"Cardiac Macrophages in Myocardial Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Heart Failure"

Speaker:

Kory Lavine, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Research
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Biology
Washington University School of Medicine

About Kory Lavine:

Dr. Lavine holds a bachelor's degree in cell and developmental biology from the University of Rochester. He completed the medical scientist training program at Washington University, where he also received internal medicine residency training, followed by fellowship training in cardiology and in advanced heart failure and transplant.

Dr. Lavine's research interests include understanding the immunological mechanisms that govern cardiac recovery and the pathogenesis of heart failure, with a focus on the mechanisms that distinguish pediatric from adult cardiomyopathy. He also seeks to understand the role of macrophages in coronary development and collateral growth of the coronary vasculature.