Alim Mitha
Positions
Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Contact information
Phone number
Office: (403)944-4550
Background
Educational Background
B.S. Cell, Molec. & Microbial Biolo, University of Michigan, 1997
Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of Alberta, 2002
M.S. Bioengineering, Harvard University, 2007
Biography
I completed my MD at the University of Alberta and subsequently my residency training in neurosurgery at the University of Calgary. Following this, I completed two years of clinical fellowships at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona; one year in cerebrovascular/skull base neurosurgery with Dr. Robert F. Spetzler, and an additional year in endovascular neurosurgery with Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque and Dr. Cameron G. McDougall. During residency, I completed a master’s degree in biomedical engineering at Harvard University, allowing me to cultivate my research interests.
Research
Areas of Research
My primary research interests involve the use of tissue engineering techniques to treat cerebrovascular disorders. Specifically, my graduate degree focused on endothelial progenitor cells embedded in a biopoymer to treat intracranial aneurysms. Tissue engineering techniques, however, can also be used to treat other conditions such as atherosclerotic disease and stroke. A secondary interest of mine is the development of novel biomedical materials and devices to act as scaffolds for the local delivery of engineered cells and tissue factors.
Publications
- Hypoxia enhances the angiogenic properties of adipose stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in culture.. Jolene Phelps; Neil Alexander Duncan; Alim Mitha; David Arthur Hart; Arindom Sen. (2019)
- Adipose stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis in brain microvascular endothelial cells.. Jolene Phelps; Arindom Sen; Alim Mitha; Neil Alexander Duncan. (2018)
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