Massachusetts General Hospital

Principal Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital

Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Program, MGH Heart Center


Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Senior Associate, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Dr. Gerszten’s research efforts focus on understanding the molecular basis of injury responses in cardiovascular disease. His laboratory has incorporated emerging proteomics and metabolomics technologies to help identify novel signals derived from leukocytes, endothelial cells, or from the myocardium. In ongoing translational studies, his group applies these same methodologies directly to samples from well-phenotyped human cohorts to identify candidate biomarkers, returning again to the bench to define functional roles. The research incorporates basic molecular and cell biology, chemistry and mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, all with a foundation in clinical medicine. The overall goal is to identify new metabolites and proteins that mark cardiovascular disease activity, shed insight into disease progression, and provide targets for therapeutic intervention.

Principal Investigator:

• Robert E. Gerszten, MD

• Marita Barth, PhD
• Greg Lewis, MD
• Eugene Rhee, MD

• Fjori Kristo, MD
• Dongxiao Shen, PhD
• Xu Shi, PhD
  

• Alex Palma
• Melinda Palma

• Maryann Martinovic
• Laurie Farrell

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Gerszten Laboratory

Phone: 617-724-8322
Fax: 617-726-5651
Email: rgerszten@partners.org
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm

Public Transportation Access: yes
Disabled Access: yes

Administrative Assistant - Colleen Squires

Tel: 617-726-1527

E-mail: csquires@partners.org

Laboratory Manager - Sumita Sinha, PhD

Tel: 617-726-0725

E-mail: ssinha@partners.org