Publications

Selected Highlight Publications

† denotes trainee mentored by ADK

19. Bornemann KM†, Choi PS, Huber JA, Reed AK, Sharir A, Maskatia SA, Marsden AL, Ma MR, Kaiser AD. Simulations Predict Improved Valve Performance Without Direct Leaflet Intervention After Neonatal Truncus Arteriosus Repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2026. [arxiv] [doi] [movies]

20. Kaiser AD, Haidar MA, Choi PS, Sharir A, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Simulation-Based Design of Bicuspidization of the Aortic Valve. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024. [arxiv] [doi] [movies]

21. Kaiser AD, McQueen DM, Peskin CS. Modeling the Mitral Valve. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2019. [arxiv] [doi] [movies]

Additional Journal Publications

16. Choi PS, Kaiser AD, Nilkant R, Sharir A, Siddiqi U, McMullen HL, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Simulation-Guided Outlet Valve Repair: Early Integration of Computationally-Derived Principles of Free-Edge Length in Bicuspidization Repair. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2026. [doi]

17. Martinez ES†, Kaiser AD, Reed AK, Stocker SW, Sharir A, Choi PS, Maskatia SA, Ma MR, Marsden AL. Semi-Automated Generation and Hemodynamic Assessment of Surgical Baffle Geometry for Biventricular Repair. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2026. (in press) [arxiv]

18. Munshi SK, Huber JA, Sharir A, Ono Y, Choi PS, Reed AK, Kaiser AD, Ma MR. A Novel Ex-Vivo Model of Unbalanced Common Atrioventricular Valve: Insights into Biomechanics and Hemodynamics During Single Ventricle Palliation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2026. (online ahead of print) [doi]

19. Kaiser AD, Choi PS, Sharir A, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Simulation-Guided Design of Leaflet Height in Bicuspidization of the Aortic Valve. JTCVS Open, 2025. [doi]

20. Kaiser AD, Wang J, Brown AL, Zhu E, Hsiai TK, Marsden AL. A Fluid-Structure Interaction Model of the Zebrafish Aortic Valve. Journal of Biomechanics, 2025. [arxiv] [doi]

21. Choi PS, Sharir A, Ono Y, Shibata M, Kaiser AD, Palagani Y, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Combined Simulation and Ex-vivo Assessment of Free-edge Length in Bicuspidization Repair for Congenital Aortic Valve Disease. JTCVS Open, 2024. [doi]

22. Choi PS, Sharir A, Ono Y, Shibata M, Kaiser AD, Zhu Y, Marsden AL, Woo YJ, Ma MR, Kim JB. Effect of Graft Sizing in Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Bicuspid Aortic Valve: The Goldilocks Ratio. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques, 2024. [doi]

23. Kaiser AD*, Schiavone NK*, Elkins CJ, McElhinney DB, Eaton JK, Marsden AL. Comparison of Immersed Boundary Simulations of Heart Valve Hemodynamics against In Vitro 4D Flow MRI Data. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2023. (* contributed equally) [arxiv] [doi]

24. Kaiser AD, Shad R, Schiavone N, Hiesinger W, Marsden AL. Controlled Comparison of Simulated Hemodynamics across Tricuspid and Bicuspid Aortic Valves. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2022. [arxiv] [doi] [movies]

25. Frishman S, Kight A, Pirozzi I, Maddineni S, Imbrie-Moore A, Karachiwalla Z, Paulsen MJ, Kaiser AD, Woo YJ, Cutkosky MR. DynaRing: a Patient-Specific Mitral Annuloplasty Ring with Selective Stiffness Segments. Journal of Medical Devices, 2022. [doi]

26. Kaiser AD, Shad R, Hiesinger W, Marsden AL. A Design-Based Model of the Aortic Valve for Fluid-Structure Interaction. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2021. [arxiv] [doi] [movies]

27. Shad R, Kaiser AD, Kong S, Fong R, Quach N, Bowles C, Kasinpila P, Shudo Y, Teuteberg J, Woo YJ, Marsden AL, Hiesinger W. Patient-Specific Computational Fluid Dynamics Reveal Localized Flow Patterns Predictive of Post-Left Ventricular Assist Device Aortic Incompetence. Circulation: Heart Failure, 2021. [doi]

28. Kasinpila P, Kong S, Fong R, Shad R, Kaiser AD, Marsden AL, Woo YJ, Hiesinger W. Use of Patient-Specific Computational Models for Optimization of Aortic Insufficiency after Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Device. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020. [doi]

29. Bailey DH, Borwein JM, Kaiser AD. Automated Simplification of Large Symbolic Expressions. Journal of Symbolic Computation, 2014. [doi]

Conference Publications (peer reviewed)

2. Kaiser AD, Williams S, Madduri K, Ibrahim K, Bailey DH, Demmel JW, Strohmaier E. A Principled Kernel Testbed for Hardware/Software Co-Design Research. Proceedings of USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism, 2010. [pdf]

