<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2014/august/081214canicsiam.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 07:21:38 PM</pubDate><title>Research May Lead to Reliable Alternative to Open-heart Surgery</title><subtitle/><description>Sunny Canic is working with Houston Methodist Hospital to improve the treatment of failing heart valves. Named to the 2014 Society of Industry and Applied Mathematics Class of Fellows, Canic recently was honored at SIAM’s Annual Meeting.</description><author>Lisa Merkl</author><author-email>lkmerkl@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Health,People,Research,Top Stories</categories></item>