Principal Investigator
Muath Bishawi, MD, PhD is an academic cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon–scientist, and holds a joint appointment with the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. His clinical and research programs focus on heart and lung failure, transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and translational bioengineering. His laboratory develops new approaches to organ preservation, ex vivo perfusion, cardiac gene delivery, and device-based therapies for patients with advanced cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
Research
The Bishawi Lab is focused on developing technologies that improve, repair, preserve, and genetically modify failing hearts and lungs.
Publications
Our team publishes on heart failure, transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, organ preservation, cardiothoracic surgical outcomes, and translational cardiovascular engineering.
Lab Life
The Bishawi Lab brings together surgeons, scientists, engineers, trainees, students, and clinical research personnel working across basic, translational, and clinical research.
