Vice Dean for Program Development
Professor of Medicine
Hypertension, Nephrology
Professor of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, M.D., 1959
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, B.A., 1955

Specialty Training

• Renal-Electrolyte Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, sponsored by the  Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, National Institutes of Health, 1968
• Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1965; Medicine Residency, University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1964
• Chief Medical Resident, 1965
• Internship, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Medical School, Miami, FL, 1960

• Scott & White Appointment July 31, 2006

Publications and Research

CL Smith, Q He, L Huang, E Foster, JB Puschett. Marinobufagenin interferes with the function of the mineralocorticoid receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 356: 930-4, 2007.

H Vu, M Ianosi-Irimie, S Danchuk, E Rabon, GR Pettit, T Wiese, JB Puschett. Resibufagenin corrects hypertension in a rat model of human preeclampsia. Exp Biol Med 231: 215-220, 2006.

HL Lamarca, CA Morris, GR Pettit, T Nagowa, JB Puschett. Marinobufogenin impairs first trimester cytotrophoblast differentiation. Placenta 27:984-988, 2006.

G. Pridjian, C. Pridjian, S. Danchuk, M. Ianosi-Irimie, H. V. Vu, J.B. Puschett. Beneficial effects of metolazone in a rat model of preeclampsia. J Pharm Exp Ther 318: 1027-1032, 2006.

H. Vu, M. Ianosi-Irimie, C. Pridjian, J. Whitbred, J. Durst, A. Bagrov, O. Fedorova, G. Pridjian, J.B. Puschett.The involvement of marinobufagenin in a rat model of preeclampsia. Am J Nephrol 25: 520-528, 2005.

M. Ianosi-Irimie, J.D. Nadig, M.W. Williams, C.A. Pridjian, J.M. Whitbred, H.V. Vu, D.C. Wrenn, G. Pridjian, J.B. Puschett. A rat model of preeclampsia. Clin Exp Hypertens 8:605-617, 2005.

Professional Activities

• Association of Professors of Medicine Finance Committee
• VA Research and Education Committee
• Fellow of the American Heart Association
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Awards

• C. Thorpe Ray Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, 2005
• Gloria P. Walsh Award for Teaching Excellence, 1998, 2004
• Gift of Life Award, National Kidney Foundation of Western PA, 1991
• Secretary-Treasurer, President; Awarded Founder's Medal, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare; Who's Who in Science; Who's Who in America
• American Heart Association, Scientific Councils Distinguished Achievement Award, 2002; AHA Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, Chairman 2001-2003