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Vlad Gabriel Zaha, MD $$

Pediatric Cardiologist

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English French,Romanian,German
UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Education and Training

Medical School
Carol Davila University of Medicine & Pharmacy (1999)
Residency
Indiana University - School of Medicine (2009), Internal Medicine
Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine (2015), Echocardiology
Yale University School of Medicine (2014), Clinical Cardiac
University of Utah (2006), Post Doctoral
Post-graduate School
University of Freiburg, Germany (2003)
Board Certification
American Board of IM/Cardiovascular Disease
  • Research Interests

    • Mitochondrial biology
    • Molecular imaging
    • Myocardial protection
  • Publications

    • AMPK is critical for mitochondrial function during reperfusion after myocardial ischemia. Zaha VG, Qi D, Su KN, Palmeri M, Lee HY, Hu X, Wu X, Shulman GI, Rabinovitch PS, Russell RR, Young LH Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2015 Dec 91 104-113
    • AMP-activated protein kinase regulation and biological actions in the heart. Zaha VG, Young LH Circulation research 2012 Aug 111 6 800-14
    • PGC-1? deficiency accelerates the transition to heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy. Riehle C, Wende AR, Zaha VG, Pires KM, Wayment B, Olsen C, Bugger H, Buchanan J, Wang X, Moreira AB, Doenst T, Medina-Gomez G, Litwin SE, Lelliott CJ, Vidal-Puig A, Abel ED Circulation research 2011 Sep 109 7 783-93
    • A small molecule AMPK activator protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Kim AS, Miller EJ, Wright TM, Li J, Qi D, Atsina K, Zaha V, Sakamoto K, Young LH Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2011 Jul 51 1 24-32
    • Contribution of impaired myocardial insulin signaling to mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in the heart. Boudina S, Bugger H, Sena S, O'Neill BT, Zaha VG, Ilkun O, Wright JJ, Mazumder PK, Palfreyman E, Tidwell TJ, Theobald H, Khalimonchuk O, Wayment B, Sheng X, Rodnick KJ, Centini R, Chen D, Litwin SE, Weimer BE, Abel ED Circulation 2009 Mar 119 9 1272-83
  • Professional Activities

    • American College of Cardiology (2011), Fellow
    • American Heart Association (2011), Member
    • American Society for Echocardiography (2015), Member
    • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2015), Member
    • European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2014), Member
    • International Society for Magnetic Resonance (2015), Member
    • Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2014), Member
  • Awards and Honors

    • Finalist (2014), Northwestern University Young Investigator Forum
    • Scholarship (1998), TEMPUS, European Union
    • Research Stipend (2000), Hoffman La Roche, Germany
    • Fellowship Award (2000-2002), State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
    • High Score Abstract (2014), Euro-Imaging, Vienna, Austria

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