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Antonio Amodeo
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Pediatric Cardiac Surgery)
BioAntonio Amodeo currently serves as a Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Surgical Director of Pediatric Thoracic Organ Transplantation in the Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. His practice encompasses pediatric cardiac surgery and thoracic organ transplantation, with a focus on advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy, myocardial recovery, and mechanical circulatory support. He also leads clinical efforts in pediatric VAD therapy and myocardial recovery, and has pioneered artificial heart therapies in children, including the world’s first permanent artificial heart implantation in a child and, at the time, the world’s smallest artificial heart implantation in the youngest patient.
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Daniel Kwasi Amponsah
Affiliate, Department Funds
BioDr. Daniel Amponsah was born and raised in Loma Linda, California. He graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from Pacific Union College in Northern California and received his MD from Loma Linda University School of Medicine where he graduated AOA. He completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and was appointed the Simulation Chief his senior year. He is interested in pursuing an academic career in interventional cardiology with a focus on outcomes and health disparities. Prior research work has explored outcomes in ischemic time in patients with cardiogenic shock and STEMI with Dr. Anthony Hilliard, disparities in the management of aortic stenosis alongside Dr. Sammy Elmariah, defining type 2 MI using coronary CT with Dr. James Januzzi. He is presently engaged in assessing the potential applications of angiography-derived FFR and IMR across various coronary disease syndromes with Dr. Bill Fearon and investigating disparities in advanced structural interventions with Dr. Celina Yong.
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Michael Amylon
Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a treatment modality which is being broadly applied to a growing number of disorders. Increasing success with BMT is offering improved survival to pediatric and adult patients with acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, lymphomas, and a variety of solid tumors as well as severe aplastic anemia.
