Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Steven J. Adelman, Founder and CEO of Vascular Strategies LLC, and CSO, NanoPhagix LLC has more than 25 years’ experience in drug discovery and development. Previously led several initiatives at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Senior Director, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research and Senior Director, Atherosclerosis CV/Women’s Health. Activities included identifying and validating discovery and development programs (small molecules and biologics), advancing more than 10 compounds through IND into clinical development. Expertise includes atherosclerosis and CVD, inflammation, immune biology, and women’s health. Worked extensively on rapamycin (sirolimus, Rapamune) for transplant indications and subsequent incorporation on the Cypher-stent, first successful drug-eluting coronary stent. Honors and memberships include elected Fellow American Heart Association; Golden Heart Member, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Basic Sciences Council, Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Group, AHA, and International Atherosclerosis Society. Authored more than 100 articles and abstracts and holds over 30 patents.

Pooja Patel completed her medical school in Mumbai, India and is currently pursuing her Internal Medicine residency at Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, Florida. She is currently a PGY2 resident, who aspires to specialize in cardiology and critical care. She is from the Midwest, not fearing living in the oh-so-cold winters. Patel enjoys learning and improving her skills, in every aspect available. She believes ‘teaching others is the easy way to learning’. Patel also completed and received her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences. She has volunteered her time at a non-profit organization since 2017, at Waukesha Free Clinic in Waukesha, Wisconsin (former St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic), and still continues to do so whenever  possible. Patel was awarded the Director’s Coin during her rotation at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado for the care provided to our veterans, and for volunteering to help the community in times of the COVID surge in the late 2021. As a physician, she prides herself on serving those who have served our country.

Juliana Soares is a cardiologist with a postgraduate degree in cardiology and women's cardiology. Founder of the Cardioncology Service at the Federal University of São Paulo - Brazil. She was head of the medical assistance groups at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Author of several book chapters. Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Cardiology in 2014 by the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Lecturer in postgraduate Cardiology at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

Dr. Ulrich Steinhoff earned a Diploma and PhD from Max-Planck Institute for Immunobiology, he done PHD from University of Ulm, Postdoctoral Fellowship from University of Zurich. He obtained the position of Group leader and assistant director Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology. He is the member of the Loewe Druid consortium: Drugs for neglected diseases and member of the DFG SPP-1656 Priority Program, Intestinal Microbiota. He is a professor at Philipps University of Marburg – Germany, He has published several research articles.

Dr. Maria Teresa Rosanova holds the esteemed title of Pediatric Infectologist, with dual qualifications in MD-PhD. She obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Buenos Aires. Presently, she serves as the Clinical Head of the Infectious Disease Service Hospital de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan.

Dr. Stephen Hsu earned a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University, China, a Master of Arts degree from Montclair State University and a PhD. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He spent four years at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before a career change.  During the four years as a sports anchor for ESPN International, Dr. Hsu taught at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Hsu joined Augusta University in 1999 and serves as Course Director for Nutrition and for Biochemistry.  His research has been supported by the NIH and other agencies, with more than 80 research articles published

Dr. Lester Jay Corsame finished his residency training in Internal Medicine at Zamboanga City Medical Center. He received his diplomate degree in 2022. Currently, he is under deployment program of the Department of Health to the rural areas.