Dr. Sanjay Misra is a Professor of Radiology at Mayo Clinic Rochester and a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Radiology. He is a Physician Scientist, and his clinical practice encompasses peripheral arterial disease and dialysis vascular access management. His research has been funded by the NIH since 2010 and includes understanding the mechanisms of hemodialysis graft failure and drug deliveries and stem cell to prevent venous stenosis formation. He has performed a phase 1 IND trial using autologous adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells to prevent venous stenosis formation in arteriovenous fistulas. He also has tested translatable therapies using statins coated on microparticles as part of a phase 1 SBIR study and Vitamin D3 encapsulated in PLGA composed of nanoparticles. He has several patents issued for preventing venous stenosis formation in hemodialysis AVF.