Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
Class of 1972
Now runs a basic sciences department and presides over the prestigious and influential American Physiological Society. He answers a few questions and reveals one of NYMC’s best-kept secrets.
Q. Briefly describe what you do now.
A. I am chair of the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. I am also president of the American Physiological Society.
Q. What are you best known for?
A. Research in the area of the neural control of the circulation, especially in heart failure.
Q. What are you proudest of?
A. Getting to where I am and keeping my funding for thirty-odd years.
Q: Name one thing that made you want to study at New York Medical College.
A. The close interaction between faculty and students.
Q. What is your next goal?
A. Keeping my head above water.
Q. What little-known fact would you reveal to someone who was thinking about working or studying at New York Medical College?
A. There are some very good, world-class programs in several of the basic science departments.
Q: What do you most remember about being a student here?
A. You mean, aside from the hard work? The close student-mentor relationships.
Q. Did you plan all along to go into your current field, or did you change your mind along the way?
A. I planned it.
Q. What wisdom did you take with you when you left New York Medical College?
A. Work hard!!