3. Kaiser AD, Dolinar S, Cheng MK. Undetected Errors in Quasi-cyclic LDPC Codes Caused by Receiver Symbol Slips. Proceedings of IEEE Global Conference on Communications, 2009. [doi]

Submitted for Review

5. Bornemann KM†, Choi PS, Huber JA, McMullen HL, Reed AK, Sharir A, Maskatia SA, Marsden AL, Ma MR, Kaiser AD. The Fluid Mechanics of Truncus Arteriosus. Submitted, 2026. [arxiv]

6. Reed AK, Martinez ES†, Kaiser AD, Sharir A, Bonin CC, Maskatia SA, Marsden AL, Ma MR. From Simulation to Suture Lines: First In-Human Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation-Guided Baffle Construction for Complex Biventricular Repair. Submitted, 2026. [arxiv]

7. Zhao H†, Kaiser AD, Kong F, Brown AL, Hu Z, Codoni D, Dave S, Marsden AL. Comparative Analysis of Resistive Immersed Surface and Immersed Boundary Methods for Aortic Valve Simulation. Submitted, 2026. [arxiv]

8. Hu Z, Rojas AFM, Kaiser AD, Zhao H†, Maskatia SA, Skylar-Scott MA, Humphrey JD, Hsia TY, Marsden AL. Patient-Specific Evaluation of a Confluence Pulsatile Conduit for Fontan Circulatory Support. Submitted, 2026.

9. Wang J, Brown AL, Zhao P, Zheng CZ, Chen JN, Zhou B, Liu J, Yokota T, Kaiser AD, Park SK, Marsden AL, Hsiai TK. A Continuum of Atrial Peristalsis Initiates the Bicuspid to Quadricuspid Valve Transition. Submitted, 2026. [biorxiv]

Preprints

1. Bao Y, Kaiser AD, Kaye J, Peskin CS. Gaussian-Like Immersed Boundary Kernels with Three Continuous Derivatives and Improved Translational Invariance. Preprint, 2017. [arxiv]

Conference Abstracts

9. Bornemann KM†, Choi PS, Huber JA, Sharir A, Maskatia SA, Ma MR, Marsden AL, Kaiser AD. Computational Modeling of a Quadricuspid Truncal Valve in Neonatal Hemodynamic Conditions. American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, 2025. [abstract]

10. Kaiser AD, Choi PS, Sharir A, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Simulation-Guided Design of Leaflet Height in Bicuspidization of the Aortic Valve. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 105th Annual Meeting, 2025. [abstract]

11. Choi PS, Sharir A, Nilkant R, Kaiser AD, Ma MR. Biomechanical Assessment of No-cut Tricuspidization vs Bicuspidization Repairs in Quadricuspid Truncal Valve Model. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 105th Annual Meeting, 2025. [abstract]

12. Choi PS, Tarun S, Sharir A, Huber JA, Shibata M, Bornemann KM†, Kaiser AD, Marsden AL, Ma MR. Ex-vivo Assessment of Pulmonic Valve Mono-, Bi-, and Trileaflet Replacement using Autologous Pulmonary Arterial Wall. KTCVS-STS Asia Symposium on Valvular Heart Disease, 26th Meeting, 2025. [program]

13. Choi PS, Sharir A, Shibata M, Kaiser AD, Zhu Y, Marsden AL, Woo YJ, Ma MR, Kim JB. Effect of Graft Sizing in Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Bicuspid Aortic Valve: The Goldilocks Ratio. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Aortic Symposium, 2024. [abstract]

14. Haidar MA, Choi PS, Kaiser AD, Sharir A, Kapula N, Shibata M, Marsden AL, Ma MR. A Novel Approach for Aortic Valve Bicuspidization: Integrating Computational and Ex-vivo Simulation Concepts of Free-edge Leaflet Length in a modified Schäfer’s procedure. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 104th Annual Meeting, 2024. [abstract]

15. Kaiser AD, Shad R, Schiavone N, Hiesinger W, Marsden AL. Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease. Circulation 144 (Suppl_1), A13417, 2021. [doi]

16. Kaiser AD, Marsden AL. Modeling Patient-Specific Left-Ventricular Blood Flow and Mitral Valve Dynamics. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE), 2019. [pdf]

17. Strohmaier E, Williams S, Kaiser AD, Madduri K, Ibrahim K, Bailey DH, Demmel JW. A Kernel Testbed for Parallel Architecture, Language and Performance Research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, 2010. [doi]

Technical Reports

1. Kaiser AD, Williams S, Madduri K, Ibrahim K, Bailey DH, Demmel JW, Strohmaier E. TORCH–Computational Reference Kernels: A Testbed for Computer Science Research. LBNL Technical Report, 2010. [pdf]

Theses

2. Kaiser AD, Modeling the Mitral Valve, PhD Thesis, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 2017. [arxiv] [nyu_library]

3. Kaiser AD, Computational Experiments in Markov Chain Monte Carlo, MS Thesis, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 2013. [pdf]