Jerome Parness

BIOGRAPHY

CURRENT POSITION:
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

EDUCATION:
• Medical School: 1982 PhD, Sue Golding Graduate Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
• 1985 MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
• Residency: 1989 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Fellowship: 1982 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
• 1985 Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel
• 1989 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

MEMBERSHIPS/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

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

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