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The Team
Current Members
Elaine Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Cardiology (in Medicine)
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center
Tel: +1-212-342-0400 (Research)
+1-212-305-9940 (Clinical)
Email: eyw2003@cumc.columbia.edu
Twitter: @ElaineWanMD
Ruiping Ji, MD, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: rj2319@cumc.columbia.edu
Pavithran Guttipatti, MD, MS
PGY-2 Resident
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: pg2684@cumc.columbia.edu
Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: pv2422@cumc.columbia.edu
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Yinuo Cen, MS
Staff Associate
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: yc4544@cumc.columbia.edu
Najla Saadallah, BS
Senior Research Chief
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: ns3597@cumc.columbia.edu
Past Members
Lea Melki, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: lm3088@cumc.columbia.edu
Amar Desai, MPH
Summer Intern
Current Medical student
at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Email: add130@njms.rutgers.edu
Kenneth Lin, BS
Research Technician B
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 8-406
New York, NY 10032
Email: yl4716@cumc.columbia.edu
Uma Mahesh R. Avula, MD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center
650 West 168th Street, P&S Room 9-513
New York, NY 10032
Email: ura2000@cumc.columbia.edu
Elaine Ma
Graduate Research Student
Columbia University Medical Center
Haajra Baksh
International Medical Student
Research Trainee
Email: haajra.baksh@gmail.com
Charlotte Q. Buck
Meghana Noonavath
Jose-Carlos Martinez
Christine Andrea Sison, BS
Parmanand Dasrat, BS
Samantha Parsons, BFA
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