Lab Team

Our Lab brings together surgeons, scientists, engineers, trainees, students, and clinical research personnel working across basic, translational, and clinical research.

Principal Investigaor

Muath Bishawi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery

Lab Team

Amanda M Maddamma (Mandy) RVT, LAT Lab Manager/Vet Tech

Veterinary Technician Associate Degree, Vet Tech Institute

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Joung Woul Kim, PhD Research Scientist

PhD, Hanyang University

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Max A Wieder, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow

MD, Medical College of Georgia

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Anna Riordan, BS 2nd year PhD Student in BME, Emory/Georgia Tech

BS, North Carolina State University

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Audrey Atinsky, MS 1st year PhD Student in BME, Emory/Georgia Tech

MS, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Willow Carmody, MS, CCP, LP Clinical Perfusionist

MS, Medical College of South Carolina

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Kenneth Ingersoll, MS, CCP, LP Clinical Perfusionist

Helly Patel, BS Perfusion Student

Georgia Breston, BS Perfusion Student

BA, Occidental College

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Collaborators

The Bishawi lab works with multiple collaborators across surgery, cardiology, Immunology, BME, and Mechanical Engineering both at Emory and other institutions. We also have strong industry relationships with companies developing next generation therapies for heart failure.