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Graduate school taught me to take an unexpected set-back for what it really is, a forward step closer to the right an-
swer. Once I learned that, I became a much more creative engineer because I am more willing to try out the ideas
that even I think could be crazy ones.

Hobbies and the Future

I love to read. I will read any genre but I really enjoy reading biographies, especially those about strong women. I
love trying a new coffee place. St Louis is becoming a really great coffee city and I think it’s wonderful. I like a good
road trip. I think it is the best way to see the country and I love finding unexpected treasures along the way. Finally,
I’m from a big family, most of whom have never lived outside NYC, so I love having visitors.

The CBAC brings the cardiac community right to our front door. The seminar topics are perennially outstanding and
the discussions that follow are easily as good as I have seen at any conference. I also really like the balance of local
and visiting seminar speakers; it gives us a chance to celebrate the progress at our institution and brings in new
perspectives. I have had some of my most pivotal experimental ideas about my own work while sitting at a seminar.
As a graduate student in the cardiac field, I think CBAC seminars are an opportunity not to be missed.

Recent Publications with CBAC Members

*Gutbrod SR, Walton R, Gilbert S, Meillet V, Jaïs P, Hocini M, Haïssaguerre M, Dubois R, Bernus O, Efimov I.
Quantification of the Transmural Dynamics of Atrial Fibrillation by Simultaneous Endocardial and Epicardial
Optical Mapping in an Acute Sheep Model. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 2573215

Xu L, Gutbrod SR, Ma Y, Petrossians A, Liu Y, Webb RC, Fan JA, Yang Z, Xu R, Whalen JJ 3rd, Weiland JD, Huang Y,
Efimov IR, Rogers JA. Membranes: Materials and Fractal Designs for 3D Multifunctional Integumentary
Membranes with Capabilities in Cardiac Electrotherapy (Adv. Mater. 10/2015). Adv Mater. 2015 Mar;27(10):1730.
PMID:25641076

Sulkin MS, Boukens BJ, Tetlow M, Gutbrod SR, Ng FS, Efimov IR.
Mitochondrial depolarization and electrophysiological changes Sarah Gutbrod
during ischemia in the rabbit and human heart. Am J Physiol Heart Education:
Circ Physiol. 2014 Oct 15;307(8):H1178-86. Epub 2014 Aug 15.
PMCID: PMC4200335 • 2009 BS, Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Gutbrod SR, Sulkin MS, Rogers JA, Efimov IR. Patient-specific • 2012 MS, Biomedical Engineering
flexible and stretchable devices for cardiac diagnostics and therapy. Washington University in St. Louis
Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2014 Aug;115(2-3):244-51. Epub 2014 Aug 5. • x 2015 PhD, Biomedical Engineering
PMCID: PMC4254044 Washington University in St. Louis

Gutbrod SR, Efimov IR. A shocking past: a walk through generations Research Interests:
of defibrillation development. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014
May;61(5):1466-73. Review. PMID: 24759279 To improve the way we study the
spatiotemporal dynamics of atrial and
ventricular arrhythmias and to apply this
knowledge to understanding the
biophysical mechanisms of novel
anti-arrhythmia strategies.

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