Selected recent publications:

• Jingchun Wu, Bradley Paden, Harvey Borovetz and James Antaki. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis of Blade Tip Clearances on Hemodynamic Performance and Blood Damage in a Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Device. Artificial Organs 34(5):402–411, 2010.
• Carl Johnson Jr., Stijn Vandenberghe, Amanda Daly, Joshua Woolley, Shaun Snyder, Josiah Verkaik, Sang Ho Ye, Harvey Borovetz, James Antaki, Peter Wearden, Marina V. Kameneva, William R. Wagner. Biocompatibility Assessment of the First Generation PediaFlow™ Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device. Artificial Organs, 35(1):9-21. 2011 PMID:20626737 [EPub: 9 July 2010]
• Antaki JF, Ricci MR, Verkaik JE, Snyder ST, Maul TM, Kim J, Paden DB, Kameneva MV, Paden BE, Wearden PD, Borovetz HS. PediaFlow Maglev Ventricular Assist Device: A Prescriptive Design Approach. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 1(1):104-121, 2010. PMID: 20544002.
• Carl A. Johnson Jr., Peter D. Wearden, Ergin Kocyildirim, Timothy M. Maul, Joshua R. Woolley, Sang-Ho Ye, Elise M. Strickler, Harvey S. Borovetz, William R. Wagner (2010).  “Platelet Activation in Ovines Undergoing Sham Surgery or Implant of the Second Generation PediaFlow™ Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device.” Artificial Organs (in press).
• J. Timothy Baldwin, Harvey S. Borovetz, Brian W. Duncan, Mark J. Gartner, Robert K. Jarvik and William J. Weiss. “The National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Pediatric Circulatory Support Program: A Summary of the 5-year Experience.”  Circulation (in press).
• Tim M. Maul, Ergin Kocyildirim, John Marks, Shawn Bengston, Salim Olia, Callahan, Marina Kameneva, Steven Franklin, Harvey Borovetz, Kurt Dasse and Peter Wearden. Pre-clinical Implants of the Levitronix PediVAS® Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device – Strategy for Regulatory Approval.  Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology (accepted for publication)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Harvey S. Borovetz, Ph.D.
Phone: (412) 624-4725
Email: borovetzhs@upmc.edu