• Angioplasty
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Peripheral Vessel Disease
• Kidney Disease
• Hypertension
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Macular Degeneration
• Lung Fibrosis

VBI Board of Scientific and Medical Advisors

Internal:

Laurence Gardner, M.D., Professor and Chair Department of Medicine
Alan Livingstone, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
James D. Potter, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Camillo Ricordi, Professor and Director, Diabetes Research Institute, Dean of Research
Joseph Rosenblatt, M.D. Professor and Director of Research, Sylvester Cancer Center
Elizabeth Fini, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Research, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

External:

Piero Anversa, M.D. Professor and Director CVRI, New York Medical College, NY
Dipak Das, Ph.D., Professor and Director, CVRI, University of Connecticut, CT
Stephen H. Embury, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Former Chief of Hematology, UCSF,  President and Chief Scientific Officer, TRF Technologies, Inc.  San Francisco.   Laurence Kedes, M.D., Professor and Director, Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern California. CA.

Internal BSMA members are available as consultants to the VBI director on a daily basis. The board operates with the Dean of Medicine to approve the VBI scientific and medical programs, make recommendations, and assess progress. The director makes written and/or verbal presentations to the board at least twice annually.