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Elazer R. Edelman

Elazer R. Edelman

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the design, development, and regulation of local cardiovascular drug delivery and drug eluting stents.
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Elazer R. Edelman is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

Elazer R. Edelman has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Mortality and Paclitaxel-Coated Devices" (2020) published in Circulation
  • "Nanomedicines for cardiovascular disease" (2023) published in Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • "Interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism" (2023) published in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Monocyte-endothelial cell interactions in vascular and tissue remodeling" (2023) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Remote Speech Analysis in the Evaluation of Hospitalized Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure" (2021) published in JACC Heart Failure

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Farhad R. Nezami
  • David Marlevi
  • Jonathan Brown
  • Abraham R. Tzafriri
  • Pedro Melgar-Lesmes

Their research has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Circulation

Throughout their career, Elazer R. Edelman has received multiple awards and recognitions including:

  • Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (2018)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for contributions to the design, development, and regulation of local cardiovascular drug delivery and drug eluting stents
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2006)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2001)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Role of endothelial shear stress in the natural history of coronary atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling: molecular, cellular, and vascular behavior.

    Yiannis S. Chatzizisis;Ahmet Umit Coskun;Michael Jonas;Elazer R. Edelman;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Adv. Drug Delivery Rev.

    Frederick G.P. Welt;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Antisense c- myb oligonucleotides inhibit intimal arterial smooth muscle cell accumulation in vivo

    Michael Simons;Michael Simons;Elazer R. Edelman;Jean-Luc DeKeyser;Robert Langer

  • Overexpression of the HDL receptor SR-BI alters plasma HDL and bile cholesterol levels

    Karen F. Kozarsky;Mary H. Donahee;Attilio Rigotti;Sohah N. Iqbal

  • Stent Thrombogenicity Early in High-Risk Interventional Settings Is Driven by Stent Design and Deployment and Protected by Polymer-Drug Coatings

    Kumaran Kolandaivelu;Rajesh Swaminathan;William J. Gibson;Vijaya B. Kolachalama

  • Endovascular Stent Design Dictates Experimental Restenosis and Thrombosis

    Campbell Rogers;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Local Perivascular Delivery of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Patients Undergoing Coronary Bypass Surgery: Results of a Phase I Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Roger J. Laham;Frank W. Sellke;Elazer R. Edelman;Justin D. Pearlman

  • Physiological Transport Forces Govern Drug Distribution for Stent-Based Delivery

    Chao Wei Hwang;David Wu;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Prediction of the Localization of High-Risk Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques on the Basis of Low Endothelial Shear Stress An Intravascular Ultrasound and Histopathology Natural History Study

    Yiannis S. Chatzizisis;Michael Jonas;Ahmet U. Coskun;Roy Beigel

  • Analysis of possible triggers of acute myocardial infarction (the MILIS study).

    Geoffrey H. Tofler;Peter H. Stone;Malcolm Maclure;Elazer Edelman

  • Controlled and modulated release of basic fibroblast growth factor

    Elazer R. Edelman;Edith Mathiowitz;Robert Langer;Michael Klagsbrun

  • Kruppel-like factor 4 regulates endothelial inflammation.

    Anne Hamik;Zhiyong Lin;Ajay Kumar;Mercedes Balcells

  • Neointimal thickening after stent delivery of paclitaxel : Change in composition and arrest of growth over six months

    Douglas E Drachman;Elazer R Edelman;Elazer R Edelman;Philip Seifert;Adam R Groothuis

  • Vascular Tissue Engineering: Progress, Challenges, and Clinical Promise

    H.-H. Greco Song;H.-H. Greco Song;H.-H. Greco Song;Rowza T. Rumma;Rowza T. Rumma;C. Keith Ozaki;Elazer R. Edelman;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor administration in chronic myocardial ischemia

    K. Harada;M. Friedman;J. J. Lopez;S. Y. Wang

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor improves myocardial function in chronically ischemic porcine hearts.

    K Harada;W Grossman;M Friedman;E R Edelman

  • Pathobiologic responses to stenting.

    Elazer R Edelman;Campbell Rogers

  • Arterial Paclitaxel Distribution and Deposition

    Christopher J. Creel;Mark A. Lovich;Elazer R. Edelman

  • Increased thrombosis after arterial injury in human C-reactive protein-transgenic mice.

    Haim D. Danenberg;Alexander J. Szalai;Rajesh V. Swaminathan;Lin Peng

  • Effect of controlled adventitial heparin delivery on smooth muscle cell proliferation following endothelial injury.

    Elazer R. Edelman;David H. Adams;Morris J. Karnovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Simons
Michael Simons Yale University
Matthew A. Nugent
Matthew A. Nugent University of Massachusetts Lowell
Robert D. Rosenberg
Robert D. Rosenberg Technical University of Munich
Charles Maynard
Charles Maynard University of Washington
Frank W. Sellke
Frank W. Sellke Brown University
Christopher J. White
Christopher J. White University of Queensland
Joseph Kost
Joseph Kost Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Francesco Migliavacca
Francesco Migliavacca Polytechnic University of Milan
Peter Libby
Peter Libby Brigham and Women's Hospital

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