DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY


Noreen F. Rossi, MD, FACP

Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty in Physiology
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Staff Physician, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

Office: Lab:
Wayne State University
4160 John R Street
  Detroit, MI 48201
Phone:  313-745-7145
FAX:    313-745-8041
Email:  nrossi@med.wayne.edu
LL 308/LL 318
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
4646 John R. Street
Detroit, MI 48201

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Education and Training

  Education

 1970 - 1974   B.S. degree, summa cum laude, chemistry 
                      
University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan

 1974 - 1978   M.D. degree, medicine, Yale University 
                       School of Medicine, New Haven,  Connecticut

 Training

 1978 - 1981   Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, Depart. Med.
                       Vanderbilt University Hospitals, Nashville, Tennessee

 1981 - 1982   Clinical Fellowship, Nephrology, Divi. Renal Diseases
                       University of Colorado HSC, Denver, Colorado  1982 - 1985   Research Fellowship, Nephrology, Div. Renal Diseases
                       University of Colorado HSC, Denver, Colorado

Research Interest

  1. Neuro-humoral regulation of systemic circulation in health and disease states

  2. Exercise training effects on systemic hemodynamics and renal sodium handling

Current Research

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Endothelin in the Central Nervous System and Regulation of Vasopressin 
Secretion and
Arterial Pressure
 (Support:  VA Merit Grant, Collaborators:  This work is 
being carried out with the NOS dominant negative isoforms provided by Stephen Black, Ph.D. 
at the University of Montana.)

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Effects of Endogenous Angiotensin II on Baroreflex Function in Diabetic Rats
(Support:  VA Research Enhancement Activity Program, Collaborators:  This work 
is being carried out in conjunction with other REAP investigators including 
Drs. Anjan Kowluru, Richard Miller and James Marsh at Wayne State University.)

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Neural Control of Na Balance in Hypertension during Exercise
 (Support:  NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), Collaborators:  This work is being 
carried out in collaboration with Drs. Sabine Telemaque at the University of Arkansas and 
Stephen M. Black at the University of Montana.)

Other Ongoing Collaborations

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Dr. Donal O’Leary, Wayne State University,  control of cardiovascular system at rest and during 
exercise

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Dr. Douglas Yingst, Wayne State University, mechanisms of Na,K-ATPAse stimulation by
 angiotensin II in the proximal renal tubule

Current Laboratory Members

        Haiping Chen, MD

        Maria Maliszewska-Scislo, PhD

 
Noreen Rossi and her colleagues Haiping Chen and
Maria Scislo evaluate their data in the lab at the
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center.

Publications

    A complete list of Dr. Rossi's publications can be found at PubMed-Rossi

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