University of California, San Francisco
Alexander Merriman, MS is a fifth-year MD, PhD student at the University of California, San Francisco. He is currently in the dissertation phase of the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology PhD Program under the guidance of Dr. Deepak Srivastava, MD and Dr. Chun (Jimmie) Ye, PhD. His thesis research is focused on elucidating the molecular regulators of valvular delamination via a multi-omic dissection of Ebstein's Anomaly. During his graduate training, he remains actively engaged in multiple clinical projects focused on surgical strategies for complex congenital heart disease patients with Dr. Peter Kouretas, MD, PhD and Dr. Shunji Sano, MD, PhD. His long-term career goal is to become an academic pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon-scientist studying the molecular mechanisms of cardiogenesis in the hopes of developing novel regenerative medicine-based therapeutics for patients with heart disease. Following completion of this stage of his training, he intends on applying to integrated cardiothoracic surgery residency programs.
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