Medical School
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004

Residency
Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007

Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2007

University Appointment
Instructor
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College

Hospital Appointment
Attending Physician
Thomas Jefferson Unversity Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Methodist Division

Expertise and Research Interests
Research Interests: myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

Other Expertise:
Chinatown Clinic, Volunteer Attending Physician  (2007-current)
Holy Redeemer Church, Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA

Professional Societies
American College of Emergency Physicians
Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Cardioprotective effect of adiponectin is partially mediated by its AMPK-independent antinitrative action
2. Hydrogen peroxide enhances osteopontin expression and matrix metalloproteinase activity in aortic vascular smooth muscle cells
3. High glucose sensitizes adult cardiomyocytes to ischaemia/reperfusion injury through nitrative thioredoxin inactivation
4. INO-4885 [5, 10, 15, 20-tetra[N-(benzyl-4′-carboxylate)-2- Pyridinium]-21H,23H-porphine Iron(lll) chloride], a peroxynitrite decomposition catalyst, protects the heart against reperfusion injury in mice
5. AMP-activated protein kinase deficiency enhances myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury but has minimal effect on the antioxidant/ antinitrative protection of adiponectin
6. Endothelial dysfunction in adiponectin deficiency and its mechanisms involved
7. Rosiglitazone inhibits hypercholesterolaemia-induced myeloperoxidase upregulation - A novel mechanism for the cardioprotective effects of PPAR agonists
8. Nitrative inactivation of thioredoxin-1 and its role in postischemic myocardial apoptosis