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
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Brian L. Lin, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Chun Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Jennifer Jury Mcintosh, MS, DO
Associate Professor
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Pablo Nakagawa, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Caitlin O'Meara, PhD
Associate Professor
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Michaela Patterson, PhD
Associate Professor
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Hershel Raff, PhD, FAAAS, FAPS
Professor, Medicine, Physiology and Surgery
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Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN
Interim Chair, Professor
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Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Dean, School of Graduate Studies; Women in Science Endowed Professor; Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center
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Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD
Professor; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program
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Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology
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