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Sylvester Black, MD
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Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
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Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, PhD
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Ayesha Hasan, MD
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Luis F. Lara, MD
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David Nunley, MD
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Todd Pesavento, MD
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Amer Rajab, MD, PhD
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Brenda Reader, PhD
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Austin Schenk, MD, PhD
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W. Kenneth Washburn, MD
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Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD
- Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Director, Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Co-Director, COPPER Laboratory
Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery