College of Medicine
Andreia Zago Chignalia, PhD, PharmD
Andrew Hoyer, MD
Robert L Hooker, MD, FACS
Christopher T Banek, PhD
Research Interests
Our research team studies the role of the peripheral nervous system in the onset and progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases, such as hypertension and polycystic kidney disease. We apply a multi- systems, chronic experimental approach to determine the mechanisms of cardio-renal disease progression, as well as the application of a translational surgical approach (e.g. renal denervation) to modulate nerve activity for disease treatment.
Hong Seok Lee, MD, MPH
Paulo Pires, PhD
Mohamed N Ahmed, MD
Education:
- Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, (Medicine) 1987 (M.D.)
- Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt/Duke Med. Ctr. Durham, NC, (Genetics) 1996-2002 (Ph.D)
- Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1995-1998 (Medical Genetics, Fellowship)
- Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1998-2001 (Neonatology, Fellowship)
- University of Chapel Hill, NC 2001-2003 (Pediatrics, Resident)
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