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Robert Weiss, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine

Current Positions

  • Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine

Education

  • MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
  • Fellow, Cardiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Licenses & Certifications

  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases

Selected Publications

  • Yu, Y., Wei, S. G., Weiss, R. M. & Felder, R. B. (2019). Sex differences in the central and peripheral manifestations of ischemia-induced heart failure in rats. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 316 (1) H70-H79. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00499.2018. PMID: 30289294. PMCID: PMC6383354.
  • Guo, A., Wang, Y., Chen, B., Wang, Y., Yuan, J., Zhang, L., Hall, D., Wu, J., Shi, Y., Zhu, Q., Chen, C., Thiel, W. H., Zhan, X., Weiss, R. M., Zhan, F., Musselman, C. A., Pufall, M., Zhu, W., Au, K. F., Hong, J., Anderson, M. E., Grueter, C. E. & Song, L. S. (2018). E-C coupling structural protein junctophilin-2 encodes a stress-adaptive transcription regulator. Science (New York, N.Y.) 362 (6421). DOI: 10.1126/science.aan3303. PMID: 30409805. PMCID: PMC6336677.
  • Wang, Y., Chen, B., Huang, C. K., Guo, A., Wu, J., Zhang, X., Chen, R., Chen, C., Kutschke, W., Weiss, R. M., Boudreau, R. L., Margulies, K. B., Hong, J. & Song, L. S. (2018). Targeting Calpain for Heart Failure Therapy: Implications From Multiple Murine Models. JACC. Basic to translational science 3 (4) 503-517. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2018.05.004. PMID: 30175274. PMCID: PMC6115647.
  • Weiss, R. M., Chu, Y., Brooks, R. M., Lund, D. D., Cheng, J., Zimmerman, K. A., Kafa, M. K., Sistla, P., Doshi, H., Shao, J. Q., El Accaoui, R. N., Otto, C. M. & Heistad, D. D. (2018). Discovery of an Experimental Model of Unicuspid Aortic Valve. Journal of the American Heart Association 7 (13). DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006908. PMID: 29960994. PMCID: PMC6064885.
  • Yu, Y., Wei, S. G., Weiss, R. M. & Felder, R. B. (2018). Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptors in the Subfornical Organ Modulate Neuroinflammation in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus in Heart Failure Rats. Neuroscience 381 46-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.04.012. PMID: 29684507. PMCID: PMC5960439.
  • Fricke, E. M., Elgin, T. G., Gong, H., Reese, J., Gibson-Corley, K. N., Weiss, R. M., Zimmerman, K., Bowdler, N. C., Kalantera, K. M., Mills, D. A., Underwood, M. A. & McElroy, S. J. (2018). Lipopolysaccharide-induced maternal inflammation induces direct placental injury without alteration in placental blood flow and induces a secondary fetal intestinal injury that persists into adulthood. American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 79 (5) e12816. DOI: 10.1111/aji.12816. PMID: 29369434. PMCID: PMC5908742.
  • Kim, H. W., Blomkalns, A. L., Ogbi, M., Thomas, M., Gavrila, D., Neltner, B. S., Cassis, L. A., Thompson, R. W., Weiss, R. M., Lindower, P. D., Blanco, V. M., McCormick, M. L., Daugherty, A., Fu, X., Hazen, S. L., Stansfield, B. K., Huo, Y., Fulton, D. J., Chatterjee, T. & Weintraub, N. L. (2017). Role of myeloperoxidase in abdominal aortic aneurysm formation: mitigation by taurine. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 313 (6) H1168-H1179. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00296.2017. PMID: 28971841. PMCID: PMC5814655.
  • Zhang, C., Chen, B., Wang, Y., Guo, A., Tang, Y., Khataei, T., Shi, Y., Kutschke, W. J., Zimmerman, K., Weiss, R. M., Liu, J., Benson, C. J., Hong, J., Ma, J. & Song, L. S. (2017). MG53 is dispensable for T-tubule maturation but critical for maintaining T-tubule integrity following cardiac stress. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 112 123-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.08.007. PMID: 28822805. PMCID: PMC5682927.
  • Yu, Y., Wei, S. G., Weiss, R. M. & Felder, R. B. (2017). TNF-α receptor 1 knockdown in the subfornical organ ameliorates sympathetic excitation and cardiac hemodynamics in heart failure rats. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 313 (4) H744-H756. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00280.2017. PMID: 28710070. PMCID: PMC5668605.
  • Link, M. S., