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The Physiology Faculty

The Faculty and Their Research

Regular Faculty:

L. Gabriel Navar, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, University of Mississippi, 1966. Renal Physiology: Renal Microcirculation and; Experimental Hypertension.

Hiroyuki Kobori, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan: MD, 1990; PhD, 1998. Tubular renin-angiotensin system

Norman R. Kreisman, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chairman, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1971. Neurophysiology; electrophysiological and metabolic relationships in brain tissue; pathophysiology of epilepsy and anoxia/ischemia.

Ming Li, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 1989.

Dewan S.A. Majid, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Leeds, 1989. Renal hemodynamics and excretory function: regulation by endothelial factors.

Kenneth D. Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Edinburgh, 1986. Renal Physiology; Renin-Angiotensin System; Hypertension.

Kailash N. Pandey, Ph.D., Professor, University of Kentucky, Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Receptor: Gene expression, structure-function studies, site-specific mutagenesis, gene targeting, molecular basis of hypertension.

Adjunct Faculty:

Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, Ph.D., Associate Professor, American University of Beirut, 1983. Gastroenterology; ion transport in epithelia, membrane physiology, cellular ion transport.

Akira Armura, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Nagoya University, Japan, 1957. Neuroendocrinology, hypothalamic releasing factors.

Robert C. Beckerman, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Jefferson Medical College, 1972, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics.

Barbara Beckman, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1978. Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology; Hypoxia-induced signal transduction pathways for cell survival and angiogenesis.

Jeffrey Dunne, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor,  University College of North, 1991, Wales, Bangor.

Samir El-Dahr, M.D., Professor, University of Virginia, 1989. Molecular biology of hypertension; renin-angiotensin, kallikrein-kinins, and growth factors.

.Keith S. Elmslie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1988. Neurophysiology; Ion Channels, characterization and modulation by neurotransmitters.

Lee Hamm III, M.D., Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham, 1976.

Timothy Hammond, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Melborne, 1981, Australia.

Richard M. Harrison, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan State University, 1973. Reproductive physiology.

Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1990. Renal Microcirculatory Physiology.

Michael C. Henson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, 1985. Reproductive Endocrinology/Physiology.

Steven M. Hill, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arizona, 1986.

Molecular Endocrinology of Breast Cancer.

Philip J. Kadowitz, Ph.D., Professor, Marquette University, 1968. Cardiovascular Pharmacology; regulation of pulmonary vascular flow; gene therapy for lung disorders.

Hans Michael Kubisch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Guelph. Assisted Reproductive Technologies in rhesus monkeys.

Michael G. Levitzky, Ph.D., Professor, Albany Medical College, 1975. Pulmonary Physiology; pulmonary vascular flow; ventilator-induced lung injury.

Samuel M. McCann, M.D., Professor, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1948, Neuroimmunomodulation, and Control of Hypothalamic Pituitary and Peripheral Function by Brain Peptides, Nitric Oxide and Cytokines

Nazih L. Nakoul, Ph.D., Associate Professor, American University of Beirut, 1983.  Nephrology; cellular ion transport, intracellular pH regulation, ion transport in epithelia

Akira Nishiyama, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan, 1999. Renal Physiology, Experimental Hypertension and Kidney injury

Roy C. Orlando, M.D., Professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1968. Ion transport, reflux esophagitis

Johnny Porter, Ph.D., Professor, LSUHSC New Orleans,1973, Neuroendocrinology of obesity

Edwin C. Rabon, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Ion Transport Facility, VA Hospital, University of Alabama Birmingham, 1976. Ion Translocating ATPase: Structure, Function and Regulation.

Harvey T. Swanson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1986. Hyperbaric physiology; gas uptake and elimination.

Marian R. Walters, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Penn State Capital College,:University of Houston, 1975. Cell and Molecular Endocrinology: steroid and vitamin D receptors; calcium-binding proteins and calmodulin.