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David J. Fulton, PhD

  • Director
  • Regents' Professor
  • Herpert S. Kupperman, M.D. Chair in Cardiovascluar Disease

(706) 721-6338

dfulton@augusta.edu

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Neal L. Weintraub, MD

  • Assoc. Director
  • Professor
  • GRA Herbert S. Kupperman, M.D. Eminent Scholar Distinguished University Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

(706) 721-6164

nweintraub@augusta.edu

Patient Information
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Brian Annex, MD

  • Professor
  • J. Harold Harrison, M.C. Distinguished University Chair in Vascular Medicine

(706) 721-2941

bannex@augusta.edu

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Eric J. Belin de Chantemèle, DSc

  • Assoc. Director
  • Regents' Professor
  • Leon Henri Charbonnier Endowed Chair

(706) 721-7805

ebelindechanteme@augusta.edu

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Ruth B. Caldwell, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-6145

rcaldwel@augusta.edu

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Gábor Csányi, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-1437

gcsanyi@augusta.edu

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Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD

  • Professor
  • Barbara A. Schnuck Endowed Chair in Translational Medicine

(706) 721-6380

tfukai@augusta.edu

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Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD

  • Professor
  • George E. Weiss Research Professorship

(706) 721-9728

mfukai@augusta.edu

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Vijay Ganta, PhD

  • Assoc. Professor

vganta@augusta.edu

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László Kovács, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

lkovacs@augusta.edu

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Jie Li, MD, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

706-721-9414

jieli@augusta.edu

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Xiaochun Long, PhD

  • Professor

706-446-0157

xlong@augusta.edu

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Rudolf Lucas, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-9470

rlucas@augusta.edu

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Joseph M. Miano, PhD

  • Professor
  • J. Harold Harrison, M.C. Distinguished University Chair in Vascular Biology

(706) 446-0166

jmiano@augusta.edu

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Benard Ogola, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

(706) 721-0822

bogola@augusta.edu

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Junichi Saito, MD, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

jsaito@augusta.edu

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Brian Stansfield, MD

  • Professor

(706) 721-5059

bstansfield@augusta.edu

Patient Information
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David W. Stepp, PhD

  • Regents' Professor
  • Leon Henri Charbonnier Endowed Chair in Physiology

(706) 721-1949

dstepp@augusta.edu

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Huabo Su, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-9152

hsu@augusta.edu

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Yao Liang Tang, MD, PhD, FAHA

  • Professor

(706) 721-8467

yaotang@augusta.edu

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Alexander D. Verin, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-1531

averin@augusta.edu

Research Faculty

Dipankar Ash, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

dash@augusta.edu

Bart Bryant, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

wilbryant@augusta.edu

Malikarjun Badadani, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

mbadadani@augusta.edu

Archita Das, PhD

  • Research Scientist

ardas@augusta.edu

Ajay Kumar, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

ajkumar@augusta.edu

Ha Won Kim, PhD

  • Associate Professor

(706) 721-1715

hkim3@augusta.edu

Anita Kovacs-Kasa, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

akovacskasa@augusta.edu

Modesto Rojas, MD

  • Research Scientist

mrojas@augusta.edu

Maritza Romero-Lucas, MD

  • Senior Research Scientist

mromerolucas@augusta.edu

Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD

  • Associate Professor

svaradarajan@augusta.edu

Youli Wang, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

ywang2@augusta.edu

Syed Adeel Zaidi, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

syezaidi@augusta.edu

Yusra Zaidi, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

yzaidi@augusta.edu

Jianqiu Zou, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

jzou@augusta.edu

 

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