As a cardiologist and translational scientist, my research is focused on monogenic forms of cardiovascular disease, with particular emphasis on heart failure. I am the Director of the MUSC Cardiovascular Genetics program and the fellowship director for Cardiovascular Disease at MUSC. My post-doctoral research at Johns Hopkins University was focused on the molecular pathogenesis and translational treatments for Marfan syndrome and other inherited aortic diseases. For the past fifteen years, my research program has focused on the genetic basis and pathogenesis of inherited heart disease, with translational research trials investigating novel therapies targeting key factors involved with disease pathogenesis