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Top Medicine Researchers at University of Louisville for 2026
The University of Louisville’s recent Medicine research spans a broad mix of clinical care, imaging, surgery, and data-driven analysis. Over the past year, the institution’s scholars have contributed to work that connects bedside decision-making with methods from engineering and artificial intelligence.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent publications reflect that range, from cardiovascular medicine and liver disease to imaging, hematology, and infectious diseases.
Featured Researchers
Ashwani K. Singal
Ashwani K. Singal’s recent work at the University of Louisville centers on epidemiology, hepatology, and pathology and forensic medicine, with publications on acute-on-chronic liver failure, nutrition in liver disease, and alcohol-associated liver disease mortality.
Activity over the last year: 33 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Mark S. Slaughter
Mark S. Slaughter’s University of Louisville research bridges biomedical engineering, surgery, and emergency medicine, including studies on aortic dissection risk, advanced heart failure, and device therapy in left ventricular assist system care.
Activity over the last year: 23 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The German Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Type A score for 30-day mortality prediction in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Apr 2025)
- Recognition of the Large Ambulatory C2D Stage of Advanced Heart Failure—A Call to Action (Feb 2025)
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiovascular Resynchronization Therapy with Left Ventricular Assist DevicesA MOMENTUM 3 Trial Analysis (Jan 2025)
Jishanth Mattumpuram
Jishanth Mattumpuram’s recent publications at the University of Louisville focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and imaging, with work on pacemaker prediction after TAVR, ischemic heart disease mortality, and SGLT2 inhibitor effectiveness.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Comparative Prognostic Value of Risk Factors for Predicting Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis (May 2025)
- Demographics and regional trends of ischemic heart disease-related mortality in older adults in the United States, 1999–2020 (Jan 2025)
- Comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors along with colchicine versus colchicine alone among coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes patients (Sep 2025)
Dinesh Kalra
Dinesh Kalra’s University of Louisville output emphasizes radiology, surgery, and endocrinology, including AI-based coronary plaque analysis, cardiac care quality measures, and a review of lipoprotein X.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate With a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2 Registry (Apr 2025)
- 2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures (May 2025)
- Lipoprotein X – Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management (Jun 2025)
Joshua Crane
Joshua Crane’s work combines biomedical engineering, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and surgery, spanning chronic pain in cerebral palsy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation hemodynamics, and heart transplant outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Oral Muscle Relaxants for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Associated with Cerebral Palsy (Aug 2025)
- Hemodynamic Considerations of Distal Perfusion Catheters With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Dynamic Mock Loop Study (Jun 2025)
- Geographic disparity beyond the physical distance: Heart transplant outcomes in patients living in states without a transplant program (Aug 2025)
Ayman El‐Baz
Ayman El‐Baz’s recent University of Louisville publications sit at the intersection of computer vision, radiology, and artificial intelligence, with reviews and methods aimed at breast cancer diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder imaging, and diabetic retinopathy grading.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Enhancing Breast Cancer Diagnosis With Multi-Resolution Vision Transformers and Robust Decision-Making (Jan 2025)
- AI-based non-invasive imaging technologies for early autism spectrum disorder diagnosis: A short review and future directions (Jan 2025)
- AI-based methods for diagnosing and grading diabetic retinopathy: A comprehensive review (Jul 2025)
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak’s University of Louisville research draws on hematology, genetics, and molecular biology, with recent papers on very small embryonic-like stem cells, cancer-related cardiac dysfunction, and mitochondrial regulation of hematopoiesis.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) on the way for potential applications in regenerative medicine (Mar 2025)
- Cancer-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction: Mechanisms, Diagnostics, and Emerging Therapeutics in the Era of Onco-Cardiology (Oct 2025)
- Complosome Regulates Hematopoiesis at the Mitochondria Level (Mar 2025)
Jiapeng Huang
Jiapeng Huang’s recent work at the University of Louisville spans cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, and biomedical engineering, covering cardiac anesthesia workforce trends, remimazolam in surgery, and CXCL12 in SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Global Cardiac Anesthesia Workforce Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Observational Survey Study (Mar 2025)
- Remimazolam for anesthesia in cardiac and noncardiac surgery. A narrative literature review and synthesis (May 2025)
- CXCL12 ameliorates neutrophilia and disease severity in SARS-CoV-2 infection (Jan 2025)
What University of Louisville's Medicine Community Is Working On
Across the most frequently represented subfields, the University of Louisville’s Medicine community is actively working where clinical specialties meet methods and measurement. Biomedical engineering, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging appear most often, suggesting a strong focus on procedural care, cardiovascular outcomes, and diagnostic innovation. Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism also features prominently, reinforcing interest in chronic disease management and risk reduction across patient populations.- Biomedical Engineering - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Surgery - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Together, these recent contributions show a research community working across specialties while staying close to practical questions in patient care, diagnosis, and treatment. If you’re exploring similar literature or preparing your own manuscript, Resub can help streamline citation discovery, formatting, and submission prep so you can spend more time on the science.
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