Cardiovascular Pioneers

ViVitro was founded by cardiovascular pioneers, David Walker and Larry Scotten.  We regularly interview leaders in cardiovascular research to share their work and honour their efforts.

To suggest an interview subject, please contact Mike Camplin.

Non-invasive tools and realistic regulatory testing machines

Dr. Zahra Motamed

Manufacturing and Commercializing Polymer Valves

Jason Beith

Advice to Clinical Research Investigators

Mary Norine Walsh

Transcatheter valve therapy

Philippe Pibarot

Tiara TMVR technology

Randy Lane

Incubating ideas into startup companies

Stanton Rowe

Next generation of prosthetic heart valves, biomaterials, and life-like simulation models  

Dr. Hadi Mohammadi

Cardiovascular flows and the design of medical devices

Dr. Lyes Kadem

Modular TMVR, crimping, and TAVR durability

Dr. Arash Kheradvar

Regenerating hearts and new medical devices

Howard Leonhardt and Alex Richardson

Fluid mechanics and measuring the ejection fraction of the heart using an iPhone app

Niema Pahlevan

Patient monitoring devices and precision medicine

Dave Kuraguntla and Amit Rushi

ISO, MDR, and EU

Edoardo Dell'Amico

Research and regulatory work at the FDA Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Luke Herbertson

Unique TMVR challenges and opportunities

Ramji Iyer

Impact of Transcatheter Heart Valve Overexpansion

Dr. Janarthanan Sathananthan

TAVI valves and future New Valve Technology projects

Dr. Maximilian Kütting

Tissue-engineered heart valves, decellularised valvular scaffolds, and simulations

Dr. Sotiris Korossis

University research and training at Singapore Polytechnic

Fangli Xiong

South American cardiovascular device market

Andreluiz de Sousa Cunha

Mitral Regurgitation and the VeloX prosthetic heart valve

Kenneth Chan Zhi Wei

AAA implants, simulated environments and physician training

Victor U. Okali

Creating aortic heart valves from autologous pericardium

Dr. Kassem Ashe and Duane Cronin

Experimental techniques and tricuspid valves, the “forgotten” valve

Dr. Rouzbeh Amini

Implantable wireless pulmonary artery sensor for outpatient hemodynamic monitoring

Michael Nagy

Testing and modeling of TAVR tissues

Wei Sun

Challenges and methodologies of pediatric cardiac devices

Doug Bernstein

ISO 17025 and the differences in North American and European regulations

Dr. Bassil Akra

Biomedical fluid dynamicist approach to determining mechanistic causes

Dominik Obrist

Turning mechanisms of mitral valve disease into new technologies and solutions

Muralidhar Padala

New framework helps cardiac surgeons plan aortic and mitral valve repair procedures

Michel Labrosse

Cardiovascular Mechanobiology

Sharan Ramaswamy

Europe, Israel and Africa device testing market

Karim Mouneimne

KLAB and Cardiovascular Engineering

Dr. Arash Kheradvar

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

Robert Tranquillo

VSI's prototype Leonardo

Larry Scotten

Forces Behind Cardiovascular Device Innovation

Karen May-Newman

15 Minutes with ViVitro's Co-founder

David Walker