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Jerome Parness, MD, PhD
Job Title
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Job Title
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5260
Phone
412-692-8658
Fax
Email
parnessj@upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1982 PhD, Sue Golding Graduate Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY |
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Residency: |
1989 Hospital of the University of Pennnsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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Fellowship: |
1982 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY |
Memberships
- Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States, Hotline Consultant
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Research Committee
Board Certifications
- American Board of Anesthesiology
Awards
- 1995-1997 Anesthesiology Young Investigator Award, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
- Albert Cass Traveling Fellowship (Research)
- Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society
- Ben-Gurion International Exchange Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel
- 1972-74 Graduate Student Incentive Award, Eshkol Fund, Israel National Council for Research and Development
- 1971-74 Graduate Student Study Prize, The Hebrew University Faculty of Science and Mathematics
Publications
- Zhao, X., Weisleder, N., Han, X., Pan, Z., Parness, J.*, Brotto, M.*, Ma, J. Azumolene inhibits a component of store-operated calcium entry coupled to the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor. J Biol Chem 2006; 281(44):3477-86. *Co-corresponding authors.
- Luty, W., Rodeberg, D., Parness, J., Vyas, Y. Antiparallel segregation of Notch components in the immunological synapse directs reciprocal signaling in allogeneic Th:DC conjugates. Journal of Immunology, 2007;179:819-29.
- Liang, X., Parness, J., Fruen, B., Hu, J., Hu, X., Ma, J. Tight coupling of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors is abrogated in malignant hyperthermia. Manuscript submitted.
View Dr. Parness' full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- The Mechanism of Action of Dantrolene
- Molecular Mechanisms in the Genesis of Malignant Hyperthermia
- Skeletal Muscle Excitation-Contraction Coupling
- Ryanodine Receptor-Dependent Intracellular Calcium Regulation
- Store Operated Calcium Entry
- Notch and WASp Signaling in T-helper Cell Development
