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As a faculty member at Washington University, I am
looking forward to exploring the resources this university
has to offer, and to collaborate with other faculty and
staff to better support patients with pediatric and adult
congenital arrhythmias.
In addition to pursuing this goal clinically and via
research, I am interested in public policy and advocacy.
I look forward to working with the local and state
governments to help guide legislation and direct funding
into initiatives and projects that protect our patients and
communities from sudden death caused by
channelopathies and cardiomyopathies. (ie. Project
ADAM, etc.).
My first months at Washington University have been a
transition. Now that I have mastered the maze-like links
and hallways, I am looking forward to the ability to work
with and learn from leaders in the field of EP.
I am fortunate to have the opportunity and excited to be
part of something like the CBAC where collaborations
between clinicians and researchers can change our field.
Her First Publication with CBAC Members:
help us improve the quality of life in patients with Dalal AS, Nguyen HH, Bowman T, Van Hare GF,
channelopathies. Avari Silva JN. Force-Sensing Catheters During Pediatric
Radiofrequency Ablation: The FEDERATION Study. J Am
I would like to be great at what I do. I want to possess Heart Assoc. 2017;6(5). PMID: 28515113,
the procedural skills I have seen in my mentors and will PMCID: PMC5524110
work to achieve their level of mastery. More importantly,
I want to help families by offering them support,
guidance, therapeutic options, and hope, when given a
life changing diagnosis.
Even though I have not yet reached that pivotal moment
in my research career, I have participated in research
that has aimed to improve diagnosis and management
in the arrhythmia population: atrial flutter circuits in the
adult congenital population; the use of force sensing
catheters in children; and the use of induced pluripotent
stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in patients with CPVT
to better understand patient specific drug responses.
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