Sergey Suchkov was born in the City of Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, Suchkov graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. During the studentship Suchkov was extensively involved into research in the area of ocular immunology and won in 1980 the First Prize at the First International Contest among the Medical Students in Praque. In 1985, Suchkov maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 2001, Suchkov finished the PostDoc Research Fellowship Program and maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1985 through 1987, Dr Suchkov worked as a Post Doc Research Associate, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences to be involved into research in clinical enzymology and applications of DNA-dependent enzymes in clinical medicine. From 1987 through 1989, Dr Suchkov was a senior Researcher, Lab of Developmental Immunology, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences to deal to developmental immunology. From 1989 through 1995, Dr Suchkov was being a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology and Immunobiotechnology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004, Dr Suchkov was being a Chairman of the Dept for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI) and the Immunologist-in-Chief of the Moscow Regional Ministry of Health.

Tadahisa Sugiura, MD, PhD, is an attending surgeon and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Sugiura’s clinical focus is in structural heart disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, the treatment of end-stage heart failure, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and cardiothoracic organ procurement. Educated in Japan, Dr. Sugiura attended University of Tsukuba School of Medicine from 1997 to 2003, earning his Doctor of Medicine degree. He began his postdoctoral training with a residency at Tokyo Women’s Medical University from 2003 to 2005, followed by a residency at Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital in Japan from 2005 to 2007. He then undertook a fellowship at Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 2008, followed by a fellowship at Yokohama City University Medical Center from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, he earned his PhD from Tokyo Women’s Medical University. Dr. Sugiura came to the United States in 2013 and continued his training, completing a research fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University in 2016. He was an advanced fellow at Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center from 2016 to 2018 and a super fellow at Montefiore-Einstein from 2018 to 2019. Dr. Sugiura’s research focuses on cardiac regenerative therapy, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) research and stem cell medicine. He has shared his research through publication in many peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters, abstracts, posters and presentations. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for several publications including The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Internal Medicine. Dr. Sugiura is board certified and is a member of several professional societies including the Japanese Society for Thoracic Surgery, the Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.