Medical Physiology

Course Description

The "Medical Physiology" course is taught by multiple faculty members, each offering different expertise in the various aspects of the subject. The teaching faculty includes both members of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, as well as volunteer instructors from various clinical departments, private practice, and industry.

The course director is Dr. Rob J. Zachow (zachowrj.edu)

Other responsibilities are divided among additional faculty. Teaching in the format of "small groups" is overseen by Dr. N. Stevenson. Exam Coordinators: Dr. H. Weiss and Dr. A. Sinha.

All of the above faculty, as well as the general teaching faculty, are available to students and colleagues throughout the term of the course. They can be reached by email and telephone, as well as during office hours.

Faculty training and research/clinical interest:

ENGLAND, Sandra J., Professor of Pediatrics. A.A.S., SUNY at Alfred, 1969; B.A., SUNY at Buffalo, 1975; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1980; Dartmouth College, 1980-81; Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto, 1981-89; RW Johnson Med. Sch. 1989-. Hypoxic modulation of the chemoflex during development; control of respiratory muscles in the neonate.

FAN, Huizhou, Assistant Professor. B.Sc. and M.S., Hunan Medical University, China, 1983 and 1986; Ph.D., University of Manitoba, 1994; UCSF 1998-2001; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2001-present. Cancer and cardiovascular disease, molecular and cellular physiology and protein biochemistry.

FONDELL, Joseph D., Assistant Professor. B.S., University of Minnesota, 1984; Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1991; The Rockefeller University, 1992-96; University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1997-2002; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2002-present. Regulation of gene expression by nuclear hormone receptors.

GROVER, Gary J., Adjunct Associate Professor. B.Sc. and M.S. Rutgers Univ., 1976 and 1979; Ph.D. Albany Med. Col. 1982; RW Johnson Med. Sch. 1982-85; Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Inst., 1985-2004; Pharmaceutical consultant, Product Safety CABS, 2004- Pharmacology of myocardial ischemia.

JACINTO, Estela, Assistant Professor. B.S. University of the Philippines, 1986; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 1997; Research Fellow, Biozentrum, University of Basel Switzerland, 1997-2004; Assistant Professor, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, 2004-present. Growth regulation by nutrients and hormones.

KABIS, Suzanne, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine. M.D., UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, 1975-79; North Carolina Memorial Hospital, University of North Carolina, 1979-1985; St. Peter’s University Hospital, 1985-2001; UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1985-2001; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1985-present; St. Peters University Hospital, 1985-present; University Hospital at Princeton, 1990-present.

LENARD, John, Professor. B.A. and Ph.D. Cornell Univ., 1958 and 1964; Univ. of Calif. San Diego, 1964-67; Albert Einstein, 1967-68; Sloan Kettering Inst. and Cornell Univ., 1968-72; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1973-. Enveloped animal viruses; steroid endocrinology.

MA, Jianjie, University Professor. B.S., Wuhan University, China, 1983; Ph.D., Baylor University, 1989; Rush Medical College, 1989-92; Case Western Reserve University, 1997-2001; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2001-present. Ion channels, excitation-contraction coupling, dihydropyridine receptor, ryanodine receptor, cystic fibrosis transport receptor, calcium and apoptosis.

NEUBAUER, Judith A., Professor, Professor of Medicine and Acting Senior Associate Dean for Research. B.A. Rider Col., 1972; Ph.D. Rutgers Univ., 1981; RW Johnson Medical School, 1981-. Electrophysiological, cellular and genomic approaches to central chemoreception.

PAN, Zui, Assistant Professor. B.Sc., Nankai University, China, 1992; M.S.,Nankai University, China, 1995; Ph.D., Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, China, 1998; Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, 1998-2001; UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2001-present. Calcium signaling in apoptosis; Calcium signaling in muscle cells.

PARTRIDGE, Nicola C., Professor and Chair. B.Sc. (Hons. I) and Ph.D., University of Western Australia, 1973 and 1981; University of Melbourne, 1981-84; Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1984-85; Saint Louis University, 1985-2000; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 2000-. Signal transduction, molecular endocrinology, transcriptional regulation, metalloproteinases.

RILEY, David J., Professor and Professor of Medicine. A.B. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1964; M.D. Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med., 1968; Baltimore City Hosps., 1968-70; Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med., 1970-72; Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1972-73; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1973-. Vascular biology of the pulmonary artery; experimental pulmonary hypertension; experimental pulmonary fibrosis; drug delivery to the lung.

ROSENTHAL, Susan., Associate Professor of Pediatrics and assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Massachusetts General Hospital; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1985-present. Pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.

RUAN, Hong, Assistant Professor. M.D., Beijing Medical University, 1992;
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1999; Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, 2000-2004; Assistant Professor, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, 2004-present. Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity and Energy Metabolism by Adipose Tissue-Derived Hormones and Inflammatory Cytokines.

SANTIAGO, Teodoro V., Associate Professor and Professor of Medicine. B.Sc. and M.D. Univ. of the Philippines, 1963 and 1967; Philippine Gen. Hosp. and Morristown Gen. Hosp., 1966-68; Presbyterian-Univ. of Pennsylvania Med. Center, 1968-70; Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1970-72; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1972-. Respiratory dysrhythmias in sleep, cerebrovascular responses during sleep.

SCHNEIDER, Stephen H., Professor of Medicine. B.A. Boston Univ., 1972; M.D. Boston Univ. Sch. of Med., 1972; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1985-. Energy metabolism and exercise, the interactions of exercise and diabetes; the microcirculation of the diabetic foot, and coagulation in diabetes and hyperlipidemia.

SESTI, Federico, Assistant Professor. M.Sc. and Ph.D., University of Genova, 1989 and 1994; IBI, Forschungszentrum De, 1995-97, Yale University School of Medicine, 1999-2001; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2001-present. Cardiovascular disease, molecular and cell biology and electrophysiology.

SINHA, Arabinda, Associate Professor. B.Sc., B.T. and M.Sc. Calcutta Univ., 1956, 1957 and 1961; Ph.D. Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, 1969; Stanford Univ., 1969-72; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1972-. Neurotransmitter up and down regulation.

STEVENSON, Nancy R., Associate Professor. B.Sc. Univ. of Northern Iowa, 1960; M.S. and Ph.D. Rutgers Univ., 1963 and 1969; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1969-. Intestinal digestion and absorption; nutrition, and curricular development.

TSAI, Chih-Cheng, Assistant Professor. B.S., Tunghai University in Taiwan, 1985; Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1994; Ph.D., Salk Institute, 1994-2002; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2002-present. Gene transcriptional regulation, molecular endocrinology, development, genetics, and genetic diseases.

WEISS, Harvey R., Professor. B.Sc. City Col. of CUNY, 1965, Ph.D. Duke Univ., 1969; Col. of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Univ., 1969-71; RW Johnson Med. Sch., 1971-. Coronary and cerebral O₂ supply and consumption.

ZACHOW, Rob J., Associate Professor. A.A., Milwaukee, Area Tech College , 1985, B.S., University of WI-Milwaukee1990; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1993; Research Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-UCLA, 1993-1997; University of California-San Diego, 1997-1998; Assistant Professor, Southern IL University, 1998-2004; Associate Professor, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, 2004-present. Hormonal regulation of ovarian follicle development.