Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC

Assistant Professor

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Location

Heart and Vascular Center - Froedtert Hospital
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

Cardiology/Cardiovascular Medicine

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Artery Disease
Hypertension

Treatments and Services

Women and Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Medicine

Patients Ages Seen

Adult
Senior

Languages

English

Hospital Affiliations

Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Zablocki VA Medical Center – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine

Clinic Locations

Heart and Vascular Center - Froedtert Hospital

9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 805-6000
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Zablocki VA Medical Center

5000 West National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000
(414) 384-2000
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Biography

Education and Training

Doctor of Philosophy - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (1998-2004)
Doctor of Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2006)
Residency in Internal Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals - Milwaukee, WI (2006-2009)
Fellowship in Cardiology - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2009-2012)

Ascorbate attenuates red light mediated vasodilation: Potential role of S-nitrosothiols.

(Keszler A, Lindemer B, Hogg N, Lohr NL.) Redox Biol. 2019 01;20:13-18.
Wavelength-dependence of vasodilation and NO release from S-nitrosothiols and dinitrosyl iron complexes by far red/near infrared light.

(Keszler A, Lindemer B, Hogg N, Weihrauch D, Lohr NL.) Arch Biochem Biophys. 2018 07 01;649:47-52.
Function over form: Is it time to use endothelial function to diagnose vascular diseases?

(Lohr NL.) Int J Cardiol. 2018 06 01;260:191-192.
Red/near infrared light stimulates release of an endothelium dependent vasodilator and rescues vascular dysfunction in a diabetes model.

(Keszler A, Lindemer B, Weihrauch D, Jones D, Hogg N, Lohr NL.) Free Radic Biol Med. 2017 12;113:157-164.
Collateral development: the quest continues.

(Lohr NL.) Circ Res. 2014 Feb 14;114(4):591-3.
Far red/near infrared light treatment promotes femoral artery collateralization in the ischemic hindlimb.

(Lohr NL, Ninomiya JT, Warltier DC, Weihrauch D.) J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2013 Sep;62:36-42.
Transient repetitive exposure to low level light therapy enhances collateral blood vessel growth in the ischemic hindlimb of the tight skin mouse.

(Zaidi M, Krolikowki JG, Jones DW, Pritchard KA Jr, Struve J, Nandedkar SD, Lohr NL, Pagel PS, Weihrauch D.) Photochem Photobiol. 2013 May-Jun;89(3):709-13.
Isoflurane differentially modulates mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production via forward versus reverse electron transport flow: implications for preconditioning.

(Hirata N, Shim YH, Pravdic D, Lohr NL, Pratt PF Jr, Weihrauch D, Kersten JR, Warltier DC, Bosnjak ZJ, Bienengraeber M.) Anesthesiology. 2011 Sep;115(3):531-40.
Abnormal fibrillin-1 expression and chronic oxidative stress mediate endothelial mesenchymal transition in a murine model of systemic sclerosis.

(Xu H, Zaidi M, Struve J, Jones DW, Krolikowski JG, Nandedkar S, Lohr NL, Gadicherla A, Pagel PS, Csuka ME, Pritchard KA, Weihrauch D.) Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Mar;300(3):C550-6.
Man overboard! Rescuing myocardium with membrane rafts.

(Lohr N, Kersten JR.) Anesthesiology. 2010 May;112(5):1076-8.
Enhancement of nitric oxide release from nitrosyl hemoglobin and nitrosyl myoglobin by red/near infrared radiation: potential role in cardioprotection.

(Lohr NL, Keszler A, Pratt P, Bienengraber M, Warltier DC, Hogg N.) J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Aug;47(2):256-63.
Near infrared light protects cardiomyocytes from hypoxia and reoxygenation injury by a nitric oxide dependent mechanism.

(Zhang R, Mio Y, Pratt PF, Lohr N, Warltier DC, Whelan HT, Zhu D, Jacobs ER, Medhora M, Bienengraeber M.) J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Jan;46(1):4-14.