Dr. Yoram Vodovotz was born in Israel and came to United States in 1976. Academically, he pursued his undergraduate training in Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in Immunology with Dr. Carl Nathan at Cornell University Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City. Dr. Vodovotz has also carried out two postdoctoral fellowships which were through the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland (with Drs. Michael Sporn and James B. Mitchell, respectively). During that time, he developed his graduate research into the molecular regulation of inducible nitric oxide production in settings as diverse as sepsis, cancer, radiobiology and neurodegenerative diseases, using the tools of cell biology, molecular biology and small animal models.
Dr. Vodovotz also assumed the position of the Director of Cellular and Molecular Research at the non-profit Cardiovascular Research Institute (Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC), following his postdoctoral fellowships. While at Washington Hospital Center, he focused on the role of nitric oxide in the emerging field of vascular brachytherapy under the direction of Dr. Ronald Waksman, using large animal models.
Dr. Vodovotz is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh where he has been featured in several recent publications for his continuing research of nitric oxide and inflammation in sepsis, hemorrhagic shock, cancer, and vascular biology. His work is being conducted in collaboration with Dr. Timothy R. Billiar (Chairman, Department of Surgery) and an accomplished research team within the Billiar Laboratory. Presently, he is studying the cross-regulation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase and the cytokine transforming growth factor-beta in settings as diverse as cancer, infectious diseases and wound healing. A separate area in which he is interested revolves around the mathematical modeling of shock states, including cellular and physiological elements. However, most recently, Dr. Vodovotz has collaborated with Drs. Gilles Clermont and Carson Chow on a mathematical model of the acute inflammatory response to infection and trauma, using his expertise on cellular and animal models of inflammation.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Yoram Vodovotz, Ph.D.Phone: (412) 648-3758
Email: vodovotzy@upmc.edu