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WEBINAR: From Discovery to Market, the Regulation and Approval Pathway for Drugs and Devices in the US
Presented by Steven S. Brooks, MD, MBA, FACC
January 26, 2012, 1:00 PM

WEBINAR: Bench to Market: A Venture Capital Perspective
Presented by Dr. Josh Makower
February 17, 2012
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Dinner Reception
March 2, 2012
Boston, MA

WEBINAR: Tips for Junior Faculty Career Development
Presented by Saptarsi Haldar, MD
March 14, 2012
12 Noon EST

Annual Scientific Meeting
May 3-5, 2012
Arlington, VA



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Welcome

The mission of Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation is to engage medical students and young investigators in a personalized research experience with preeminent cardiovascular scientists, and to foster the next generation of leaders in the field.

Medical Student Research Fellowship Program
The Sarnoff Fellowship Program offers research opportunities for outstanding medical students to explore careers in cardiovascular research. Applicants must be enrolled in accredited U.S. medical schools. Sarnoff Fellows conduct intensive work in a research facility, located in the United States, for one year. Prior research experience is not a prerequisite.

What makes Sarnoff unique is our lifetime commitment to the Fellow. A member of our Scientific Committee guides the Fellow during the research year and throughout the Fellow's career. The Fellow interacts with other Fellows, Scholars and Foundation leaders at the Sarnoff Annual Scientific Meetings, Sarnoff-sponsored regional events, and at other scientific conferences.


Latest News

Scientific Committee Vice Chair, E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, a world-renowned leader in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism research, has received one of the highest honors in his field - a Laureate Award from The Endocrine Society. More information can be found here.

Eric Adler, MD (1997-98 Fellow), recently was appointed Associate Professor of Medicine and the new Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation at the University of California, San Diego.

Kenechi Ejebe, MD (2008-09 Fellow), started a new position in July as a Senior Scientist at Moderna Therapies, an early-stage-venture-backed life science start-up in Cambridge, MA. He also recently co-authored an upcoming paper that was accepted in the Journal of PLoS Genetics entitled "Large-Scale Gene-Centric Analysis Identifies Novel Variants for Coronary Artery Disease," based on his research at the Kathiresan Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Gabriel Griffin (2010-12 Fellow) is co-author of an article titled "Foxp3+ Inducible Regulatory T Cells Suppress Endothelial Activation and Leukocyte Recruitment" in the Journal of Immunology, and a review titled, "Mechanisms for the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Statins" in Current Opinion in Lipidology.

Baron Hamman, MD (1985-85 Fellow), was named president of Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital in Arlington, Texas. He also acquired a patent for a clampless proximal tool, Cyclone Tool, in 2010.

Andrea Havens Ramirez, MD (2005-06 Fellow), will start as an Advanced Clinical Fellow at the NHGRI in November.

Deborah Ho (2010-11 Fellow) is the first author on a manuscript entitled "High-Molecular-Weight and Total Adiponectin Levels and Incident Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease in Women: A Prospective Investigation" that has been accepted for publication in Circulation. This paper is a result of research she conducted during her Sarnoff Fellowship.

Daniel Kim (2011-12 Fellow) presented a poster at the NHLBI Symposium on "Genomics: Gene Discovery and Clinical Applications for Cardiovascular, Lung, and Blood Disease" in September.

Richard Page, MD 1982-83 Fellow and 1987-89 Scholar), has increased his involvement with the FDA, participating in four CV Device Panel meetings. He served as chair of the advisory panel that approved the transcatheter valve.

Camille Stewart, MD (2008-09 Fellow), is second author on a paper, "JAGGED1 Signaling Regulates Hemangioma Stem Cell-to-Pericyte/Vascular Smooth Muscle Differentiation," in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, published online July 14, 2011. This paper is based on her research during her Sarnoff Fellowship.

Brian Williams, MD (2006-07 Fellow), is in his fourth year of residency in neurosurgery at the University of Virginia. He started full-time laboratory research this summer and will continue for two years. He is studying the role of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) in the pathogenesis of peritumoral edema of intracranial tumors.

Anita Ying, MD (1997-98 Fellow), was recently accepted into the Executive MBA program at Rice University and will start this fall. She has also been appointed Quality Officer for the Department of Endocrinology at MD Anderson Cancer Center.




Please join with us in helping to support our next generation of Sarnoff Fellows and Alumni leaders. For more information or to make your gift today, click here.

Alumni Profile

Michael Wallace MD
Professor and Vice Chairman of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida


The exposure to research early on in my training put the "fire in my belly" (literally, as I ended up going into gastrointestinal research). Read more ...

Alumni Directory

Alumni Newsletter



Stanley J. Sarnoff Spirit Award
At the April 29, 2011 Awards Dinner, Dr. Myron ("Mike") L. Weisfeldt was honored as the first recipient of the Stanley J. Sarnoff Spirit Award. Click here for more details.

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