Department of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty
Donald D. Heistad, M.D.
Zahn Professor of Cardiology (Internal Medicine and Pharmacology)
Dr. Heistad's clinical interests include general cardiology. His research interests focus on gene transfer to blood vessels, cerebral circulation, and vascular biology of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- American Society for Clinical Investigation
- Association of American Physicians
- Association of University Cardiologists
- North American Vascular Biology Organization (Founding Member)
- Novartis Award, AHA Council for High Blood Pressure Research
- Carl Wiggers Award, American Physiological Society
- Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Chicago
- Editor-in-Chief, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biolog y
- Consulting Editor, Circulation Research and Circulation
- Eugene M. Landis Award, Microcirculatory Society
- Research Achievement Award, AHA
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Medical School:
University of Chicago
Residency:
University of Chicago
Fellowship:
The University of Iowa |
Recent Publications
- Iida, S., Chu, Y., Weiss, R.M., Kang, Y-M., Faraci, F.M.,
and Heistad, D.D. Vascular Effects of a Common Gene Variant of Extracellular
Superoxide Dismutase in Heart Failure. Am. J. Physiol: Heart, 291:H914-920, 2006.
- Kitayama, J., Faraci, F.M., Gunnett, C.A., and Heistad, D.D.
Impairment of Dilator Responses of Cerebral Arterioles During Diabetes Mellitus:
Role of iNOS. Stroke, 37:2129-2133, 2006.
- Chu, Y., Piper, R., Richardson, S., Watanabe, Y., Patel,
P., and Heistad, D.D. Endocytosis of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase into
Endothelial Cells: Role of the Heparin-Binding Domain. Arterioscler. Thromb.
Vasc. Biol., 26:1985-1990, 2006.
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Links of Interest
Media
- Endothelial Dysfunction, video from PharmExperts.com, April 2008.
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