Tuomas Kiviniemi

Tuomas Kiviniemi

Principal investigator

Associate Professor of Cardiology Tuomas Kiviniemi, MD, PhD, FESC, is a cardiologist and principal investigator of CAREDETECT, CAREBANK and LAA-CLOSURE trial and founder of CAREFIB consortium.

Jarmo Gunn

Jarmo Gunn

Co-Founder of CAREBANK

Associate Professor of Surgery Jarmo Gunn, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Co-Founder of CAREBANK.

 
Maija Hollmen

Maija Hollmen

senior investigator @HollmenLab

PhD Maija Hollmen's team focuses on macrophage phenotype in cancer and cardiovascular disease. 

Tuija Vasankari

Tuija Vasankari

Research coordinator and project manager

Research coordinator and project manager Tuija Vasankari handles everyday coordination of the studies.

 
Joonas Lehto

 

Joonas Lehto

Post doctoral fellow and cardiology fellow MD, PhD Joonas Lehto focuses on

-bleeding and thrombotic events in AVR patients

-postpericardiotomy syndrome

-proteomics

 

Eveliina Maaniitty

Eveliina Maaniitty

PhD student Eveliina Maaniitty’s primary focus is inflammation in coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.

 
Sami Sinisilta

Sami Sinisilta

PhD student Sami Sinisilta’s primary focus is inflammation in atrial fibrillation.

Ilkka Ruohonen

Ilkka Ruohonen

PhD student Ilkka Ruohonen focuses on histopathology of atrial cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation.

 
Arto Relander

Arto Relander

MD Arto Relander focuses on atrial cardiomyopathy.

Veikko Lahtinen

Veikko Lahtinen

BM Veikko Lahtinen focuses on the role of macrophages in atrial fibrillation and atrial cardiomyopathy.

 
Emily Pan

Emily pan

Post doctoral fellow and surgery fellow MD, PhD Emily Pan studies the epidemiology and mechanisms of ascending aortic aneurysms.

Emma Viikinkoski

emma viikinkoski

MD, PhD student Emma Viikinkoski studies systemic inflammatory response related to cardiac surgery.