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Scientific Advisors: Surgery

Dennis T. Mangano, Ph.D., M.D.
Chairman
Dr. Mangano is Founder, CEO and Principal Scientist of the Ischemia Research & Education Foundation. Formerly, he was Vice Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at UCSF.
Warren S. Browner, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Browner is Scientific Director and Vice President of Academic Affairs at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute.
Robert L. Engler, M.D.
Dr. Engler is Consultant and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Emeritus, UCSD School of Medicine. Previously, he was Professor of Medicine at UCSD, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, and a faculty member of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at UCSD.
O. H. Frazier, M.D., FACS, FACC.
Dr. Frazier is Chief of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Research at Texas Heart Institute (THI). In addition, he serves as Co-Director, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories of THI.
Raymond J. Lipicky, M.D.
Dr. Lipicky is a regulatory affairs Consultant and Director of LIPICKY, LLC. Previously, he served as Director, Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products at the Food and Drug Administration FDA.
Christina Mora Mangano, M.D.
Dr. Mora Mangano is Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesia at Stanford University Medical Center and Professor, Department of Anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Philippe Menasché, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Menasché is a cardiovascular surgeon and Director of the Cell Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases research unit in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D.
Dr. Wechsler is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He also serves as Stanley K. Brockman Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine.
Richard D. Weisel, M.D.
Dr. Weisel is Director, Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital and Director, Toronto General Research Institute. In addition, he serves as Professor and Chair, Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Toronto.