
Meet Our Team

Stavros G. Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC

John Kirk, MBA, CCRP

Elizabeth (Liz) Dranow, PhD

Habeeb Mohammad, CCRP

Jaymee Sanderson, CCRP

Jeff Gibbs, CCRP

Mija Bearnson, CCRP

Andrew (Andy) Rivera, CCRP

Brandon Smiley, BS, CCRP
Marica Maryott, MS

Haley McDougal, MA-C
Kyle Berg

Audra Eaquinto

Bridget Foy

Grecia Gutierrez, BS

Wiam Sheikh

Dominique (Dom) Ingram, BS

Ashlynn (Ash) Leavitt

Brittany Penn

Jacob (Jake) Terry, MPH

Shannon Woolley

Candace Stewart, EMT
Research Oversight Committee
The Research Oversight Committee was established in Cardiovascular Medicine to review new and ongoing research studies that will be conducted by our faculty. The committee is chaired by Dr. Andrew E. Arai, MD, FAHA, MSCMR, and is comprised of the clinical research team as well as one faculty member from each Cardiovascular Medicine Section: Electrophysiology, Heart Failure, General, and Interventional.
Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
Our team oversees a number of Cardiovascular Clinical Trials for many of our faculty and researchers at the University of Utah. To learn more about these trials, go to this link, https://studiesforyou.utah.edu/studies.php, and search under the category 'Heart Studies'.