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As a cardiologist and transplant immunologist at ��ɫtv Langone, I am dedicated to advancing patient care through innovative therapies and rigorous research. My resolve to pursue cardiology and transplant immunology developed on the foundation of my early experience in a transplant laboratory followed by clinical exposure to heart transplantation. My commitment to this pursuit remained unwavering over more than a decade of medical training. Today, as a clinician-scientist my main clinical goal is to develop better therapies to treat B-cell and antibody-mediated alloimmunity. Using a bedside-to-bench approach, a key objective of my laboratory is to understand the B-cell biology that underlies the persistent alloimmune responses we see in the clinic and to define mechanisms contributing to the challenges we face in reversing these responses. I have, and continue to develop clinical protocols to help increase access to life-saving transplantation for highly sensitized individuals. I am the principal investigator for an National Institute of Health sponsored clinical trial of novel immunosuppression in heart transplantation with the eventual goal of improving long-term outcomes. As part of the ��ɫtv Langone team, I collaborate with a diverse group of experts to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care. I firmly believe that through rigorously understanding the ‘why’ of what we observe in the clinic, we have an opportunity to move the field forward and improve outcomes for our patients.