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Neal Weintraub, MD, director of the cardiovascular diseases division  
Neal Weintraub, MD
Specialty: Cardiovascular Diseases
Sub-Specialty: General Cardiology
Department: Cardiovascular Diseases Division, Internal Medicine
Title: Director, Mabel S. Stonehill Chair
Phone: (513) 558-4721
E-mail: neal.weintraub@uc.edu
Home Page: intmed.uc.edu/divisions/cardiology

Education/Credentials:

MD: Tulane University
Residency: Emory University
Fellowship: St. Louis University


Interest:

Mechanisms of inflammation in atherosclerosis and heart disease.


Current Research:

•  Mechanisms of endothelial regulation of blood flow
•  Regulation of smooth muscle cell ion channels
•  Effects of lipids on vascular function
•  Role of reactive oxygen species in vascular physiology and pathophysiology
•  Mechanisms of inflammation in atherosclerosis and heart disease



Professional Affiliation:

American Heart Association, Fellow
American College of Cardiology, Fellow


Recent Awards/Honors:

Editorial Board, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology



Selected Publications:

Collins, X.H., Harmon, S.D., Kaduce, T.L., Berst, K.B., Fang, X., Moore, S.A., Raju, T.V., Falck, J.R., Weintraub, N.L., Duester, G., Plapp, B.V., and Spector, A.A., Omega-oxidation of 20-hydrosyeisosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) in microvascular smooth muscle and endothelium by alcohol dehydrogenase 4.  J. Biol. Chem. 280(39):33157-33164, 2005.

Fang, X., Hu, S., Xu, B., Harmon, S., Yao, J., Liu, Y., Shyy, J. Sangras, B., Falck, J.R., Weintraub N.L. and Spector, A.A., 14,15-Dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid activates peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor a. Am. J. Physiol. (Heart Circ. Physiol) 290:H55-H63, 2006.

Thomas M., Garvila, D., McCormick M.L., Miller, F.J. Jr., Daugherty, A., Cassis, L.A., Dellsperger, K.C., and Weintraub, N.L. Deletion of p47phox Attenuates Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice. Circulation. In press, 2006.


 
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