Erwin Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH - LSUHSC School of Medicine

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	Erwin Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH Assistant Professor of Research Director of Clinical Research Section of Nephrology 1542 Tulane Avenue Room 330A New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-568-8655 Fax: 504-568-5553 eaguil@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	PharmD - 1967 National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua MSc - Biochemistry - 1971 Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisian Diplôme D’Etudes Approfondies – Biochemistry - 1975 University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France MPH, Environmental Health Sciences - 1997 Tulane University School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bio	Dr. Aguilar is Director of Clinical Research in the Section of Nephrology and Hypertension. His training includes a fellowship in molecular biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1972 and a nutritional biochemistry fellowship in the World Hunger Programme at the United Nations University and Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama, Guatemala, from 1977-1979. Dr. Aguilar lectures on clinical research topics to nephrology fellows and has extensive experience in clinical research protocols in nephrology and hypertension and in the geriatric population. He holds an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor appointment at the Tulane University School of Public Health, and he is a member of the LSU Health Sciences Center Institutional Review Board.
Research Interests	Hypertension, anemia, and osteodystrophy in dialysis patients Stress-related hypertension in the general population Chronic kidney disease and anemia in the geriatric population
Selected Publications	Erwin A Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH, Donald E Mercante, PhD, Stephen A Morse, DO, MPH, Benjamin Lee, MD, Michael Liu, MD, Amarnath A Kathresal, MD, Grant Butterbaugh, PhD, Richard N Costa, PsyD, Betsy Roques, MSc, Arshad Asghar, MD and Efrain Reisin, MD. Changes in abdominal circumference are associated with changes in blood pressure and intima-media thickness over a 4-year period in healthy young professionals. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Suppl. A, Vol 10, No 5, p A63, May 2008 Carlos M Mendez, MD, Erwin A Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH, Donald E Mercante, PhD2, Stephen A Morse, DO, MPH, Amarnath A Kathresal, MD, Benjamin Lee, MD, Michael Liu, MD, Grant Butterbaugh, PhD, Richard N Costa, PsyD, Betsy Roques, MSc, Arshad Asghar, MD and Efrain Reisin, MD. Using initial hypertention status (normal, pre-hypertensive, and hypertensive) to predict changes in blood pressure, intima-media thickness, common carotid distensibility over a 4-year period in healthy young professionals. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Suppl. A, Vol 10, No 5, pA140, May 2008 Erwin A Aguilar, PharmD, MSc, MPH, Donald E Mercante, PhD, Stephen A Morse, DO, MPH, Benjamin Lee, MD, Michael Liu, MD, Carlos M Mendez, MD, Amarnath A Kathresal, MD, Grant Butterbaug, PhD, Richard N Costa, PsyD, Betsy Roques, MSc, Arshad Asghar, MD and Efrain Reisin, MD. Using job stress (classified as low, mixed, and high) in predicting changes in blood pressure, intima-media thickness, common carotid distensibility, and abdominal circumference over a 4-year period in healthy young professionals. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Suppl. A, Vol 10, No 5, p. A131, May 2008 Bravo PE, Morse S, Borne DM, Aguilar EA, Reisin E. “Leptin in obesity-related hypertension.” Vascular Health and Risk Management 2(2): 2006. 163-169. Aguilar, EA, C. A. Hass, E. J. Dabezies, and R. D. D'Ambrosia. TORIS: A Clinical Research Database Information System for Orthopedic Surgery, Proceeding of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Symposium, Computers and Advanced Technology in Medicine, Healthcare and Bioengineering, p.46 49, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. August 1990. Aguilar EA. Swoop F, Dabezies EJ, and Robert D. D'Ambrosia. Clinical research database system for orthopedic surgery. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. Instructional Course Lectures. 38:429-36, 1989. Thakur V, Reisin E, Solomonow M, Baratta R, Aguilar EA, Best R, D'Ambrosia R, Solanky T. “Accuracy of formula-derived creatinine clearance in paraplegic subjects." Clinical Nephrology 47(4): 1997. 237-242. Solomonow M, Aguilar EA, Reisin E, Baratta RV, Best R, Coetzee T, D'Ambrosia R. “Reciprocating gait orthosis powered with electrical muscle stimulation (RGO II). Part I: Performance evaluation of 70 paraplegic patients.” Orthopedics 20(4): 1997. 315-324. Solomonow M, Reisin E, Aguilar EA, Baratta RV, Best R, D'Ambrosia R. “Reciprocating gait orthosis powered with electrical muscle stimulation (RGO II). Part II: Medical evaluation of 70 paraplegic patients.” Orthopedics 20(5): 1997. 411-418.