sustained EB-1A Case: Cardiac Physiology
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Decision Summary
The appeal was sustained because the AAO determined that the Director overlooked significant evidence during the final merits determination. The AAO found that the petitioner's research had urgent, global importance, as evidenced by media reports and expert letters regarding his work on COVID-19 treatments and cardiac devices. The Director also improperly disregarded the petitioner's high citation rate, which placed him in the top 1% of authors in clinical medicine, thus demonstrating the required sustained acclaim.
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