Cardiovascular Faculty
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Mai Xiong
Email: mtxiong@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 508, Mayo 8508A, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Research Summary
Advanced heart failure therapies; Heart transplantation outcomes
Teaching Summary
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Hemodynamics
Clinical Summary
- Cardiology; Advanced Heart Failure
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Cardiac Transplantation
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Kathy Vang
Email: vang3630@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 508 Mayo, 8508A (Campus Delivery Code), Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Dr. Jason Bartos was born and raised in Maple Plain, MN. He completed his undergraduate work in Chemistry and Psychology at St. John's University and went on to earn his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Iowa. He then moved to Stanford University School of Medicine where he earned his MD and completed Internal Medicine residency. He moved to the University of Minnesota in 2012 where he completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine, Critical Care Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology.Dr. Bartos is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, critical care medicine, and interventional cardiology. His clinical interests include cardiac critical care, resuscitation, advanced hemodynamic support, pulmonary embolus, and coronary artery disease and intervention. He is the Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.Dr. Bartos's research interests include resuscitation, advanced hemodynamic support, and recovery from cardiac arrest. He has performed research in the field of ischemia and reperfusion injury for 20 years describing the molecular pathways of injury in models of cerebral ischemia and investigating potential therapies to mitigate the effects of reperfusion injury in heart transplantation, myocardial infarction, and refractory cardiac arrest. Dr. Bartos is the Associate Medical Director of the Center for Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Minnesota and the President of the Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium where he works to improve survival for patients suffering cardiac arrest. This work has resulted in the development of protocols utilizing rapid transport from the field, peripherally placed veno-arterial ECMO, coronary reperfusion, and subsequent cardiac intensive care to improve outcomes for patients with refractory VT/VF cardiac arrest.
Research Summary
- Resuscitation
- CPR
- Reperfusion injury
- Cardiac Arrest
- Advanced Hemodynamic Support (ECMO)
Clinical Summary
- Advanced hemodynamic support
- Cardiac critical care
- Coronary artery disease and intervention
- Pulmonary embolus
- Resuscitation
Licensures and Certifications
Honors and Recognition
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Wendy Markuson
Email: marku002@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 508 Mayo, 8508A (Campus Delivery Code), Minneapolis, MN 55455
David G. Benditt, M.D., FACC, FRCPC, FHRS was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and an MD degree from the University of Manitoba. Following postgraduate training in Internal Medicine. he completed a cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Thereafter, he joined the faculty of the Cardiovascular Division in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota where he established the Cardiac Arrhythmia and Syncope Center. Additionally , working with colleagues of various disciplines he helped foster what has become a very active and highly successful research program in Resuscitation Science. With his colleagues he helped advance AC-DC CPR and the application on the inspirtatory impedance device to enhance blood flow during CPR. Dr. Benditt is currently Professor of Medicine and Co-director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has been an American Heart Association (AHA) Established Investigator, and president of the Heart Rhythm Society ( at the time known as the North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology), and president of both the AHA-Minnesota Affiliate. In 2007, he was awarded the Pioneer in Pacing and Electrophysiology Award of the Heart Rhythm Society in 2007. He has also received the University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering Institute Innovation award His principal research interests are in the evaluation of syncope and collapse, and in development of new strategies and tools for improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation with particular focus on minimizing brain injury.
Research Summary
Syncope/Collapse Autonomic Control Implanted Devices
Teaching Summary
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Summary
Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Biventricular ICD implantation, Cardiac arrhythmia, Cardiac electrophysiology, Defibrillator therapy, Palpitations, Pacemaker implementation, Syncope and autonomic dysfunction, Syncope, Autonomic Control
Honors and Recognition
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Esther Almeida
Email: ealmeida@umn.edu
Summary
Dr. Bidwell received a Ph.D. from Loyola University Chicago and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. His past and present research has focused on mechanisms and regulation of cardiovascular calcium transport, studying the biochemical and biophysical properties of individual proteins to their impact on physiology and pathophysiology. Current projects investigate the role of oxidative modifications of calcium transport proteins across this broad-spectrum of conceptual and technical approaches, supported by an American Heart Association Career Development Award
Honors and Recognition
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Roberta Beach
Email: rmbeach@umphysicians.umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 508 Mayo, 8508A (Campus Delivery Code), Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Dr. Can joined the University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Division faculty in 2017: prior to this, she was a faculty physician in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Necmettin Erbakan University (Konya, Turkey) from 2004-2017. She has served as director of the University of Minnesota Medical Center's general-cardiology inpatient service since 2019. Experienced in medical education and clinical care, her primary research interest is in cardiac arrhythmias.
