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Introducing a new Core Facility:

Cardiovascular & Surgical Models Core

  • Broad knowledge base staff in cardiovascular physiology & animal surgical models.

  • Extensive collaboration with researchers in writing internal IACUC & IRB protocols.

  • Customized model development for the individual needs of researchers at a fraction of the cost of training, equipment investment and maintenance.

  • Surgical models of cardiac, kidney and hind limb ischemia and reperfusion, parabiosis, transverses aortic constriction, carotid artery ligation, surgical model design and development

Timothy Fitzgibbons, MD, PhDTimothy Fitzgibbons, MD, PhD

Director
Cardiovascular & Surgical Models Core
Timothy.Fitzgibbons@umassmemorial.org
508-856-3905

Mark Kelly, LATMark Kelly, LAT

Associate Director
Cardiovascular & Surgical Models Core
Mark.Kelly@umassmed.edu
774-230-1990

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Animal research core facilities are a critical resource in today's research environment. It is essential to offer a centralized resource allowing the research community access to instrumentation, technologies, and a wide range of services that are otherwise unattainable.

Our core facility provides University of Massachusetts, outside academic institutions and pharmaceutical researchers with a central resource for creating and studying cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology surgical and non-surgical models on a fee-for-service basis. With our central focus of the core being cardiovascular research, our core offers a wide range of techniques for researchers in a variety of other fields.

There are many ways we contribute to your research:        

  • Our staff has a broad knowledge base in cardiovascular physiology and animal surgery.
  • We work extensively with researchers in writing internal IACUC and IRB protocols.      
  • Data is produced efficiently and consistently.  
  • We provide customized model development for the individual needs of researchers at a fraction of the cost of initial equipment investment and maintenance.
  • Custom acquisition and analysis services.
  • In-depth solutions for comprehensive assessment