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Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications
- C1q/TNF-related proteins, a family of novel adipokines, induce vascular relaxation through the adiponectin receptor-1/AMPK/eNOS/nitric oxide signaling pathway
- Triage during the week of the Sichuan earthquake: A review of utilized patient triage, care, and disposition procedures
- Reduced vascular responsiveness to adiponectin in hyperlipidemic rats-mechanisms and significance
- Thioredoxin glycation: A novel posttranslational modification that inhibits its antioxidant and organ protective actions
- Methylglyoxal increases cardiomyocyte ischemia-reperfusion injury via glycative inhibition of thioredoxin activity
Medical School
Thomas Jefferson Unversity, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA - 1986
Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University,Jefferson College of Graduate Studies
- 2003
Residency
Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
Emergency Medicine
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Expertise and Research Interests
Expertise:
Resident Education, Academic Administration, Clinical and Basic Science Research in Emergency Medicine.
Research Interests:
Primary Research Interest
Acute presentation of sickle cell disease:
-Clinical and basic science aspects of acute vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis in adult emergency department patients.
-The role of nitric oxide (NO, an endogenous vasodilator) and l-arginine (the precursor to NO) in the pathophysiology of the disease.
Other research interests:
Graduate Medical Education
Simulation in medical education
Society Memberships
American Society for Hematology
American Medical Association
American Pain Society
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Committee Memberships
American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Review
Committee, 1996-2006
Health Policy Grant Review Subcommittee Chair, 2004
Emergency Medicine Foundation/Emergency Nurses Association Foundation Team Grant Subcommittee Chair, 1999-2001
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine,
Program Committee,1999-2001
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Directors' Special Interest Group, 1996-present.
Department of Emergency Medicine:
Education Committee Chair, 2003-present
Promotions Committee Chair, 2002-present
Research Committee Chair, 1993-1994,2002-2003
Institutional Review Board, Thomas Jefferson University, 1996-2001
Jefferson Community Violence Prevention Partnership Community Advisory Board Committee, 1999-2000