November 2005

Dr. Mills and Dr. Laurita write a book chapter entitled, "Cell Therapy: Arrhythmia Risk and Mechanisms" to appear in a textbook, "Stem Cells and Myocardial Regeneration".

November 11-16, 2005

Dr. Jeyaraj, selected as one of 6 international finalists for the Melvin Marcus Young Investigator Award of the American Heart Association, presents his manuscript entitled, "Segmental strain as novel mechanism for ventricular electrical remodeling underlying T-wave memory" in Dallas, Texas. At the same meeting, Dr. Mills presents an abstract, "Stem Cell Therapy Enhances Electrical Viability in Myocardial Infarction".

October 29, 2005

Dr. Mills wins First Prize at the annual meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology in Columbus, Ohio for his presentation entitled, “Stem Cell Therapy Enhances Electrical Viability in Myocardial Infarction.”

October 15, 2005

Dr. Jeyaraj publishes, “Sudden cardiac death: A current perspective” in the annual US cardiology reports.

October 7, 2005

Dr. Mills publishes, “Optical Mapping of Late Myocardial Infarction in Rat” in the American Journal of Physiology.

Sept 30, 2005

Dr. Mills wins First Prize at the Case / MetroHealth Rammelkamp Research Festival for his presentation entitled, “Stem Cell Therapy Enhances Electrical Viability in Myocardial Infarction.”

June 2005

Dr. Mills is awarded the “Scholar in Internal Medicine” award and the “Rajiv M. Reddy, M.D. Department of Medicine Endowment” at the Department of Medicine Graduation ceremony.

May 2005

Dr. Mills receives the Michael Bilitch Fellowship in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

At the same meeting, Dr. Jeyaraj presents an abstract entitled, “Segmental versus transmural remodeling as electrophysiological basis for T-wave memory”, and Dr. Mills presents, “Does transplantation of skeletal myoblasts genetically modified to overexpress stromal-derived factor 1 restore normal conduction in chronic ischemic heart disease?”

March 2005

Dr. Jeyaraj wins First Prize at Case / MetroHealth Fellow research competition for his presentation entitled, “Strain as a novel mechanism for ventricular electrical remodeling”.

February 2005

Dr. Mills is awarded 3 postdoctoral fellowships: Heart Rhythm Society, National Institutes of Health, and American Heart Association to sponsor his research years.

November 2004

Dr. Mills publishes “Calcium-Phosphorus Product is Associated with Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Normal Renal Function” in the American Journal of Cardiology.

July 2004

Dr. Mills publishes “Biomechanical and Echocardiographic Characterization of Flail Mitral Leaflet due to Myxomatous Disease: Further Evidence for Early Surgical Intervention.” in the American Heart Journal.

June 2004

Dr. Mills successfully defends his research proposal entitled, “Modification of Cellular Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease to Promote an Electrical Syncytium” to PSP committee, and begins his research in the laboratory of his mentor Kenneth R. Laurita, Ph.D.

June 2004

Dr. Jeyaraj completes medical residency; wins “Resident Teacher of the Year”.

Begins research in laboratory of mentor, David Rosenbaum, M.D. after successfully defending his research proposal entitled, “Ventricular electrical remodeling”.

March 2004

Dr. Mills presents an abstract, “Calcium Phosphorus Product is Associated with Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Normal Renal Function” at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

January 2004

Dr. Jeyaraj receives funding from the American Heart Association to completely sponsor his research years for his project entitled, “Ventricular Electrical Remodeling”.

November 2002

Dr. Mills presents an abstract, “Altered Mechanics as a Mechanism of Flail Mitral Valve” at the American Heart Association annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

July 1, 2002

Physician Scientist Program at Case / MetroHealth begins: Initial trainees William Mills, M.D, and Darwin Jeyaraj, M.D.