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Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC

Professor, H.A & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair
UHealth, University of Utah
UHealth, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States


Stavros G. Drakos, MD/PhD, Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Utah (U of U) Health & School of Medicine

Dr Stavros Drakos is the Medical Director of the U of U historic Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, Co-Chief Heart Failure & Transplant and Director of Research for the Cardiology Division. He holds the H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair and his research interests are focused on myocardial recovery in the chronic heart failure (HF) setting and the acute setting (i.e. acute HF/cardiogenic shock). Dr Drakos' team is utilizing clinical and biological information derived from studies in humans and small or large animal HF models to understand and enhance myocardial recovery. Original work generated by Dr. Drakos' research team in the clinical arena and in his lab led to the establishment of the award-winning multidisciplinary Utah Cardiac Recovery Program-UCAR. He is the chairperson of the Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences (CCHS) at the NIH, co-directs the annual international Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS) and is an elected member of the ASCI (American Society of Clinical Investigation). He is a visiting professor in academic medical centers nationally and internationally and mentored over the years several individuals who are now independent faculty in academic medical centers in the US and overseas.

Disclosure(s): Abbott: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Novartis: Research Grant or Support (Ongoing)

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