Richard S. Vander Heide, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Richard S. Vander Heide, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor
Professor
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
rvand3@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees
1981 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1986 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree, Northwestern University, Experimental Pathology, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Degree, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Master of Business (M.B.A.) Degree, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bio
Dr. Vander Heide completed his residency in Anatomic Pathology at Duke University from 1989-1993. His first position was at Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, Michigan where he was the Residency Program Director for 5 years and was named as Best Pathology instructor by the sophomore medical student class 3 times. He was Chief of Pathology at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center from 2000-2009. His primary research interest is myocardial cell injury and adaptation; specifically in response to ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Clinical Interests
Cardiovascular pathology, autopsy pathology, COVID-19
Research Interests
Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury,
Novel Drug Delivery for Ischemic Injury
Cell Signaling
Teaching Activities
Selected Publications
Perricone AJ, Vander Heide RS: Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Ischemic Heart Disease. Pharmacol Res 2014 Nov; 89:36-45. Doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2014.08.004.
Buja LM, Vander Heide RS: Pathobiology of Ischemic Heart Disease: Past, Present and Future. Cardiovasc Path 2016 Feb 2;25(3):214-220. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2016.01.007.
Fox Fox SE, Akmatbekov A, Harbert JL, Li G, Brown JQ, Vander Heide RS. Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 8(7): 681-686. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30243-5
Fox SE, Li G, Akmatbekov A, Harbert JL, Lameira FS, Brown JQ, Vander Heide RS. Unexpected Features of Cardiac Pathology in Covid-19 Infection. Circulation, ePub ahead of print, July 21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049465
Additional Info
Diplomate, American Board of Pathology, 1993 Fellow, College of American Pathologists, FAHA, Ameican Heart Association