Patricia A. D'Amore

Laboratory Staff

Stephanie Abend, B.A.

Research Assistant

Mandrita Datt, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Sunita Hett, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow

Kati Kinnunen,M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow

Lyndsay Leach

Research Assistant - Lab Manager

Wen Allen Tseng, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Alisar Zahr, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Past Trainees

1986-1988 Susan Connolly, MD. Current: Private practice, Palo Alto, CA

1987-1988 Galen Grayson, MD Pre-doctoral Student
Endotoxin model of neovascularization. Current: Director, Genesis Eye Center, Charlotte, NC

1987-1988 Keith Paige, MD Pre-doctoral Student
Retinoids & endothelial matrix Current: 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 Current: Senior Scientist, Genzyme, Corp., Cambridge, MA

1990-1994 Po-Tsan Ku, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Regulation of bFGF gene expression, Curent: Sr. Product Mgr., Functional Biology, Stratagene, La Jolla, CA

1992-1995 Dave Shima, PhD. Pre-doctoral Student
Hypoxic regulation of VEGF Current: Professor, University College, London, UK

1993-1995 George Sakoulas, MD Pre-doctoral Student
FGF and ulcer healing Current: Infectious Disease Specialist, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA & Faculty, New York Medical College

1993-2000 Claudia Garcia Pre-doctoral Student
Blood brain barrier development Current: Senior Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

1994-2000 Larry Beck Pre-doctoral Student
Vessel morphogenesis; Harvard Medical School, Ph.D. 2000. Current: Instructor of Medicine, BU School of Medicine, Boston, MA

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. Current: Lecturer, University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, UK

1998 -2004 Anne M. Goodwin, Ph.D. Pre-doctoral Student
Current: Asst. Professor, North Adams State College

1996-2000 Qihong Xu, Ph.D.
Current: Scientist, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, 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: Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic, MGH

2002-2008 Wendy Chao, Ph.D., Current: Medical Writer for Natural Standard

2003-2007 Arindel S.R. Maharaj, Ph.D., Role of VEGF in vessel stability, Current: Intern in Ophthalmology at Baylor Cullen Eye Institute, Houston, TX

2006-2008 Brad Bryan, Ph.D., Current:Asst. Professor, Worcester State College, Worcester, MA

2008-2009 Eiichi Sekiyama, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Current: Ophthalmologist, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Postdoctoral Students

1981-1984 Aubrey Galloway, MD Postdoctoral Student
Growth factors and ischemia Current: Seymour Cohn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Chairman/Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program, New York University, NY

1983-1990 Allicia Antonelli, PhD Postdoctoral Student
Current: Self-employed health care worker

1985-1986 Susan Braunhut Postdoctoral Student
Endothelial cells & retinoids Current: University Professor, UMass, Lowell

1985-1987 Robert Thompson, MD Postdoctoral Student
FGF and myocardium, Univ Michigan, MD 1983 Current: Professor of Surgery, University of Washington at St. Louis

1986-1990 Deborah Damon, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
FGF and neural differentiation, Univ Virginia, PhD 1994 Current: Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, University of Vermont

1987-1988 Hank Frissora Postdoctoral Student
Release of FGF in vitro Current: Group Practice, General & Vascular Surgery, Beverly, MA

1991-1993 Amlan RayChaudhury, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Current: EC Growth Control, Univ Chicago, PhD 1989 Instructor, Pharmacology, Rush Medical School, Chicago, IL

1989-1994 Sandra Kostyk, MD, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Current: University of Chicago, PhD Asst. Professor, Neurology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1991-1995 Andrea Dodge, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Boston University, PhD, Current:Instructor, North Shore Community College, Beverly, MA

1994-1996 Cecile Duplaa, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Cloning and function of FrzA, Univ Bordeaux, PhD Current: Assistant Professor, INSERM U441, Bordeaux, France

1994-1996 Stephanie Rohovsky, MD. Postdoctoral Student
Current: 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 Current: 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 Current: Associate Professor, MEEI, Harvard Medical School

1994-1997 Karen Hirschi, PhD. Postdoctoral Student
Smooth muscle differentiation, Current: 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 Current: Staff Scientist, Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Richmond, CA

2000-2003 Marcus Ramsauer , Ph.D. Postdoctoral Student Current: Researcher, Pharma, Basel, Switzerland

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