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Sasha Prisco, MD, PhD, has been selected as the recipient of the Dr. Anne Joseph Early-Career Research Award (ERA)!

The M Physicians Clinical Excellence Honors program recognizes the excellence of clinical practitioners as demonstrated through their care for patients.In February, M Physicians asked our physicians...

Please join us in welcoming Julie Xiong, who has joined the Med Ed/Cardiovascular team as the new Fellowship Administrator for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program.Julie previously worked as...

Effective April 23, 2025, Dr. Valmiki Maharaj will assume the role of Program Director for the University of Minnesota’s Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program. He succeeds Dr. Jane Chen, who led...

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Andrea Elliott, M.D. for her nomination and selection for the 2024 UMMC Clinical Education Medical Staff Award! Dr. Elliott received her award at a ceremony...

Congratulations to Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD, the 2025 Recipient of the AHA International Visiting Professorship Award. Dr. Kamdar is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Advanced Heart Failure at the...

LHI Director, Dr. Lin Yee Chen, published a paper to consolidate left atrial reservoir strain's role as a key risk factor and predictor of stroke and dementia. Read the article >

Congratulations to Aline M.S. Yamashita for her new publication in Stem Cell Reports: “Effect of Notch1 signaling on muscle engraftment and maturation from pluripotent stem cells.” Dr. Yamashita is a...

Congratulations to LHI Researcher Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD for earning a 2024 Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics (MNP) research award! MNP is funded by the State of Minnesota...

February is American Heart Month and LHI and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine have partnered with UMF for a host of events throughout the month. Events include our yearly Step Challenge, Go Red...

Congratulations to Lillehei Heart Institute Director, Dr. Lin Yee Chen, for his election to the Association of University Cardiologists.

Congratulations to van Berlo lab member Fernando Souza-Neto, PhD for receiving a fundable score from the American Heart Association for a postdoctoral fellowship!

This new paper by Dr. Lin Yee Chen, Director of the Lillehei Heart Institute, highlights that left atrial function improves AF prediction more than other conventional cardiac measures.Read the article

Dr. Michael Zhang and LHI Director, Dr. Lin Yee Chen have a new article on on developing FXI inhibitors as anticoagulants published in Circulation.

The Cardiovascular Division is proud to share that three of our faculty received Department of Medicine Excellence Awards for their incredible contributions in research, clinical care, and education...

The latest edition of Circulation Research features the work of Kurt Prins, MD, PhD. In the article, the Prins lab shows ferroptosis may be a new therapeutic target for PAH. The work is...

A new article by Kurt Prins and Sasha Prisco highlights a previously unknown function for protein junctophilin-2. (with video)

A Novel CRISPR-Cas9 Strategy to Target DYSTROPHIN Mutations Downstream of Exon 44 in Patient-Specific DMD iPSCs

Deadline for application 5/31/2024: Looking for fellows who are committed to pursuing an academic research career in cardiovascular diseases.

Perlingeiro's new article in NPJ Regenerative Medicine addresses the issue of maturation of human iPSC-derived muscle grafts.