2007 Mentors
John Fang, MD
Dr. Fang received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is currently medical director of the Endoscopy Laboratory at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. Dr. Fang’s research interests at the Huntsman Cancer Institute focus on possible genetic components of gastro esophageal reflux disease, Barrett’s esophagus (a precancerous condition), and esophageal cancer. His other research interests include esophageal and gastric motility disorders as well as enteral tubes. Dr. Fang also screens and treats adult patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Dr. Michaels graduated from Harvard University, then completed medical school, residency, and cardiology fellowship at the University of California-San Francisco. He is currently the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Utah. His NIH-supported clinical research focuses on myocardial hemodynamics and acoustic cardiography.
Dr. Reiss is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing at the George E. Wahlen VA Hospital. He is the Co-Director of the Center for Cellular Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, a new State of Utah Center of Excellence. His research interests lie in cellular therapies for heart disease, regenerative medicine, and convergent technologies. He is the Principal Investigator for the VA Sponsored STAR Trial:, in which adult stem cells are injected directly into the myocardium of open heart surgery patients. Dr. Reiss received his BA in Biology from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA. He received his MD from Hahnemann University (now Drexel Medical College). He completed a research fellowship in the Center for Gene Therapy at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences. Following a move to Utah, Dr. Reiss completed his General Surgery Training at the University of Utah follow by a Cardiothoracic Fellowship at the University of Utah. He is board certified in both General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Dr. Westenskow is the Director of the Bioengineering Division, Anesthesiology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine. He is the Past President, Society for Technology in Anesthesia, Associate Editor IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering. His research interests are to develop and apply technology in the design of medical devices for the operating room and intensive care unit. Specific areas of interest are data visualization, neural networks, feedback control, and digital signal processing. Current research projects include development of cardiovascular and pulmonary metaphor graphics, anesthesia drug modeling, cardiac output and blood pressure, information display formats, and patient simulators.