2007
Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
Thursday Seminar Schedule
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Speaker |
Title |
January 4
NO MEETING
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| January 18 |
L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP
Huberwald Professor & Chair, Interim Dean, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. |
Regulation of Sodium Transport from the Collecting Duct Lumen. |
| February 1 |
Thomas D. Giles, MD
Professor, Dept of Medicine, Section of Cardiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Redefining Hypertension. |
| February 8** |
Robert W. Schrier, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine,
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Denver, CO. |
Renal and Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Role of Blood Glucose, RAS and Blood Pressure. |
February 15
NO MEETING |

Happy Mardi Gras!
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March 1
NO MEETING |
18th Annual TUHSC Research Day |
| March 15 |
Samir El-Dahr, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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Cancelled |
| March 29 |
Dewan S.A. Majid, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Nitroso-Redox Imbalance: Tipping the Scale toward Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. |
| April 12 |
Philip Kadowitz, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Analysis of Responses to Angiotensin (1-7) |
| April 26 |
Vecihi Batuman, MD
Chief, Medicine Services, SLVHCS,
Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. |
Salt and Hypertension: Is there a controversy? |
| May 17** |
Wenzheng Zhang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX. |
Dot1a-AF9-SGK1 Regulate ENaCa Transcription in Aldosterone Signaling. |
| May 24 |
Samir El-Dahr, M.D., PhD
Professor & Chair of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Chromatin Remodeling and Renal Development. |
| June 7 |
L Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor & Chair of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Angiotensin II Dependent Hypertensive Renal Injury: Is it due to ANG II or Blood Pressure Associated Paracrine Factors?
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| June 21 |
Fady Botros, PhD
Instructor, Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
The role of heme oxygenase in the regulation of renal afferent arteriolar vasoactivity. |
July 5
NO MEETING |
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| July 19 |
Dan T. Lackland, PhD
Professor & Director of Graduate Training and Education, Department of Biometry & Epidemiology,
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC. |
Racial and Geographic Disparities in Hypertension and Diabetes-Related Conditions in the Southeast. |
| August 2 |
Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, MPH
Assisstant Prof of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
The Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Blood Pressure in Persons with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. |
| August 16 |
Douglas Slakey, MD, MPH
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Kidney Transplant at Tulane: Where We've Been, Where We're Going. |
| August 30 |
Michael J Ryan, PhD
Asst. Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Physiology & Biophysics,
Jackson, MS. |
The Pathophysiology of Hypertension in a Mouse Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. |
| September 13 |
Christine Maric, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Director, Diabetes Research
Center for the study of Sex Differences,
Georgetown University Medical Center,
Washington, DC.
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Sex hormones in the pathophysiology of diabetic renal disease. |
September 27
NO MEETING |
61st Annual Fall Conference & Scientific sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Hypertension Meeting
Tucson, Arizona |
| October 11 |
Tino M. Unlap, PhD
Asst Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
What Role Does the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Play In Mediaiting the Effects of Oxidative Stress in Hypertension? |
| October 25 |
Eric D. Lazartigues, PhD, FAHA
Asst Professor, Dept of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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ACE2 in the central regulation of cardiovascular function: a matter of balance. |
| November 8 |
Dinko Susic, MD, PhD
Hypertension Research Lab, Division of Research,
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA |
Role of AGEs in cardiovascular aging. |
November 22
NO MEETING |
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| December 6 |
Efrain Reisin, MD
Chief, Section of Nephrology, Professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA. |
Metabolic Syndrome,Obesity and the Kidney connection. |
December 20
NO MEETING |
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