VasantJayasankarMD

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates

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Office
5147 N 9th Ave
Ste 318
Pensacola, FL 32504
Phone+1 850-462-2250

Fax+1 850-741-3053

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2005 - 2007
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1999 - 2005
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1998
Wayne State UniversityMS, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1992 - 1993
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBS, Biology, 1986 - 1992

U.S. Surgical Resident Scholar Award Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident, 1999, 2003, 2005
Leonard D. Miller Award Department of Surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident, 2004
Finalist Vivien Thomas Young Investigator’s Competition American Heart Association 76th Annual Scientific Session Resident, 2003
Winner Young Investigator’s Competition International Society for Heart Research North American Section 25th Annual Meeting Resident, 2003
Finalist American College of Cardiology Young Investigator’s Competition 52nd Annual Scientific Session Resident, 2003
Winner Best Resident Essay Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery 40th Annual Meeting Resident, 2002
Winner Young Investigator’s Competition American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin 20th Annual Meeting Resident, 2002
The Ralph D. Alley Prize in Cardiothoracic Surgery 1998
Commendations for Scholastic Excellence 1995, 1996, 1997
Alpha Omega Alpha 1996
The Draggett Prize in the Anatomies 1996
The Arthur Knudson Prize in Biochemistry 1996
The Townsend Prize in Physiology 1996
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

451 citations
Mesenchymal stem cell injection after myocardial infarction improves myocardial compliance
Mark F. Berry, Adam J. Engler, Y. Joseph Woo, Timothy J. Pirolli, Lawrence T. Bish
American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2006-06-01
16 citations
Targeted overexpression of growth hormone by adenoviral gene transfer preserves myocardial function and ventricular geometry in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Vasant Jayasankar, Timothy J. Pirolli, Lawrence T. Bish, Mark F. Berry, Jeffrey Burdick
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 2004-04-01
87 citations
Gene Transfer of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Attenuates Postinfarction Heart Failure
Vasant Jayasankar, Y. Joseph Woo, Lawrence T. Bish, Timothy J. Pirolli, Subhasis Chatterjee
Circulation. 2003-09-09

Journal Articles

Induction of Targeted Hypertrophy by Gene Transfer and Local Myocardial Overexpression of Growth Hormone Attenuates Postinfarction Remodeling and Preserves Cardiac Fun...
V Jayasankar, LT Bish, TJ Pirolli, MF Berry, J Burdick, TJ Gardner, YJ Woo, J Mol Cell Card
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of 15-Deoxyspergualin in a Canine Renal Allograft Model of Local Immunosuppression.
SA Gruber, SE Hughes, S Xiao, S Perera, V Jayasankar, A Del Rosario, J Singh, J Surg Research
Local Immunosuppression of Canine Renal Allographs With 15-Deoxyspergualin.
SE Hughes, S Xiao, S Perera, C Fluno, J Hasselbarth, V Jayasankar, J Singh, A Del Rosario, BM Freed, TP Singh, N Lempert, DJ Conti, SA Gruber, Transplant Proc

Books/Book Chapters

The Surgical Review: An Integrated Basic and Clinical Science Study Guide.
Chapter: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
V. Jayasankar and MA AckerEditors: P Porrett, P Atluri, GC Karakousis, and LR Kaiser.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 2,