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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.

Fady Botros, Ph.D., Instructor

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.

Khalid Matrougui, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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

Dewan S.A. Majid, Ph.D., 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.

Minolfa Prieto-Carrasquero, M.D.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor,

Adjunct Faculty:

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

Mouhamed Awayda, Ph.D.

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

Patrice Delafontaine, Ph.D.

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

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

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

Kathleen Hering-Smith, Ph.D.

Steven M. Hill, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arizona, 1986. Molecular Endocrinology of Breast Cancer.

Keith Jackson, Ph.D.

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.

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

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

Richard Re, Ph.D.

Laura Schrader, Ph.D.