Harvard Cardiac Researcher to Kick Off DSS

The University of South Alabama College of Medicine will hold its first Distinguished Scientist Seminar for the 2009-10 academic year featuring Dr. David A. Kass. Dr. Kass’ seminar, “Viagra Redux: Modulating Cardiac Stress Response by Phosphodiesterase Type 5,” will take place on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building first floor auditorium.

Dr. Kass is the Abraham & Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests have focused on heart failure mechanisms and treatment, hypertrophy/remodeling mechanisms, cGMP regulation in cardiac muscle, cardiac dysynchrony and resynchronization, and the structure/functional relationships of sarcomeric proteins.

Dr. Kass earned his undergraduate degree in applied physics and engineering at Harvard University. He received his medical degree from Yale University. He completed his residency at George Washington University Hospital and his cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

For more information on Dr. Kass’ research, please visit his web site at: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hnf/hnf_6793.htm

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart_vascular_institute/experts/physician_profile.html?profile=9C8C7D92C0E080EAE24751C2DCFBF5B1&directory=1B2D0F30B59D39A341B0C23CB2B204D9

For additional information, contact Natalie Kent at 461-1548.