Elorm J Agra

MD/PhD student, Emory University SOM

[Elorm J Agra @elorm_agra]

Blessed and extremely thankful to God for an amazing week. Honored to be a recipient of the inaugural AATS Medical Student Diversity Scholarship. I returned to VBAC/TOLAC with my wife and welcome our daughter Moshé.#AATS2022 #AATSBackTogether #Family #JC #AATSGiveBack @JoChikweMD

[Elorm J Agra @elorm_agra]

@A_MartinMPH Pleasure to meet you as well!!! Great questions and comments!!!

[asaiojournal @asaiojournal]

#OnlineFirst Left Ventricular Thinning and Distension in Pig Hearts as a Reproducible Ex Vivo Model of Functional Mitral Regurgitation
https://t.co/Guohz0jppP
@padalalab @EmoryMedicine

#FunctionalMitralRegurgitation #heartvalve #mitralvalve #HeartFailure #THV

[The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) @ThoracicSurgFnd]

Congrats to Dr. Kanika Kalra, of Emory for receiving the STS/EACTS Award for the best submitted abstract. And, thanks to Terumo Aortic for its support of TSF programs! @TerumoAortic @STS_CTsurgery

[T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA @sloaneguy]

Courageous presentation by Dr. Jeff Johnson @USNavy @MilitaryHealth showing the continued extreme low volume of cardiac surgery in military hospitals. #STS2020 @STS_CTsurgery. Potential impact on patients, deployment readiness, and active duty cardiothoracic surgeons explored.

[Murali Padala @padalalab]

Congratulations to Elorm Agra, PhD student in our lab, for receiving the Dave Frakes endowed travel award from @BME_GT_Emory to present his work at the Heart Valve Society 2020 in Abu Dhabi

[Murali Padala @padalalab]

Congratulations to 5th year BME PhD student Daniella, for winning the poster competition and a travel award at the GT career, research and innovation conference @BME_GT_Emory

[T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA @sloaneguy]

"This will only be successful if we treat our colleagues with civility and respect" -- Bob Higgins, STS Presidential Address 2020. @roberthiggins32 #STS2020 @STS_CTsurgery

[Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS @leahbackhusmd]

Past presidents dinner....so much to learn from this illustrious group!

[Murali Padala @padalalab]

New work from our lab on a preclinical model of primary mitral regurgitation to investigate mechanisms governing heart failure progression in mitral valve prolapse patients, and determine optimal timing of intervention. Congratulations to PhD student, Daniella Corporan #JOVE

[Murali Padala @padalalab]

Our new work on a model of functional mitral regurgitation to test TMVR technologies in #ASAIO #TMVR. Congratulations to Elorm Agra, 3rd year PhD student in our lab!