Elastic Fiber Matrices (ePub)

Anand Ramamurthi is an associate professor of molecular medicine and biomedical engineering at the Cleveland Clinic, with adjunct appointments at the University of Akron (Integrated Biosciences Program), and Case Western Reserve University (BME). In 1999, he earned his PhD in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic funded by an award from the American Heart Association (AHA). Prior to 2010, Dr. Ramamurthi was a tenured faculty in the Departments of Bioengineering at Clemson University and Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, respectively. For the past 13 years, he has directed a research program that focuses on developing technologies for enabling biomimetic regeneration and repair of extracellular matrix (ECM) structures, specifically the poorly regenerated elastic matrix component, both in vitro, and in situ at sites of chronic matrix disruption (e.g., aortic aneurysms and pelvic organ prolapse). His research has resulted in several book chapters, 50 peer-reviewed publications in top journals in the biomaterials, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine fields, nearly 200 conference abstracts and proceedings, and several awarded and filed patents. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), AHA, and industry. Dr. Ramamurthi is a member of several international professional societies in the cardiovascular sciences, biomaterials, and tissue engineering fields. He is a professional member of the AHA Council on arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, and is an elected fellow of the AHA Council on basic cardiovascular sciences. He serves on several national committees such as that of the North American Vascular Biology Organization, on the editorial board of several scientific journals in the fields of