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Murray A. Katz, M.D.
Professor, Medicine/Physiology
Renal Disease Section
Department of Medicine
VAMC-111B;
P.O. Box 245099,
Tucson AZ 85724-5099
Phone: (520)629-1824;
E-mail: murrayk@u.arizona.edu
EDUCATION:
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1966 (M.D.) Osler Medical Ward Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1966-1967 (Internship); 1967-1968 (Residency)
- University of Texas, Southerwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1968-1970 (Renal Research Fellowship)
HONORS/AWARDS:
- USPHS Research Fellowship Award, 1968 NIH Research Career Development Award NIAMD, 1971-1973 VACA Clinical Investigator Award 1976-1979 Associate Editor of MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH, 1982-present
- Elected Member: American Society of Nephrology; Fellow of American College of Physicians, Western Society for Clinical Investigation (President, 1987); American Physiological Society; Microcirculatory Society; European Society for Microcirculation; Mathematical Association of America; Western Association of Physicians; Director, Benjamin W. Zweifach Microcirculation Laboratories
MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Microvascular responses to diabetes mellitus-merit review, 1990-93 Microvascular physiologic and anatomic responses of the guinea pig to experimental arenavirus infection, 1987-1990
- In vitro assessment of macromolecular permeability across biologic layers in normal and abnormal states-VACO
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
Microcirculatory physiology and pathophysiology; in vitro studies of water and macromolecular transport across basement membrane and endothelial cells in normal state, chemical diabetes and aging; reversibility of changes by hydrazine derivatives; extracellular matrix; glycation; passive transport; capillary permeability; hydraulic conductance; early diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy; cultural factors in adaptation to chronic illness.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:
Learning of techniques including lymph flux analysis and in vitro assessment of macromolecular permeability across biologic layers.
Last updated:
11/24/2004
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