Dr. Pinsky is an inventor on over a dozen patents, co-founder of a company, an author of over 200 scientific papers and book chapters, and the leader of The Vascular Defense and Discovery Laboratory, focused on understanding how natural blood vessel defense mechanisms may be amplified to protect in conditions such as stroke, heart attack, or organ transplantation.

His current work focuses on a protective enzyme that lines blood vessels, amplifying a natural defense mechanism against unchecked inflammation and coagulation. His lab was the first to directly measure nitric oxide in the beating heart and to discover that very small amounts of carbon monoxide may actually protect blood vessels following flow interruption. His team also discovered a fundamental new mechanism by which white blood cells control their own destiny in the vicinity of a clotted vein or in a cholesterol-choked artery. Pinsky’s goal is to understand, amplify, and harness a blood vessel’s natural defenses in order to develop novel strategies for the treatment of vascular diseases. He has trained a generation of clinicians and researchers, many of whom have themselves gone on to prominent positions in academia and industry. Dr. Pinsky is an elected member of multiple honorary scientific societies, including the ASCI, AAP, ACCA, and the Association of University Cardiologists. He has served on and chaired numerous national peer-review and strategy panels for the American Heart Association, Department of Defense, and National Institutes of Health, and is a popular lecturer worldwide.