Obstetrics and Gynecology Radiology
Dr.P.NorrisiscollaboratingwiththeCITPinordertostudythe WithDr.B.Bowen,theuseofMRIforassessment ofbodyfat
effect ofourimmunosuppressiveregimeninthereproductive changesfollowingislet transplantation
systemwithourpatients.
Radiology
Obstetrics and Gynecology WithDrs.A.MaudsleyandP.Pattanyfortheuseofnuclear
Drs.Efantis-PotterandA.Cotteronumbilicalcordbloodcell medicinetoassesshumanisletsinvitroandinvivo.
procurement.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology WithDr.S.Pham,programproject headedbyTempleUniversity
Dr.M.O’Sullivanonpreventionofgestationaldiabetes. onDonorBoneMarrowInfusionsinheart transplant recipients.
TheUMprogramwillreplacetheTempleclinicalprograminthis
Pediatrics – Division of Behavioral Medicine ProgramProject andopenthewaytonewcollaborationsinthe
Mastering Your Diabetes: areaofpreventionofchronicrejection.Inaddition,weare
IncollaborationwithDr.DelamaterfromtheDivisionof collaboratingwithDrs.PhamandM.Thanikachalamtostudy
BehavioralMedicinewehavedevelopedandtesteda35-hour themechanismsofapoptosisincoronarysmoothmusclecells
intensiveinsulinmanagement coursefortype1diabetesand invitro.
insulin-deficient type2diabetesthat impactsonglycemic
controlandpatient qualityoflife.Thispatient educationeffort Surgery
hasshownsustainableimprovementsinglycemiccontrolover WithDr.G.W.Burke,III,studiesonrecurrenceofautoimmunityin
twoyearsandcontinuestogenerateimportant patient self- diabeticpatientsthat haveundergonepancreastransplantation.
management datathat hasbeenpresentedyearlyat national
ADAmeetings. Surgery
WithDrs.A.TzakisandG.Ciancio(Kidney),collaborationsonthe
Pediatrics basic,pre-clinicalandclinicallevelstotest novelapproachesto
WithDr.ADelamater,evaluationofHispanicschool-aged theinductionoftransplantationtolerance(e.g.,donorbone
childrenforriskfactorsfortype2diabetes.WithDr.TracyMiller marrowinfusion,anti-CD154,etc.)
andcolleaguesoncardiovascularriskfactorson
HIV-infectedchildren. Surgery
WithDrs.E.Rosenkranz,studyingtheexpressionofself-antigens
Pediatrics and Behavioral Psychology andislet moleculesinthethymus.
Drs.A.Delamater,J.SanchezandJ.Sosenko, intensiveinsulin
therapyofadolescentswithpoorlycontrolledtype1diabetes. Surgery
WithDrs.A.Tzakis,andN.Wasserbergontheroleofthe
PhysicalTherapy inductionofhemeoxygenase-1inanexperimentalmodel
WithDr.M.S.NashintheCardiac&MusculoskeletalCircuit ofischemiaandreperfusioninjuryoftheintestine.
ExerciseinChronicParaplegiaProject,acomparisonofthe
effectsofcircuit resistancetraining(CRTonconditioned Transplant Surgery
nonathletemalesandfemaleswithparaplegia.DRIis Incollaborationwithtransplant surgery,Drs.Prietoand
studyingtheeffectsofCRTontheinsulinsensitivityof Meneghiniareevaluatingtheimpact ofhyperglycemiaonorgan
patientswithparaplegia. andpatient survivalanddevelopinginterventionprotocolsto
minimizetheriskofacuteandchronicrejectionand
Physiology cardiovascularmorbidity.
WithDrs.N.ChaudhariandS.Ropertocreateamouseline
expressingacAMPreporterinß-cells. Infectious Diseases Consultation
Dr.L.Dowdy,collaborationwithexistingislet transplant trialsin
Psychiatry careofpatientspreandpost transplant.
WithDr.A.Betancourt,collaborationwithexistingislet
transplant trialsinpsychologicalevaluationofpre-and Vascular and Interventional Radiology
post-transplant candidates. WithDrs.J.Yrizarry,andA.Echenique, percutaneous
transhepaticintraportalislet transplantation,novelapproaches
Psychology – Behavioral Medicine withtheuseofultrasoundguidance,improvingthesafetyof
WithDrs.N.Schneiderman,P.Saab,andP.McCabe,inthe thetransplant procedure.
NIH-fundedProgramProject entitled,“BiobehavioralBases
ofCoronaryHeart DiseaseRiskandManagement.”WithDr.B Vascular Biology Institute
Hurwitzonpostprandialeffectsonforearmqqflow-mediated WithDr.K.Websterontheuseofmesenchymalstemcells
dilatationRBG. tofavorislet engraftment andforthestudyofischemic
preconditioningtoimproveisletssurvival.
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