Cardiovascular Center Affiliated Faculty
Ellis Avner, MD
Professor
Medicine/Pediatric Nephrology
Director, Children’s Research Institute
Phone: (414) 456-5744
• Basic Cellular and Molecular Pathophysiology of Polycystic Kidney Disease and it’s Complications, which include Hypertension, Heart Failure, and Stroke
• Goal is to identify the Basic Cellular Abnormalities of the Polycystic Endothelial and Epithelial Cell, and Target such Abnormalities with Specific Pharmacological Inhibitors, with the Ultimate Goal of Preventing Disease Progression and the Development of Complications
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Daniel A. Beard, PhD
Professor
Physiology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Phone: (414) 955-5752
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Zeljko J. Bosnjak, PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology
Phone: (414) 456-5687
• Cellular Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action/Cellular Signal Transduction Pathways Responsible for Anesthetic-Induced Cardioprotection and the Modulation of ATP Sensitive Potassium Current in Cardiac Myocytes by Ischemia and Volatile Anesthetics / Genetic Basis for Differences in Anesthetic Response and Neuropathy and Calcium Signaling
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Ulrich Broeckel, MD
Chief and Associate Pofessor
Pediatrics/Genomic Pediatrics
Phone: (414) 955-2369
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Ranjan K. Dash, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physiology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Phone: (414) 955-4497
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Ashraf El-Meanawy, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Nephrology
Phone: (414) 456-8165
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Michael R. Garrett, MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine (Nephrology) and Physiology
Phone: (414) 456-4754
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Owen W. Griffith, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry
Phone: (414) 456-8778
• Pharmacological Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthases
• Dr. Griffith is also a Founder and Board Member of ArgiNOx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a New Biopharmaceutical Company currently Carrying Out a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ANO-1020, for Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Garrett J. Gross, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology/Parmacology and Toxicology
Phone: (414) 456-8627
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Anne Hoch, DO
Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery Rehabilitation
Phone: (414) 805-7461
• Consequences of Athletic Amenorrhea in High School and College Girls • Prevalence of Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, Osteoporosis and Early Cardiovascular Disease among High School Girls – “Female Athlete Tetrad”
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Quinn H. Hogan, MD
Professor
Anesthesiology
Phone: (414) 456-5727
• Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation, Microcirculation, Oxygen Transport, Functional Hyperemia, and Effect of Anesthetic Agents
• Causes of Pain
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John D. Imig, PhD
Professor
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Phone: (414) 955-4785
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Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Chair and Professor
Biophysics
Phone: (414) 456-4000
• Promotes and Stimulates Free Radical Research at MCW and Helps Researchers Engaged in Free Radical Research acquire NIH and other Extramural Funding
• Unique Because it is Closely Associated with an EPR Research Resource (only physical technique that can detect unambiguously free radicals in biological systems) and an MRI Facility
• Promotes Translational Research in Free Radical-mediated Diseases at MCW and Neighboring Institutes and Develops Therapeutic Interventions in Free Radical Based Disease Processes • Improves the Understanding of the Mechanism of Action of Antioxidants (i.e., agents that scavenge or inhibit free radical formation) in Human Disease
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Mingyu Liang, PhD
Associate Professor
Physiology
Phone: (414) 456-8539
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Julian H. Lombard, PhD
Professor
Physiology
Phone: (414) 456-8530
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Ravi P. Misra, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry
Phone: (414) 456-8433
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Vani Nilakantan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Transplant Surgery
Phone: (414) 456-4819
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Paula North, MD
Professor and Chief
Pathology
Phone: (414) 266-6288
• Cell/molecular biology of vascular anomalies (developmental/acquired)
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Keith T. Oldham, MD
Professor and Chief
Pediatric Surgery
Phone: (414) 266-6550
• Acute Lung Injury, Shock, Sepsis, Pulmonary Injury, Cardiovascular Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, Impaired Vasodilation
• Experimental Therapeutic Treatment (D-4F) of Vascular Disease as it Relates to Heart disease and stroke
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Frank Park, PhD
Associate Professor,
Medicine (Nephrology), Pediatrics
Phone: (414) 456-8130
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Kirkwood A. Pritchard, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Research
Pediatric Surgery
Phone: (414) 456-5615
• Acute Lung Injury, Shock, Sepsis, Pulmonary Injury, Cardiovascular Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, Impaired Vasodilation
• Experimental Therapeutic Treatment (D-4F) of Vascular Disease as it Relates to Heart disease and stroke
Training: The Ohio State University (PhD), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (Postdoctoral training)
Interests: Endothelial and cardiac cell biology, nitric oxide, molecular mechanisms of free radical generation, adenoviral gene transfer technology
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Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics/Genetics
Phone: (414) 955-2387
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Kevin Regner, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine Nephrology
Phone: (414) 456-4755
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Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine/Nephrology
Phone: (414) 456-4438
• Understanding the Details of Signaling Pathways Leading from G-protein Coupled Receptors and Tyrosine Kinases through Adaptor Proteins to Downstream Signaling Molecules
• Investigation of the Cox-2-dependent Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance of Cells to Apoptosis
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David F. Stowe, MD, PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology/Clinical
Phone: (414) 456-5722
• Role of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, NADH Levels and ATP Synthesis
• Mechanisms of Injury to the Heart when its Blood Supply is Interrupted
• Mechanisms of Preservation during Cold Storage as in Heart Transplantation
• Effects of Drugs and Preservation Agents to Protect the Heart Against Ischemic Damage
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Niloofar Tabatabai, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine/Endocrine
Phone: (414) 456-8452
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Scott Van Why, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Phone: (414) 337-7140
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David C. Warltier, MD, PhD
Chairman and Professor
Anesthesiology
Phone: (414) 805-8703
• Cardiovascular Physiology & Pharmacology with Special Emphasis on Angiogenesis in the Coronary Circulation and Pharmacological Cardioprotection Against Myocardial Infarction
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