Organizing Committee Member
Carlin S Long
Professor of Medicine and Director
Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease
University of California
USA
Biography
Carlin S. Long, MD, is a UCSF Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Prevention of Heart and Vascular Disease. Dr. Long earned his MD at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Long received his Internal Medicine and Cardiology training at the University of California San Francisco where he stayed as faculty member until 1998 when he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado. Dr Longs research is focused on understanding the role of pro-inflammatory molecules in the transition from compensated to decompensated myocardial failure. He is particularly interested in how cells in the heart “speak†to one another in normal and abnormal growth with a particular interest on the cardiac fibroblast which initiates the process of repair within the heart muscle both in response to injuries such as heart attack, but also that seen in long-standing high blood pressure and certain valvular diseases.
Research Area
He is particularly interested in how cells in the heart “speak†to one another in normal and abnormal growth with a particular interest on the cardiac fibroblast which initiates the process of repair within the heart muscle both in response to injuries such as heart attack, but also that seen in long-standing high blood pressure and certain valvular diseases.