SYAMAL K. BHATTACHARYA, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Surgery, Medicine, and Neurology

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

956 Court Avenue, Suite B318

Memphis, TN 38163

Tel: (901) 448-5676; Fax: (901) 448-8040;

Lab: B315 Coleman Bldg.

Education

Ph.D. Institution: University of Memphis, Department of Chemistry

Research Interests

Molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies in membrane-mediated cellular degeneration in cardiovascular/neuromuscular diseases, with a special emphasis on excessive intracellular calcium accumulation, mitochondrial pathophysiology, cellular energetics and cell death. Regulation of calcium dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress by calcium channel blockers, calciotropic hormones and antioxidants. Application of atomic spectroscopy in medicine. Macro- and micronutrients in congestive heart failure, metabolic disorders, morbid obesity, organ transplantation, thermal injuries and trauma. Trace mineral toxicities and deficiencies in human health and diseases.

Links

Division of Cardiovascular Disease - Syamal K. Bhattacharya

Recent Publications

• Kamalov G, Ahokas RA, Zhao W, Shahbaz AU, Bhattacharya SK, Sun Y, Gerling IC, Weber KT. Temporal Responses to Intrinsically Coupled Calcium and Zinc Dyshomeostasis in Cardiac Myocytes and Mitochondria During Aldosteronism. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Nov 13; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19915175
• Bhattacharya SK, Gandhi MS, Kamalov G, Ahokas RA, Sun Y, Gerling IC, Weber KT. Myocardial remodeling in low-Renin hypertension: molecular pathways to cellular injury in relative aldosteronism. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2009 Dec;11(6):412-20. PMID: 19895752
• Shook MS, Zafarullah H, Nelson MD, Bhattacharya SK, Davis RC, Newman KP, Weber KT. Normoglycemia in nondiabetic African Americans hospitalized with heart failure. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Oct;338(4):255-8. PMID: 19707112
• Kamalov G, Holewinski JP, Bhattacharya SK, Ahokas RA, Sun Y, Gerling IC, Weber KT. Nutrient dyshomeostasis in congestive heart failure. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jul;338(1):28-33. Review. PMID: 19593100
• Kamalov G, Deshmukh PA, Baburyan NY, Gandhi MS, Johnson PL, Ahokas RA, Bhattacharya SK, Sun Y, Gerling IC, Weber KT. Coupled calcium and zinc dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress in cardiac myocytes and mitochondria of rats with chronic aldosteronism. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2009 May;53(5):414-23. PMID: 19333130
• Dishmon DA, Dotson JL, Munir A, Nelson MD, Bhattacharya SK, D Cruz IA, Davis RC, Weber KT. Hypovitaminosis D and valvular calcification in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Med Sci. 2009 May;337(5):312-6. PMID: 19322068

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