Ilia Fishbein received an MD degree from the University of Saratov (Russia) in 1987. He completed his PhD studies on polymeric delivery systems for the prevention of restenosis at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) in 2000. His Postdoctoral research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (USA) has been concerned with vascular gene therapy and substrate-mediated delivery systems of viral vectors to diseased vasculature. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His current work is related to gene-eluting stents and pharmacological modulation of vascular gene therapy for the prevention of restenosis. Ilia Fishbein received an MD degree from the University of Saratov (Russia) in 1987. He completed his PhD studies on polymeric delivery systems for the prevention of restenosis at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) in 2000. His Postdoctoral research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (USA) has been concerned with vascular gene therapy and substrate-mediated delivery systems of viral vectors to diseased vasculature. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His current work is related to gene-eluting stents and pharmacological modulation of vascular gene therapy for the prevention of restenosis.

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