Biosketch
Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Department of Internal Medicine
Secondary Appointment: Department of Molecular Biology
Education:
1995 B.S. with Honors (Molecular Biology), UC San Diego (Summa Cum Laude)
1995 B.S. (Bioengineering), UC San Diego (Summa Cum Laude)
2001 Ph.D. with Distinction (Biochemistry), Columbia University
2003 M.D., Columbia University
Positions:
2003-2004 Post-doctoral fellow, Columbia University
2004-2006 Resident in Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
2006-2009 Post-doctoral fellow, UT Southwestern
2009-2011 Cardiology Fellow, UT Southwestern
2011- Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern
Honors:
1990 University of California Regent’s Scholar
1993 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
1995 Phi Beta Kappa
2003 Miriam Berkman Spotnitz Award for Excellence in Research of Neoplastic Diseases
2006 Alpha Omega Alpha
2007 Grand Prize Winner, UT Southwestern Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease Poster Competition
2008 Fellows Basic Science Winner, Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators’ Forum
2009 Grand Prize Winner, UT Southwestern Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease Poster Competition
2011 Young Investigator Award for Basic Science, American Association of Indian Cardiologists
Jo Ann McWhorter Award for Excellence in Clinical Cardiology
Current Funding Sources:
NIH/NHLBI K08 Award
BWF Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
UTSW Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholar (DOCS) Award
Previous Funding Sources:
NIH/NCRR Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
UTSW Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP)
NYAM Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases
NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)