His research focuses on bringing new therapies from the bench to bedside for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). HLHS is a congenital heart defect that results in underdeveloped structures of the left side of the heart. HLHS is a very serious condition, requiring multiple surgeries within the first months of life and many cardiac treatments over the patient’s lifetime, including an eventual heart transplant. Even with those treatments, HLHS patients have only 60-70% five-year survival.