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Brandon J. Tefft PhD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Program: Biomedical Engineering Program

image of /images/ORCIDiD_icon16x16.png   https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3687-7093

Member of the Cardiovascular Center


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.

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Publications (43)

  • Proof of Concept: Development of a Mitral Annuloplasty Ring With Crosshatch Net. (Seadler BD, Joyce DL, Zelten J, Sweeney K, Wisgerhof T, Slettehaugh Z, Yuan YW, Tefft B, Pearson PJ) Innovations (Phila) 2024 Mar 10:15569845241232685 PMID: 38462836 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187415431 03/11/2024    
  • Aortic Remodeling Kinetics in Response to Coarctation-Induced Mechanical Perturbations. (Ghorbannia A, Maadooliat M, Woods RK, Audi SH, Tefft BJ, Chiastra C, Ibrahim ESH, LaDisa JF) Biomedicines 2023 Jun 25;11(7) PMID: 37509457 PMCID: PMC10377168 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175103038 07/29/2023       1 Citation
  • 3D-bioprinting of patient-derived cardiac tissue models for studying congenital heart disease. (Wolfe JT, He W, Kim MS, Liang HL, Shradhanjali A, Jurkiewicz H, Freudinger BP, Greene AS, LaDisa JF Jr, Tayebi L, Mitchell ME, Tomita-Mitchell A, Tefft BJ) Front Cardiovasc Med 2023;10:1162731 PMID: 37293290 PMCID: PMC10247285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161445064 06/09/2023    
  • Magnetic and Biocompatible Polyurethane Nanofiber Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering. (Choe JA, Uthamaraj S, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS, Tefft BJ) Tissue Eng Part A 2023 Aug;29(15-16):413-423 PMID: 37130041 PMCID: PMC10442687 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85167480697 05/02/2023       2 Citations
  • Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Thrombogenic Properties of Arterial Elastic Laminae. (Goldman J, Liu SQ, Tefft BJ) Bioengineering (Basel) 2023 Mar 28;10(4) PMID: 37106611 PMCID: PMC10135563 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85156153738 04/28/2023       1 Citation
  • Characterization of Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells (BOEC) from Porcine Peripheral Blood. (Shradhanjali A, Uthamaraj S, Dragomir-Daescu D, Gulati R, Sandhu GS, Tefft BJ) J Vis Exp 2022 Jan 06(179) PMID: 35068481 PMCID: PMC9645770 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123744701 01/25/2022       1 Citation
  • Strategies for Improving Endothelial Cell Adhesion to Blood-Contacting Medical Devices. (Wolfe JT, Shradhanjali A, Tefft BJ) Tissue Eng Part B Rev 2022 Oct;28(5):1067-1092 PMID: 34693761 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140415060 10/26/2021       4 Citations
  • Cardiac Valve Bioreactor for Physiological Conditioning and Hydrodynamic Performance Assessment. (Tefft BJ, Choe JA, Young MD, Hennessy RS, Morse DW, Bouchard JA, Hedberg HJ, Consiglio JF, Dragomir-Daescu D, Simari RD, Lerman A) Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2019 Mar;10(1):80-94 PMID: 30311149 PMCID: PMC6541400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061993924 10/13/2018       11 Citations
  • Biomaterial characterization of off-the-shelf decellularized porcine pericardial tissue for use in prosthetic valvular applications. (Choe JA, Jana S, Tefft BJ, Hennessy RS, Go J, Morse D, Lerman A, Young MD) J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2018 Jul;12(7):1608-1620 PMID: 29749108 PMCID: PMC6055610 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047823251 05/12/2018       40 Citations
  • Nanoparticle-Mediated Cell Capture Enables Rapid Endothelialization of a Novel Bare Metal Stent. (Tefft BJ, Uthamaraj S, Harbuzariu A, Harburn JJ, Witt TA, Newman B, Psaltis PJ, Hlinomaz O, Holmes DR Jr, Gulati R, Simari RD, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) Tissue Eng Part A 2018 Jul;24(13-14):1157-1166 PMID: 29431053 PMCID: PMC6033300 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049639118 02/13/2018       15 Citations
  • Recellularization of a novel off-the-shelf valve following xenogenic implantation into the right ventricular outflow tract. (Hennessy RS, Go JL, Hennessy RR, Tefft BJ, Jana S, Stoyles NJ, Al-Hijji MA, Thaden JJ, Pislaru SV, Simari RD, Stulak JM, Young MD, Lerman A) PLoS One 2017;12(8):e0181614 PMID: 28763463 PMCID: PMC5538661 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85026521104 08/02/2017       33 Citations