Research Summary
Medical education; Cardiac arrhythmias
Clinical Summary
Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Cardiac arrhythmia, General cardiology, Palpitations
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Jessica Wilde
Email: jabehm@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 508 Mayo, 8508A (Campus Delivery Code), Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
I am a tenured Professor of Medicine, an ABIM board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist, and an NIH-funded clinician-investigator. My patient-oriented research on atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial myopathy is focused on 2 themes: (1) To identify novel risk factors for AF and atrial myopathy, and discover new strategies to prevent both conditions, (2) To characterize the relationship of AF and atrial myopathy to cardiovascular and neurocognitive outcomes such as stroke and dementia, and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. As an Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) investigator, I have published and co-authored numerous papers on AF and atrial myopathy using ARIC and MESA data. Currently, I am the PI of 4 NIH R01-funded projects, which are all focused on AF and atrial myopathy. In addition, I am PI of a K24 grant, an NIH grant that expands my capacity in mentoring junior clinicians and scientists who are conducting patient-oriented research in cardiovascular science. As a clinician, I provide compassionate, evidence-based, and state-of-the-art care to patients with arrhythmias, which includes performing catheter ablation to maintain sinus rhythm in patients with AF.
Research Summary
I believe in providing comprehensive and evidence-based cardiac electrophysiology care to my patients.
Clinical Summary
Atrial fibrillation ablation (pulmonary vein isolation); Biventricular ICD implantation; ICD implantation; PVC ablation; Supraventricular tachycardia ablation; Ventricular tachycardia ablation
Honors and Recognition
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Wendy Markuson
Email: marku002@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 508, Room 278 VCRC, Minneapolis, MN
Summary
Dr. Chen grew up in Chicago, IL and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois in Urbana. She received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University/Barnes Hospital. Her training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology were completed at the Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She then joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine, serving as the Director of the Electrophysiology Fellowship Program. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota, she was the Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Orlando VA Medical Center. She is currently the Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship and Electrophysiology Fellowship Programs, and the Director of the Arrhythmia Device Clinic.
Teaching Summary
Arrhythmias; EKG interpretation; Intracardiac interpretation; device management
Clinical Summary
Ablations, Advanced device therapy, Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Biventricular ICD implantation, Cardiac arrhythmia, Cardiac electrophysiology, Defibrillator therapy, Heart rhythm disturbances, ICD implantation, Inherited/genetic cardiomyopathies, Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), Implantable cardiac device management, Palpitations, Pacemaker implementation, Subcutaneous cardiac monitoring, Supraventricular tachycardia ablation, Syncope and autonomic dysfunction
Honors and Recognition
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Mai Xiong
Email: mtxiong@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 508 Mayo, 8508A (Campus Delivery Code), Minneapolis, MN 55455
Clinical Summary
Heart Failure Specialist; Cardiology; Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction; Advanced Heart Failure; Hemodynamics; Cardiac Transplant/Mechanical Circulatory Support
Honors and Recognition
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Lisa Moe
Phone: 612-625-9538
Email: seif0046@umn.edu
Fax: 612-301-8298
Summary
Satya has a long standing interest in understanding the stem cell mediated regenerative biology with a focus on the cardiovascular development. His current research has made seminal progress in generating humanized vasculature and skeletal muscle in gene edited swine models. Improving the human-pig chimerism to ultimately develop functional human organs in swine models is the long term goal of his research.
Research Summary
- Improving human-pig chimerism
- Exogenic organ production
Teaching Summary
- Cardiovascular regeneration
Clinical Summary
- Cardiology
- Muscular dystrophy associated cardiomyopathy
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Esther Almeida
Email: ealmeida@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 508
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Prior to his position with the U of MN, he served as Chief of Cardiology at Brown University in Rhode Island. Previously, he served as Chief of Cardiology and co-director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He received his MD/PhD degrees from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia. He completed his residency, postdoctoral fellowship and cardiology fellowship at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. He serves on several editorial boards for publications including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Dudley is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association and is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Cardiac Muscle Society, among others. His research interests include arrhythmias and diastolic heart failure.
