The Future Of Heart Valve Replacement With Professor Michael Sacks

Join us in this episode as we explore the evolving field of cardiovascular medicine with Michael S. Sacks, Professor and Director of the James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation at the University of Texas at Austin. As a leading expert in cardiovascular modeling, Professor Sacks focuses on developing patient-specific, simulation-based technologies that improve our understanding of heart and heart valve disease. What’s his goal? To advance treatment strategies by helping physicians better predict outcomes and design therapies tailored to individual patients…

Click play to learn about:

• The two major problems with valve therapy.

• How computational modeling is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

• Why patient-specific simulations may improve surgical planning and clinical outcomes.

• The limitations of current valve replacement technologies.

Professor Sacks has held numerous leadership roles throughout his distinguished career, including serving as Technical Editor of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. He is an inaugural Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. His honors include the Van C. Mow Medal from the ASME Bioengineering Division, the University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, the Richard Skalak Distinguished Lectureship from Columbia University, and the SKT Lectureship from the City College of New York. In 2006, he was recognized as one of Scientific American’s 50 Leaders in Science and Technology.

Connect with Professor Sacks:

LinkedIn

University of Texas Profile 

Google Scholar Profile

Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation

Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences

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