  • Xenoantigenicity of porcine decellularized valves. (Helder MRK, Stoyles NJ, Tefft BJ, Hennessy RS, Hennessy RRC, Dyer R, Witt T, Simari RD, Lerman A) J Cardiothorac Surg 2017 Jul 17;12(1):56 PMID: 28716099 PMCID: PMC5514525 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85024114493 07/19/2017       19 Citations
  • Supercritical carbon dioxide-based sterilization of decellularized heart valves. (Hennessy RS, Jana S, Tefft BJ, Helder MR, Young MD, Hennessy RR, Stoyles NJ, Lerman A) JACC Basic Transl Sci 2017 Feb;2(1):71-84 PMID: 28337488 PMCID: PMC5358672 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85020655291 03/25/2017       61 Citations
  • Magnetizable stent-grafts enable endothelial cell capture. (Tefft BJ, Uthamaraj S, Harburn JJ, Hlinomaz O, Lerman A, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) J Magn Magn Mater 2017 Apr 01;427:100-104 PMID: 28286359 PMCID: PMC5341609 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85009841286 03/14/2017       30 Citations
  • Fabrication of Small Caliber Stent-grafts Using Electrospinning and Balloon Expandable Bare Metal Stents. (Uthamaraj S, Tefft BJ, Jana S, Hlinomaz O, Kalra M, Lerman A, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) J Vis Exp 2016 Oct 26(116) PMID: 27805589 PMCID: PMC5092244 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84992482161 11/03/2016       4 Citations
  • Cell Labeling and Targeting with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. (Tefft BJ, Uthamaraj S, Harburn JJ, Klabusay M, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) J Vis Exp 2015 Oct 19(105):e53099 PMID: 26554870 PMCID: PMC4692653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84946423336 11/12/2015       16 Citations
  • Corrigendum to "Scaffolds for tissue engineering of cardiac valves" [Acta Biomater. 10 (2014) 2877-2893]. (Jana S, Tefft BJ, Spoon DB, Simari RD) Acta Biomater 2015 Nov;27:305 PMID: 29080773 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84944280825 11/01/2015       2 Citations
  • Low-Dose Gamma Irradiation of Decellularized Heart Valves Results in Tissue Injury In Vitro and In Vivo. (Helder MR, Hennessy RS, Spoon DB, Tefft BJ, Witt TA, Marler RJ, Pislaru SV, Simari RD, Stulak JM, Lerman A) Ann Thorac Surg 2016 Feb;101(2):667-74 PMID: 26453425 PMCID: PMC5341747 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84973449327 10/11/2015       26 Citations
  • Ferromagnetic Bare Metal Stent for Endothelial Cell Capture and Retention. (Uthamaraj S, Tefft BJ, Hlinomaz O, Sandhu GS, Dragomir-Daescu D) J Vis Exp 2015 Sep 18(103) PMID: 26436434 PMCID: PMC4692619 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942866501 10/06/2015       9 Citations
  • Enhancement of Endothelial Cell Retention on ePTFE Vascular Constructs by siRNA-Mediated SHP-1 or SHP-2 Gene Silencing (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 21 September 2015;8(3):507-516 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84939568497 09/21/2015       2 Citations
  • Enhancement of endothelial cell retention on vascular constructs by siRNA-mediated SHP-1 or SHP-2 gene silencing (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 8(3):507-516 09/01/2015    
  • Design and validation of a novel ferromagnetic bare metal stent capable of capturing and retaining endothelial cells. (Uthamaraj S, Tefft BJ, Klabusay M, Hlinomaz O, Sandhu GS, Dragomir-Daescu D) Ann Biomed Eng 2014 Dec;42(12):2416-24 PMID: 25138164 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84919428718 08/21/2014       17 Citations
  • Scaffolds for tissue engineering of cardiac valves. (Jana S, Tefft BJ, Spoon DB, Simari RD) Acta Biomater 2014 Jul;10(7):2877-93 PMID: 24675108 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84901798498 03/29/2014       137 Citations
  • Experimental and computational validation of Hele-Shaw stagnation flow with varying shear stress (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Computational Mechanics 52(6):1463-1473 12/01/2013    
  • Challenges of biological valve development (Spoon DB, Tefft BJ, Lerman A, Simari RD) Interventional Cardiology 5(3):319-334 06/01/2013    
  • Challenges of biological valve development (Spoon DB, Tefft BJ, Lerman A, Simari RD) Interventional Cardiology (London) June 2013;5(3):319-334 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84878851270 06/01/2013       4 Citations
  • Magnetizable duplex steel stents enable endothelial cell capture (Tefft BJ, Gooden JY, Uthamaraj S, Harburn JJ, Klabusay M, Holmes DR, Simari RD, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 49(1):463-466 01/01/2013    