Research Summary
- Diastolic heart failure
- Sudden cardiac death
Research Funding Grants
- NIH Grant Number: 1 T32 HL144472-01A1
PI: Crawford, Peter A & Samuel Dudley, M.D., Ph.D. (Contact)
Project Title: Training Program in Cardiac Innovation - NIH RePORTER ID: 1R01HL134791-01A1
PI: Samuel C. Dudley, M.D., Ph.D.
Project Title: Unfolded Protein Response and Arrhythmias - NIH RePORTER ID: 1R01HL136757-01
Sub PI: Samuel C. Dudley, M.D., Ph.D.
Project Title: Regulation of Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter in the Heart
Clinical Summary
Cardiac arrhythmia, Arrhythmia, Heart failure, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Roberta Beach
Email: rmbeach@umphysicians.umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 508 Mayo
8508A (Campus Delivery Code)
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD was born in Belgium and received his MD and PhD degree at the University of Ghent in Belgium. He completed his medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Ghent, followed by a fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He obtained a Hospital Management degree at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He was Professor Medicine/Cardiology at the University Ghent Belgium. In 2002, he joined the University of Minnesota, where he is tenured Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, holder of the Donald and Patricia Garofalo Chair in Preventive Cardiology at the School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health at the School of Public Health.My clinic research is focused on early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease, arterial stiffness/elasticity in health and disease, lipids and novel biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in different ethnicities (CARDIA study, MESA study population, HIV population). I have received multiple NIH grants in these domains. I am a clinical trialist and I have studied dozens of new compounds of clinical trials in phase II, III and IV and have served on many study committees regarding design and adjudication events committees of international outcome trials.I serve at different NIH scientific grant review committees in USA, at different scientific grant committees of several European countries (Belgium, UK, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland), South Africa, United Arabic Emirates, Singapore. I have been involved in international education programs with the European Union regarding review and development.As a clinician, I focus on early detection of cardiovascular disease, lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and prevention of established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Research Summary
Mathematical modeling of the arterial system, arterial stiffness, diagnostic and predictive value in clinical setting and epidemiological study cohorts (MESA study cohort- NIH grants) Role of ethnicity on the predictive value of phenotypes of cardiovascular structure and function, biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation, lipoprotein particles and cardiovascular outcome (MESA study and CARDIA study – NIH grants) Lipoproteins, arterial stiffness, inflammatory markers in HIV patients and target organ damage and outcome (SMART and START – NIH grants) Clinical mechanistic, pharmacodynamics and outcome studies with new therapeutic compounds in the area of hypercholesterolemia/hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention (phase II, III, IV) Predictive value of cardiovascular biostatistical vs phenotype parameters in the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (philanthropy)
Teaching Summary
- Lipid abnormalities
- Arterial Mechanics
- Arterial stiffness
- Ventriculo-vascular coupling
- Structural and functional cardiovascular abnormalities
- Study cohorts
- Clinical trials and design (Phase II, III, IV)
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Epidemiology and Public Health
Honors and Recognition
Professional Memberships
Languages
Selected Publications
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Roberta Beach
Email: rmbeach@umphysicians.umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 508 Mayo
8508A (Campus Delivery Code)
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
"Methodology is the core of excellence in cardiovascular health investigation."
rofessor Duval received her BSc (Honors) in Statistical Science from Flinders University of South Australia in 1993 and her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1999. She has served on the faculty of the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health (University of Minnesota), and joined the Lillehei Clinical Research Unit of the Cardiovascular Division in 2011. Her career has been dedicated to the application of methodological approaches to cardiovascular clinical research.Prof. Duval serves as a faculty statistician in the AHRQ-funded "Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC)" at the University of Minnesota. She has achieved international recognition for the development of the "Trim and Fill" algorithm to address advanced issues in publication bias. Her papers on this topic in Biometrics and the Journal of the American Statistical Association have been cited over 6,800 times.She has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and serves on the editorial board of Research Synthesis Methods , the official journal of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM). She is also a statistical editor for Circulation , the American Heart Association's flagship journal, and is the statistical consultant for the Vascular Medicine Journal .
Research Summary
Evaluation of the efficacy, harm, and cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular disease; behavioral, pharmacologic, and device-based therapeutic interventions spanning coronary artery and peripheral artery disease (PAD) syndromes, heart failure, and other cardiovascular diseases Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases Analysis of administrative databases and registries Meta-analytic methods applied to cardiovascular clinical trials and observational studies