Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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James Min
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ, Department: Radiation Diagnostic/oncology
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HeartFlow, Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
This FCOI report is for multiple entities: HeartFlow, Inc & MDDX.
Heartflow: The research is intended to compare diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive testing by coronary Computed Tomographic angiograms or Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. HeartFlow is the only FDA cleared FFRCT product. The Cornell University conflicts in research policy, a significant financial interest exists when an investigator or his or her family holds any equity interest. Dr. Min has (b)(4) stock options equity in HeartFlow, a nonpublicly traded company. HeartFlow's software that employs computational methods to determine coronary flow, velocity and pressure from typically acquired computed tomography scans is being used in this study. If, in the course of the research, computational appraisal of coronary flow, pressure and velocity are deemed to be clinically useful, these findings may inform investigators as to the clinical utility and hence, subsequently the value of this company which creates a financial conflict of interest.
MDDX: MDDX provides services to perform research applications and solutions for clinical trials and performs imaging informatics to facilitate the management of multicenter, international clinical trials in the Weill Cornell Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging. MDDX is a nonpublicly traded entity. Dr. James Min is the co-founder of MDDX with (b)(4) ownership and he is also the director of the Dalio Institute. Dr. Min is using MDDX's services for this research project. While MDDX's services are not the subject of the research, it is providing services to facilitate the performance of the research such as de-identifying data and could be seen as affecting the conduct of the research creating a perceived conflict of interest for Dr. Min.
Dual Energy Computed Tomography for Determining Coronary Lesion-Specific Ischemia
Coronary artery disease (CAD), or blockages in the heart arteries, is the leading cause of death in the world for both men and women. Computed tomography (CT) scans can visualize these blockages but cannot determine whether the blockages cause ischemia, or reduced blood supply to the heart muscle. This study will develop and validate novel CT methods (that reduce artifact and improve blood supply measurements) for both identification of individuals who manifest ischemia and also the specific coronary artery blockages that are the cause.
Filed on April 20, 2016.
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James Min filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
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James Min | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | HeartFlow, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
James Min | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | HeartFlow, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
James Min | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | MDDX | Value cannot be readily determined |
James Min | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | MDDX | Value cannot be readily determined |
James Min | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | MDDX | Value cannot be readily determined |
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