Patricia A. D'Amore
Laboratory Staff
Christine N. Bagley
Administrative Coordinator
Brad A. Bryan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nathaniel G. dela Paz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Knatokie Ford, B.S., M.S.
Graduate Student
Tomoki Kurihara, B.A.
Research Assistant
Angel Maldonado-Lopez, B.S.
Research Assistant - Lab Manager
Magali Saint-Geniez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eiichi Sekiyama, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tony Walshe, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Past Trainees
1986-1988 Susan Connolly, MD. Pre-doctoral Student
Retinal vascular development; University of California, San Francisco
1987-1988 Galen Grayson, MD Pre-doctoral Student
Endotoxin model of neovascularization Ophthalmology Fellow, Univ Southern California
1987-1988 Keith Paige, MD Pre-doctoral Student
Retinoids & endothelial matrix Plastic Surgeon, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
1986-1992 Kim Saunders, PhD. Pre-doctoral Student
Cell-cell interactions in the vascular wall, relocated to New Zealand
1989-1994 Sandra Dethlefsen, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Arachinodate metabolites & vascular growth Staff Scientist II, Genzyme Corp. Cambridge, MA
1990-1994 Po-Tsan Ku, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Regulation of bFGF gene expression, Ambion, Inc., Austin, TX, Univ South Florida, BS 1985
1992-1995 Dave Shima, PhD. Pre-doctoral Student
Hypoxic regulation of VEGF V.P., Research, EyeTech, Waltham, MA
1993-1995 George Sakoulas, MD Pre-doctoral Student
FGF and ulcer healing Infectious Disease Specialist, Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY
1993-2000 Claudia Garcia Pre-doctoral Student
Blood brain barrier development Postdoctoral fellow, Washington University Sch. of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Harvard Medical School, Ph.D. 2000
1994-2000 Larry Beck Pre-doctoral Student
Vessel morphogenesis Resident in Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Ph.D. 2000
2000-2005 Robyn Loureiro, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Vessel development, Ph.D., 2005, UNC; Current: Postdoc, Schepens Eye Research
1994-2000 Eric Ng Pre-doctoral Student
Vascular development, Harvard Medical School, Ph.D. Sr. Research Scientist, Eye Tech, Waltham, MA
1998 -2004 Anne M. Goodwin, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Visiting Professor, Regis College, Weston, MA
Postdoctoral Students
1981-1984 Aubrey Galloway, MD Postdoctoral Student
Growth factors and ischemia Professor, Surgery, Director of Surgical Research, New York University
1983-1990 Allicia Antonelli, PhD Postdoctoral Student
Self-employed health care worker
1985-1986 Susan Braunhut Postdoctoral Student
Endothelial cells & retinoids Professor, Biological Science and Biochemistry, Univ. of Massachusetts
1985-1987 Robert Thompson, MD Postdoctoral Student
FGF and myocardium, Univ Michigan, MD 1983 Professor of Surgery, University of Washington at St. Louis
1986-1990 Deborah Damon, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
FGF and neural differentiation, Univ Virginia, PhD 1994 Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, University of Vermont
1987-1988 Hank Frissora Postdoctoral Student
Release of FGF in vitro Clinical Instructor, Surgery, Staff physician, Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital
1991-1993 Amlan RayChaudhury, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
EC Growth Control, Univ Chicago, PhD 1989 Instructor, Pharmacology, Rush Medical School, Chicago, IL
1989-1994 Sandra Kostyk, MD, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
University of Chicago, PhD Asst. Professor, Neurology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1991-1995 Anne Gougos Postdoctoral Student
University of Toronto, PhD, 1990 Writer, Toronoto, Canada
1991-1995 Andrea Dodge, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Boston University, PhD, Instructor, North Shore Community College, Beverly, MA
1994-1996 Cecile Duplaa, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Cloning and function of FrzA, Univ Bordeaux, PhD Assistant Professor, INSERM U441, Bordeaux, France
1994-1996 Stephanie Rohovsky, MD. Postdoctoral Student
Univ Penn, MD, 1991 Staff, Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
1996-1996 Jianming Dong, MD. Postdoctoral Student
Hypoxic regulation of VEGF, Bejing Medical College, MD, 1982 Neurology Resident University of Washington, St. Louis, MO Tufts Univ. School of Medicine, PhD, 1990
1994-1996 Cyndy Grosskreutz, MD, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
VEGFs on smooth muscle cells, Univ. Iowa, MD, PhD, 1989 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
1994-1997 Karen Hirschi, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Smooth muscle differentiation, Univ. Arizona, PhD, 1990 Associate Professor, Cell Biol. and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1997-1999 Rubai Ding, PhD. Postdoctoral Studen
Smooth muscle differentiation, Univ. Colorado, Ph.D. 1994 Staff Scientist, Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Richmond, CA
2000-2003 Marcus Ramsauer , Ph.D. Postdoctoral Student
1996-2000 Qihong Xu, Ph.D.
Current: Scientist, Serono Labs, Norwell, MA
1998-2005 Diane Darland, Ph.D.
TGF-2 and smooth muscle differentiation
Current: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Developmental Biology, University of North Dakota
2005-2006 Maruyama Kazuichi, M.D.
Lymphangiogenesis & pericytes,
Current: Kyoto Prefectural Univ. of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
2003-2007 Scott Plotkin, M.D., Ph.D.
Blood brain barrier, Current: Assistant Neurologist, Mass General Hospital
2005-2007 Robyn Loureiro, Ph.D.
Transcriptional regulation of VEGF
2002-2008 Wendy Chao, Ph.D., Sonic hedgehog & VEGF regulator, currently an Assistant Editor at The Scientist, Boston, MA.
2003-2007 Arindel S.R. Maharaj, Ph.D., Role of VEGF in vessel stability, currently on MD rotation at MGH.
