Stravos Drakos
Salt Lake City, United States
Dr Drakos is the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism Center (CRMC), Medical Director of the historic Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, and CoChief Heart Failure & Transplant. He holds the H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair and his research interests are focused on myocardial recovery in the chronic heart failure (HF) setting and the acute setting (i.e. acute HF/cardiogenic shock). Dr Drakos' team is utilizing clinical and biological information derived from studies in humans and small or large animal HF models to understand and enhance myocardial recovery. Original work generated by Dr. Drakos' research team in the clinical arena and in his lab led to the establishment of the awardwinning multidisciplinary Utah Cardiac Recovery Program-UCAR. He is the chairperson of the Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences (CCHS) at the NIH, co-directs the annual international Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS) and is an elected member of the ASCI (American Society of Clinical Investigation). He is a visiting professor in academic medical centers nationally and internationally and mentored over the years several individuals who are now independent faculty in academic medical centers in the US and overseas.
