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D'Alessandro, MD</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices, Member of Faculty, Harvard Medical School</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/cardiovascular/article.aspx?id=1537">Mass General Performs Its First Bloodless Heart Transplant</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/Delassandro_David_19762_advances.png, /assets/images/contributors/Delassandro_David_19762_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/Delassandro_David_19762_advances.png"> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <p class="profile-card__content__image"> <img alt="David Dudzinski, MD" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png, /assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png"> </p> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1093" itemprop="url">David M. Dudzinski, MD, JD</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/cardiovascular/article.aspx?id=1522">Standardizing Critical Care Cardiology Training</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="David Dudzinski, MD" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png, /assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/Dudzinski_David_19709_advances_2x.png"> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1169" itemprop="url">Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Director Adult Congenital Heart Disease Interventions</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/cardiovascular/article.aspx?id=1076">Study Explores Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset=", 2x" src=""> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1170" itemprop="url">Jonathan James Passeri, MD</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Director, Interventional Echocardiography</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/cardiovascular/article.aspx?id=1076">Study Explores Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset=", 2x" src=""> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <p class="profile-card__content__image"> <img alt="Dr. Mauricio Villavicencio-Theoduloz" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/mauricio_villavicencio-theoduloz_advances.png, /assets/images/contributors/mauricio_villavicencio-theoduloz_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/mauricio_villavicencio-theoduloz_advances.png"> </p> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1071" itemprop="url">Mauricio A. 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