Administration Team

• Mark Low - Managing Director, AFIC
• Susan Bernat - Director of Operations and Finance, Innovations
• Laura L. Konczos - AFIC Program Coordinator
• Denise Kosty-Sweeney, R.N., M.S.N. - Clinical Research Manager
• Raquel Rozich, R.N., B.S.N. - Clinical Research Nurse
• Pamela Lackner - Clinical Research Coordinator
• Diana I. Bauer - Clinical Research Coordinator

Novel Technologies Team

• Todor Mazgalev, Ph.D. - Program Head
• Youhua Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Basic Science Team

• David Van Wagoner, Ph.D. - Program Head
• Qing Wang, Ph.D.
• Mina Chung, M.D.
• Tie Ke, Ph.D.
• Teng Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
• Xianqin Zhang, B.S.
• Rashmi Ram, B.S.
• Beth Bunnell
• Laurie Castel

Catheter Team

• Bruce Lindsay, M.D.
• Walid Saliba, M.D.

Outcomes Team

• Eugene Blackstone, M.D. - Program Head
• Chimezie Thomas-Ogbuji, B.S.
• John Clark, B.S., M.S.
• John Barnard, Ph.D.
• Li Liang, Ph.D.
• Christopher Pierce, Ph.D.

Surgical Team

• A. Marc Gillinov, M.D. - Program Head
• Albert Waldo, M.D. - CWRU
• Jay Sahadevan, M.D. - CWRU
• Ivan Cakulev, M.D. - CWRU
• Charles R. Doarn, M.B.A. - UC
• E. William Schneeberger - UC
• Dwight Hand, M.D. - UC

Pre-Clinical Facility Team

• Kenneth Litwak, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• William Kowalewski
• Rajani Tendulkar
• Jacqueline Katter, R.V.T.

Academic Partners

• The Cleveland Clinic
• University of Cincinnati
• Center for Surgical Innovation at the University of Cincinnati
• University Hospitals
• Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

CCF Innovations – Intellectual Property Management

State of Ohio

• Ohio Department of Development
• The Ohio 3rd Frontier Project

AFIC Committees

• Executive Committee
  • Christopher Coburn
  • Mark Low
  • Susan Bernat
  • Laura L. Konczos
  • A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.
  • Albert Waldo, M.D.
  • Eugene Blackstone, Ph.D.
  • Todor Mazgalev, Ph.D.
  • David Van Wagoner, Ph.D.
    
    
• Scientific Advisory Board
  • Dr. Adam Saltzman, M.D., Ph.D. - Maimonides Medical Center
  • Dr. Richard Schuessler, Ph.D. - Washington University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins Medical Institute