Dr. David Lefer, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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David J. Lefer, PhD

Academic Appointment
	Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Research Appointment
	Co-Director, Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Telephone
	404.686.1820

Education
	PhD, 1991, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Major: Physiology, Minor: Pharmacology

	Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1991-1993, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Honors and Awards
	Joint Programming Committee, American Physiological Society

	NIH National Research Service Award Grant, 1991-1993

	ASPET Young Investigators Award in Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 1994

	Merck Young Investigators Atherosclerosis Award, 1999

	Fellow, Council on Circulation, American Heart Association (AHA), 1999

	Fellow, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, AHA, 2004

	Leadership Committee, Council on Basic CV Sciences, AHA, 2004-2007

	Fellow, Cardiovascular Sciences Section, American Physiological Society, 2005

	Regular Member, NIH Myocardial Ischemia and Metabolism (MIM) Study Section, 2005

	American Diabetes Association, Grant Reviewer, 2005

	American Physiological Society (APS), CV Section Steering Committee Member

Current Editorships and Editorial Boards
	Circulation Research

Current Organizational Memberships
	American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
	American Association for the Advancement of Science
	American Federation for Clinical Research
	New York Academy of Sciences
	Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
	International Society for Heart Research
	Consortium of Southeast Hypertension Control (COSEHC)
	American Diabetes Association

Research Interests
	Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
	Congestive heart failure
	Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury
	Cardiovascular actions of nitrite and nitric oxide
	Cardiovascular physiology of hydrogen sulfide
	Coronary vascular biology
	Diabetes and cardiovascular disease
	Mitochondria and myocardial preservation

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
	2008