Education. |
Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Clinical Fellow, Cardiology, July 2018 - June 2022 Research Fellow, Tufts Medical Center, July 2020-2022 Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Department of Internal Medicine, June 2016 - June 2018 Graduate Student, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA M.D. Harvard-MIT, Harvard Medical School (HMS), Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) at Harvard Medical School, June 2016 Ph.D. Medical Engineering Medical Physics, June 2013 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard-MIT Division of HST Undergraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 2007 Minors: Biomedical Engineering, Psychology |
Research Experience.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts Medical Center, Cardiac Biology Research Center, MCRI, Boston, MA, July 2020-2022, Advisor: Navin Kapur, M.D.
Hemodynamics of mechanical circulatory support PhD Student, Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2008-2013, Advisor: Elazer Edelman, M.D., Ph.D. Thesis: Mechanisms and Implications of Fracture in Cardiovascular Stents (June 2013) Predictors of stent fracture and correlates to adverse vessel response and patient outcome; Led percutaneous valve sponsored research project Undergraduate Researcher, Harvard University, Department of Bioengineering, Cambridge, MA, 2006, Advisor: Debra Auguste, Ph.D. Designed novel in vivo analgesic delivery mechanism for DARPA initiative Undergraduate Researcher, MIT, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, 2006, Advisors: Robert Langer, Debra Auguste, Ph.D. Developed pH-dependent liposome system for targeted delivery of RNAi Undergraduate Researcher, MIT, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Cambridge, MA, 2005, Advisors: Lorna Gibson, Ph.D., Casey Ott, M.Eng. Contributed to start-up company intellectual property for artificial bone concept technology High School Researcher, University of Florida, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, 2002, Advisor: Ulric Bernier, Ph.D. Developed novel mosquito repellent; awarded Third Place at International Science and Engineering Fair |
Grants.
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Everett, K. and N. K. Kapur. Earle P. Charlton Fund Research Grant, Tufts University School of Medicine. Method for real-time ventricular afterload quantification and display for analysis of systemic hemodynamics in cardiovascular dysfunction and mechanical circulatory support. $9.9K seed money to develop research tools leading to extramural funding.
Everett, K. and N. K. Kapur. Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars Award, Tufts Medical Center. Trans-valvular Unloading before Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Reduces Right and Left Ventricular Work and Infarct Size in Acute Myocardial Infarction. $8.5K seed money to advance and benefit the applicant’s research career and professional stature. Everett, K. and N. Kapur. Abiomed, Inc. PRe-emptive IMpella Unloading is Superior (PRIMUS) to Bailout Impella after VA-ECMO for EcPella. $25K to advance recipient’s research program for the top research abstract at the A-CURE Symposium. Edelman, E. and K. Furman. Medtronic, Inc. “Mechanisms and Implications of Valve Frame Fracture”. $500K unrestricted gift for development of 2 year sponsored research program. Edelman, E., Furman, K., and G. Desany. FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs Challenge Initiative Grant. “FDA-WEAC MIT Stent Fracture Collaboration”. $1.3 mil. |
Awards.
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Earle P. Charlton Fund Research Grant Award, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2023
Winner, Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Award, Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting, 2022 Second Place, Poster Competition, Tufts Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) Retreat, 2022 First Place, CardioVascular Center (CVC) Research Symposium, Tufts Medical Center, 2022 Top Category Abstract Award, American Society for Artificial Organs (ASAIO) 67th Annual Conference, 2022 Winner, Fellows Abstract Competition, Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) Conference, 2022 Top Oral Abstract, Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Annual Meeting, 2022 Research Merit Scholarship, Acute Cardiac Unloading and Recovery (A-CURE) Symposium, 2022 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Award, 2021-2023 Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars Award, Tufts Medical Center, 2021 Robert Kung Interventional Heart Failure Research Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center, 2021 NIH T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2020-2021 Best in Research Award, A-CURE Research Symposium. Awarded to the highest ranked abstract, $25,000 research grant. National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, Medical Engineering, 2008-2011 Top Award, IDEA2 Program, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. FDA and Industry project catalysts, $10,000 for research expenses, two months full stipend support, 2008-2011 Van Hoe Computational Fellowship, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2012 Dean’s List, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering: GPA 5.0, Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 |
Professional Experience. |
FDA Intern, Pathways Program
Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs, Winchester, MA, 2013-2016 Summer Associate, Medtronic, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN Corporate Science and Technology, Engineering Sciences, Summer 2007 Neurological Material Quality Assurance, Materials Team, Summer 2006 Intern, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA Endoscopy R&D, Summer 2005 |
Teaching Experience.
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Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Course Instructor, Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Spring 2023 Course Director: Gordon Huggins, M.D. Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA MIT Lecturer and Course Instructor, Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Spring 2021, 2022, 2023 Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Led case tutorial sessions, 2012, 2013 Course Director: Elazer Edelman, M.D., Ph.D. BIDMC Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Course Instructor, Hemodynamics Case Conference, 2020-2022 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Preceptor, Practice in Medicine, 2019-2020 Course Director: Kelly Ford, M.D. Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA Clinical Skills Leader, HST Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course, Jan 2012 Course Director: Valerie Pronio-Stelluto, M.D., F.A.C.P. MIT, Concourse Freshman Learning Program, Cambridge, MA Teaching Assistant, Introductory Chemistry, Fall 2006 Tutor, Introductory Chemistry, Fall 2005 Course Director: Robert Rose, Ph.D. |