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Peter Gruber is a Professor of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine and serves as a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. His clinical practice is focused on the surgical repair of complex congenital heart disease, accompanied by significant research into its molecular genetic underpinnings, aiming to develop innovative therapies to improve cardiac function. Over the years, he has contributed to numerous discoveries highlighting the significance of epigenetic factors in cardiac development and response to ischemia-reperfusion injury. Gruber earned a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, followed by an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics in 1992 from the same institution. He has completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiac Development and has extensive training and appointments at prestigious institutions. Gruber's research interests include gene editing, genetics, cardiac regeneration, and reperfusion injury. He is a principal investigator in important research consortiums focusing on the genetic landscape of congenital heart disease.
Yale School of Medicine • New Haven, CT
Teaching and conducting research in the field of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital • New Haven, CT
Leading the pediatric cardiac surgery division and overseeing clinical care.
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