Department of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty
Medical School:
Medical University of Silesia, Poland
Graduate School:
University of London
Residency:
Medical University of Silesia, Poland
Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship:
Johns Hopkins University
The University of Iowa
Milena Gebska, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate
Dr. Gebska's clinical and research interests include general cardiology and cardiac imaging, mainly echocardiography, stress testing and nuclear cardiology. Her basic science focus is on broad aspects of vascular biology and thrombosis using endothelial and smooth muscle cells, as well as animal models.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- European Clinical Research Organization (ECRO) Scholarship, Luxemburg, 1997
- British Heart Foundation Grant, London, 1998-2001
- Young Investigator Travel Award, XVIII Congress of The International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Paris, 2001
- Bedside Manners and Compassion, Virtus Excolandus Est by the Educational Excellence Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, 2006
- In Special Recognition of Excellence in Research. Virtus Excolandus Est, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2006
- NIH Training Grant, (T32 HL07734), University of Iowa, 2010
- American Medical Association, 2004
- American College of Physicians, 2004
- American Heart Association, 2006
- American College of Cardiology, 2008
Select Publications
- Gebska MA, Jin H, Wilson KM, Groh S, Pelham CJ, Lentz SR, Sigmund CD. A Novel Role for Smooth Muscle-derived Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) in Vascular Thrombosis. Manuscript under preparation
- Jin H, Gebska MA, Chauhan AK, Keen HL, Sigmund CD and Lentz SR. Regulation of Vascular Thrombosis and P-Selectin Expression by Endothelial Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ). Manuscript under preparation
- El-Haddad H, Danner T, Rao S, Mulhearn T, Haile A, Gebska MA, Hemnes A, Hager M, Breton M, Bridges M, Mahmud M, Champion HC. Exercise Training Improves Cardiac Function and Restores Nuclear Localization of pAKT in Aged Mice. Under review by the American Journal of Physiology; Heart and Circulatory Physiology – May 2011
- Gebska MA, Stevenson BK, Hemnes AR, Bivalacqua TJ, Haile A, Hesketh GG, Murray CI, Zaiman AL, Halushka MK, Krongkaew N, Strong TD, Cooke CA, El-Haddad H, Tuder RM, Berkowitz DE, Champion HC. Phosphodiesterase-5A (PDE5A) is Localized to the Endothelial Caveolae and Modulates NOS3 Activity. Cardiovasc Res. 2011;90(2):353-63.
- Bivalacqua TJ, Sussan TE, Gebska MA, Strong TD, Berkowitz DE, Biswal S, Burnett AL, Champion HC. Sildenafil inhibits superoxide formation and prevents endothelial dysfunction in a mouse model of secondhand smoke induced erectile dysfunction.J Urol. 2009 Feb;181(2):899-906.
- Gebska MA, Martins J, Olshansky B. Evaluation posted on F1000 web: Fragmented QRS on twelve-lead electrocardiogram predicts arrhythmic events in patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Das MK et al, 2010, Heart Rhythm
- Gebska MA. Are All Fish Equally Close To The Heart? Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2008,83(6); 723
- Bivalacqua TJ, Guzzo TJ, Schaeffer EM, Gebska MA, Champion HC, Burnett AL, and Gonzalgo ML. Does Evicel Application to the Cavernous Nerve Influence Erectile Function in an Animal Model of Erection Physiology? Urology 2008 June 16.
- Kakkar VV, Gebska M, Kadziola Z, Saba N, Carrasco P. Low-molecular-weight Heparin in the Acute and Long-term Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Thromb Haemost, 4/2003, Volume: 89(4), Pages: 674-680.
- Scully FM, Gebska MA. Autoimmune Disease Antigen U1 snRNP Neutralizes Heparin. J Thromb Haemost, 1/2003, Volume: 1(1), Pages: 189-190.
- Gebska MA, Titley I, Paterson HF, Morilla RM, Davies DC, Gruszka-Westwood AM, Kakkar VV, Eccles S, Scully MF. High Affinity Binding Sites for Heparin Generated on Leukocytes During Apoptosis Arise From Nuclear Structures Segregated During Cell Death. Blood, 3/2002, Volume: 15;99(6), Pages: 2221-2227.
- Morita S, Gebska MA, Kakkar AK, Scully MF. High Affinity Binding of Heparin by Necrotic Tumour Cells Neutralises Anticoagulant Activity - Implications for Cancer Related Thromboembolism and Heparin Therapy. Thromb Haemost, 8/2001, Volume: 86(2), Pages: 616-622.
Book Chapters
Gebska MA and Benson CJ. “Autonomic Dysfunction and the Cardiovascular System“. Chapter to a teaching book “Clinical Cardiology” by Kanu Chatterjee,2011.
Gebska MA and Swierad M. Restenosis in Ischemic Heart Disease with Relation to Hemostasis and Angiogenesis. [in Polish] Chapter to a teaching book: "Cardiac Surgery of the Coronary Arteries", 2002 , Volume: Chapter 7, Pages: 91-99. PZWL; ISBN: 83-200-2542-7.