Marc S. Penn, M.D., Ph.D. Staff, Primary appointment with Cardiology Director, Skirball Laboratory for Cardiovascular Cellular Therapeutics Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine 9500 Euclid Avenue, NE30 Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 444-7122 Fax: (216) 636-5454 E-mail: pennm@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction: mechanisms and treatment

Current program:

• Role of oxidant activation of metalloproteases during ischemia
• Optimization of gene delivery to infarcted myocardium
• Efficacy of cell transplantation as a treatment strategy for congestive heart failure

Investigators:

• Agarwal, Udit, Graduate Student
• Bian, Jing, M.S., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Dadabayev, Alisher, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Dong, Feng, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Finan, Amanda, Graduate Student
• Forudi, Farhad, Technologist
• Huang, Yanming, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Khalil, Mazen, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Kiedrowski, Matthew, Sr. Technologist
• Mayorga, Maritza, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Oleynik, Andrey, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Sopko, Nikolai, Graduate Student
• Sundararaman, Srividya, Graduate Student
• Jillian Wang, Research Student
• Weber, Kristal, Technologist
• Zaidi, Samera, Research Student
• Zhou, Xiaorong, M.D., Lead Technologist

Collaborators:

• Guy M. Chisolm III, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic