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Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 2012 - 2016
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2016- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2009 - 2012
Leiden UniversityPhD, Cardiovascular Research, 2005 - 2009- Nishtar Medical CollegeMD, Medicine
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2014 - 2026
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- ATS Pulmonary Circulation Early Career Achievement Award American Thoracic Society, 2021
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsIntegrative Multiomics in the Lung Reveals a Protective Role of Asporin in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Jason Hong, Lejla Medzikovic, Wasila Sun, Brenda Wong, Grégoire Ruffenach
Circulation. 2024-10-15 - Dissecting the lung transcriptome of pulmonary fibrosis-associated pulmonary hypertension.Adam J Brownstein, Marco Mura, Gregoire Ruffenach, Richard N Channick, Rajan Saggar
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2024-10-01 - Extrapulmonary manifestations of pulmonary arterial hypertension.Navneet Singh, Nadine Al-Naamani, Mary Beth Brown, Gary Marshall Long, Thenappan Thenappan
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2024-05-30
Press Mentions
New Insights and Potential Treatments for Pulmonary HypertensionAugust 21st, 2024
Study Identifies Therapeutic Target for High Blood Pressure in the LungsSeptember 30th, 2019
Study Identifies Receptor That May Be Targeted to Repair the Heart After Heart Attack, Cardiac ArrestMay 11th, 2018- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Investigating the molecular mechanisms of right ventricular failure in pulmonary hypertensionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2022–2027
- ROLE OF THE NOVEL MICRORNA-125B IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY FIBROSISNIH2019–2024
- Role of the novel MicroRNA 125b-3p in combined pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertensionFoundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Mentored Research Training Grant2016–2019
- Y Chromosome Confers Protection Against Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionAmerican Thoracic Society (ATS) PHA, The Jerry Wojciecohwski PH Proof of Concept Grant2015–2016
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