Giovanni Ferrari, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery
Department: Surgery
Contact information
177 Fort Washington, MHB Suite 7-012
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY 10032
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY 10032
Office: +1 (212) 991 8256
Education:
M.S. (Molecular Biology)
University of Pavia, Italy & Italian National Research Council, 1999.
Ph.D. (Genetics & Cell Biology)
University of Pavia, Italy & Italian National Research Council, 2004.
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Institute for Advanced Study, Pavia, Italy (IUSS), 2004.
Permanent linkM.S. (Molecular Biology)
University of Pavia, Italy & Italian National Research Council, 1999.
Ph.D. (Genetics & Cell Biology)
University of Pavia, Italy & Italian National Research Council, 2004.
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Institute for Advanced Study, Pavia, Italy (IUSS), 2004.
Description of Other Expertise
External Collaborations:- The Valley Hospital Foundation, Ridgewood, NJ (Dr Juan B Grau)
- U of Texas at Austin, TX (Dr Michael S Sacks)
- Dana Farber Cancer Center, Harvard U, MA (Dr John Quackenbush)
- U of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Italy (Dr Alessandro Parolari)
- U of Pavia, Italy (Dr Alessandra Montecucco)
- New York University, NY (Dr Paolo Mignatti)
Description of Research Expertise
Cardiovascular Medicine, Aortic Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Disease, Aortic Aneurysm, Angiogenesis, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Molecular BiologyDr Ferrari's Lab supports a broad range of basic and translational science research projects in order to improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Current Full-Time Lab Members:
Emanuela Branchetti, PhD - Research Assistant Professor
Kathryn Driesbaugh, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Suengwon Lee, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Wanda Anslemo, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric K Lai - Research Specialist
Undergraduate and Part-Time Lab Members:
Selected Publications
Branchetti, Emanuela, Sainger, Rachana, Poggio, Paolo, Grau, Juan B, Patterson-Fortin, Jeffrey, Bavaria, Joseph E, Chorny, Michael, Lai, Eric, Gorman, Robert C, Levy, Robert J, Giovanni Ferrari: Antioxidant Enzymes Reduce DNA Damage and Early Activation of Valvular Interstitial Cells in Aortic Valve Sclerosis. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, & Vascular Biology (ATVB) 33(2): 66-74, Feb 2013.Poggio Paolo, Grau Juan B, Field Benjamin C, Sainger Rachana, Seefried William F, Rizzolio Flavio, Ferrari Giovanni: Osteopontin controls endothelial cell migration in vitro and in excised human valvular tissue from patients with calcific aortic stenosis and controls. Journal of Cellular Physiology 226(8): 2139-49, Aug 2011.
Grau Juan B, Poggio Paolo, Sainger Rachana, Vernick William J, Seefried William F, Branchetti Emanuela, Field Benjamin C, Bavaria Joseph E, Acker Michael A, Ferrari Giovanni: Analysis of osteopontin levels for the identification of asymptomatic patients with calcific aortic valve disease. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 93(1): 79-86, Jan 2012.
Sainger Rachana, Grau Juan B, Branchetti Emanuela, Poggio Paolo, Seefried William F, Field Benjamin C, Acker Michael A, Gorman Robert C, Gorman Joseph H, Hargrove Clark W, Bavaria Joseph E, Ferrari Giovanni: Human myxomatous mitral valve prolapse: Role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 in valvular interstitial cell activation. Journal of Cellular Physiology 227(6): 2595-604, Nov 2011.