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Dr.
Donna Van Winkle is a Professor in the Department of
Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine at Oregon
Health & Science University (OHSU). She holds an
adjunct appointment in the Department of Physiology
and Pharmacology at OHSU and is a member of the OHSU
Heart Research Center. She is also a Research
Scientist in the Research Service of the Portland
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (PVAMC) and Director
of Research for the Anesthesiology Service at the
PVAMC.
Dr. Van Winkle’s recent research has focused
on elucidating the mechanisms of pharmacologic
protection of ischemic myocardium and on gender
differences in myocardial ischemic injury. She has
lectured on anesthetic-induced reduction of
myocardial ischemic injury nationally and
internationally, most recently at the 52nd
Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of
Anesthesiologists in Kobe. In addition, Dr. Van
Winkle is interested in the fetal origins of adult
heart disease and has previously investigated
autonomic and mechanical control of coronary
vascular resistance.
Dr. Van Winkle has served on the Editorial Board of
the American Journal of Physiology since 1995 and is
a peer reviewer for numerous journals. She
currently sits on the American Heart Association
Integrative Cardiac Biology and Regulation grant
review board. Dr.
Van Winkle is also an active member of several
professional societies, including the American Heart
Association, the American Physiological Society
(Cardiovascular Section and Cell and Molecular
Physiology Section), the Association of University
Anesthesiologists, the International Society for
Heart Research and the Society of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists.
She was elected
Fellow of the American Heart Association in 1997 and
Fellow of the American Physiological Society
(Cardiovascular Section) in 1998.
Dr. Van Winkle received her Ph.D. from the
University of Washington in 1988 under the guidance
of Dr. Eric O. Feigl in the Department of Physiology
and Biophysics. She subsequently pursued
postdoctoral training with Dr. James Downey at the
University of South Alabama
and came to OHSU as an Assistant Professor in 1990.
Outside of the office, Dr. Van Winkle enjoys
the outdoors, traveling and spending time with her
husband and two children. |