  • Magnetizable duplex steel stents enable endothelial cell capture (Tefft BJ, Gooden JY, Uthamaraj S, Jonathan Harburn J, Klabusay M, Holmes DR, Simari RD, Dragomir-Daescu D, Sandhu GS) IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2013;49(1):463-466 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84871839755 01/01/2013       8 Citations
  • Experimental and computational validation of Hele-Shaw stagnation flow with varying shear stress (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Computational Mechanics December 2013;52(6):1463-1473 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84889879156 01/01/2013       4 Citations
  • Cardioprotective proteins upregulated in the liver in response to experimental myocardial ischemia. (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Roberts DT, Zhang LQ, Ren Y, Li YC, Huang Y, Zhang D, Phillips HR, Wu YH) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012 Dec 15;303(12):H1446-58 PMID: 23064833 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84871258821 10/16/2012       55 Citations
  • Cardioprotective mechanisms activated in response to myocardial ischemia. (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Zhang D, Roberts D, Schuster DJ, Wu A) Mol Cell Biomech 2011 Dec;8(4):319-38 PMID: 22338709 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84555190225 02/18/2012       27 Citations
  • Liver-mediated myocardial protection in experimental myocardial infarction (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Dong B) Journal of Clinical & Experimental Cardiology S7:002 02/01/2012    
  • Regulation of hepatic cell mobilization in experimental myocardial ischemia (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Zhang L, Liu C, Wu YH) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 4(4):693-707 12/01/2011    
  • Regulation of hepatic cell mobilization in experimental myocardial ischemia (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Zhang B, Liu C, Wu YH) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering December 2011;4(4):693-707 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84860389652 12/01/2011       9 Citations
  • Enhancing endothelial cell retention on ePTFE constructs by siRNA-mediated SHP-1 gene silencing (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine 2(1):0110071-0110076 02/01/2011    
  • Enhancing endothelial cell retention on ePTFE constructs by siRNA mediated SHP-1 gene silencing (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine February 2011;2(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79951559156 02/01/2011       3 Citations
  • Elastic laminae in vascular development and disease. (Liu SQ, Teft BJ, Zhang LQ, Li YC, Wu YH) Mol Cell Biomech 2010 Jun;7(2):59-76 PMID: 20936740 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77952976642 10/12/2010       5 Citations
  • Knockdown of SHP-1 enhances endothelial cell retention for vascular regeneration (Tefft BJ, Kopacz AM, Liu WK, Liu SQ) Proceedings of the ASME 1st Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology 2010, NEMB2010 2010:351-352 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77955075453 01/01/2010    
  • Modeling of endothelial cell adhesion dynamics modulated by molecular engineering (Kopacz AM, Tefft BJ, Liu SQ, Liu WK) Proceedings of the ASME 1st Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology 2010, NEMB2010 2010:313-314 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77955067001 01/01/2010    
  • Formation of smooth muscle alpha actin filaments in CD34+ bone marrow cells on arterial elastic laminae: potential role of SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-1. (Liu SQ, Tefft BJ, Zhang A, Zhang LQ, Wu YH) Matrix Biol 2008 May;27(4):282-94 PMID: 18258420 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-43049095134 02/09/2008       6 Citations
  • Galilean relativity and the work-kinetic energy principle (Tefft BJ, Tefft JA) The Physics Teacher 45(4):218-220 04/01/2007    
  • Galilean relativity and the work-kinetic energy theorem (Tefft BJ, Tefft JA) Physics Teacher April 2007;45(4):218-220 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007206706 04/01/2007       17 Citations
  • Negative regulation of monocyte adhesion to arterial elastic laminae by signal regulatory protein alpha and Src homology 2 domain-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase-1. (Liu SQ, Alkema PK, Tieché C, Tefft BJ, Liu DZ, Li YC, Sumpio BE, Caprini JA, Paniagua M) J Biol Chem 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39294-301 PMID: 16159885 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-28244493621 09/15/2005       37 Citations
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