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Department of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty


Long-Sheng Song, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor

Dr. Song's research interests include gene regulation of Ca2+-signaling in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling; the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Ca2+-dependent arrhythmias during heart failure, and the roles of Ca2+ signaling dysfunction in other heart diseases.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

  • American Heart Association Scientific Development Award, 2006-2010
  • Heart Failure Society of America Trainee Award, 2002
  • American Heart Association Trainee Award, 2001
  • Fellow Award for Research Excellence, NIH, 1999
  • American Heart Association Basic Science Council
  • Biophysical Society

Long-Sheng Song

Medical School:
North China Coal Medical College
Tangshan, Hebei, China

Fellowship:
National Institute on Aging, NIH

Recent Publications

  1. Lehnart, S.E., Terrenoire, C., Reiken, S., Song, L.-S., Wehrens, X.H., Tillman, E.J., Mancarella, S., Cervantes, D., Coromillas, J., Lederer, W.J., Kass, R.S., and Marks, A.R.  Stabilization of cardiac ryanodine receptor prevents intracellular calcium leak and arrhythmias.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006, 103: 7906-7910.
  2. Song, L.-S., Sobie, E.A., McCulle, S., Lederer, W.J., Balke, C.W., and Cheng, H.  Orphaned RyRs in the failing heart.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 103:4305-4310, 2006.
  3. Song, L.-S., Pi, Y.Q., Kim, S.J., Yatani, A., Guatimosim, S., Kudej, R.K., Zhang, Q., Cheng, H., Hittinger, L., Ghaleh, B., Vatner, D.E., Lederer, W.J., and Vatner, S.F.  Paradoxical cellular Ca2+ signaling in compensated canine left ventricular hypertrophy.  Circ Res, 97:457-464, 2005.
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