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Mansour Alghamdi, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Rheumatology
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Familial Mediterranean Fever





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Behcet Syndrome Systemic Vasculitis

Last Updated: 04/04/2025

Tamara Bradford, MD
School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive Heart Failure





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Pediatric Cardiology Pediatrics

Last Updated: 06/09/2020

Jason Gardner, PhD
School of Medicine
Physiology
Grant Review Committees Served on: Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic Extracellular Matrix Fibroblasts Heart Failure
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Particulate Matter Smoke Inhalation Injury Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Lysyl Oxidase activity assay - tissue and cellular Mouse models of cardiac disease Rat models of cardiac disease
Unique Equipment Used:
	Pressure-volume Conductance Catheterization Transonic doppler flow probe Ultrasound echocardiography
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Extracellular Matrix Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fibroblasts Heart Failure Nicotine Particulate Matter Receptors, Estrogen Ventricular Function

Last Updated: 02/16/2017

Larry Hollier, MD
School of Medicine
Surgery / Surgery

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Spinal Cord Ischemia





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Thoracic Surgery

Last Updated: 02/15/2019

Doug Johnston, PhD
School of Medicine
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Host-Parasite Interactions Host-Pathogen Interactions
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Immunology Microbiology





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Candida albicans Cardiovascular Infections Fungi Parasites Trypanosoma cruzi

Last Updated: 04/01/2024

Paul LeLorier, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Syncope Tachycardia, Supraventricular



Unique Equipment Used:
	Autonomic testing Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiology Syncope

Last Updated: 04/09/2024

Rinku Majumder, PhD
School of
/ Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Obesity, Morbid Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic Venous Thromboembolism Venous Thrombosis
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Wound Infection





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Coagulation Protein Disorders

Last Updated: 08/10/2018

Stephen Ramee, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Aortic Valve Aortic Valve Stenosis Atrial Appendage Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Foramen Ovale, Patent Heart Septal Defects, Atrial Heart Valve Prosthesis Mitral Valve Insufficiency Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Aortic Valve Insufficiency Aortic Valve Stenosis Atrial Appendage Atrial Fibrillation Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Foramen Ovale, Patent Heart Septal Defects, Atrial Heart Valve Diseases Heart Valve Prosthesis Mitral Valve Insufficiency Mitral Valve Stenosis Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

Last Updated: 07/08/2024

Oritsejolomi Roberts, MD
School of Medicine
Neurosurgery

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Congenital Degenerative and Inflammatory Disease Affecting the Nervous System in the Pediatric Population Infectious Neoplastic Neurosurgery Pediatrics Traumatic Vascular Diseases





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Congenital Abnormalities Degenerative and Inflammatory Disease Affecting the Nervous System in the Pediatric Population Infectious Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic Neoplastic Processes Neurosurgery Pediatrics Traumatic Vascular Diseases

Last Updated: 03/27/2019

Frank Smart
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiology Cardiology Service, Hospital Cardiomyopathy Clinical Effectiveness Heart Failure
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Heart Diseases



Unique Equipment Used:
	Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional Heart Catheterization Heart Transplantation Heart Valve Diseases
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiomyopathy Heart Failure Heart-Assist Devices Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Pulmonary Hypertension

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Huijing Xia, PhD
School of Medicine
Pharmacology / Cardiovascular Center of Excellence

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiovascular Research Heart Failure Hypertension



Unique Equipment Used:
	vevo ultrasound
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Research Heart Failure Hypertension

Last Updated: 04/10/2024

Qinglin Yang, PhD
School of Medicine
Pharmacology / Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH DOD Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiac Pathophysiology Underlying Molecular and Biochemical Mechanisms
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Diabetes Metabolic Mechanisms Obesity

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Generating Transgenic and KO Mouse Models Tissue-Specific Gene Therapy
Unique Equipment Used:
	Assess in vivo mouse heart function and metabolism using isolated heart Catheterization Echocardiography Oxygraph assessment of mitochondrial respiration and metabolism Seahorse Bioanalyzer with live-cell imaging to determine cellular bioenergetics
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiac Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathy Diabetes Energy Metabolism Heart Failure Mitochondrial Biology Mouse Models with Genetic Manipulations Obesity

Last Updated: 04/01/2024