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MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Linda M. Reilly, M.D.
Professor & Interim Chief,
Division of Vascular Surgery
Rajabrata Sarkar, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Contact Information
Division of Vascular Surgery, UCSF
400 Parnassus Avenue, A-6110
San Francisco, CA 94143-0957
Phone: (415) 353-2357
Fax: (415) 353-2669
Education
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1983-86, University of Michigan, B.S., Biomedical Sciences (w/ distinction)
- 1986-90, University of Michigan, M.D.
Residencies
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1990-91, UCLA, Intern, Surgery
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1991-92, UCLA, Resident, Surgery
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1993-95, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Physiology
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1995-97, UCLA, Senior Resident, Surgery
- 1997-98, UCLA, Chief Resident, Surgery
Fellowships
- 1989-99, University of Michigan, Fellow, Vascular Surgery
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1999
- American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, 2000
Selected Publications
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Brevetti LS, Chang DS, Tang GL, Sarkar R, Messina LM. Overexpression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase increases skeletal muscle blood flow and oxygenation in severe rat hind limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 38: 820-6, Oct/2003.
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Tang GL, Chang DS, Sarkar R, Wang R, Messina LM. The effect of gradual or acute arterial occlusion on skeletal muscle blood flow, arteriogenesis, and inflammation in rat hindlimb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 41: 312-20, Feb/2005.
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Dahi S, Lee JG, Lovett DH, Sarkar R. Differential transcriptional activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase by experimental deep venous thrombosis and thrombin. J Vasc Surg. 42: 539-45, Sep/2005.
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Lee JG, Dahi S, Mahimkar R, Tulloch NL, Alfonso-Jaume MA, Lovett DH, Sarkar R. Intronic regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 revealed by in vivo transcriptional analysis in ischemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102: 16345-50, Nov/8/2005.
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Huang J, Lin SC, Nadershahi A, Watts SW, Sarkar R. Antiproliferative effects of nitric oxide and peroxynite in vascular smooth muscle cells: role of redox signaling and ploy (ADP-ribose) polymerase activation. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2007.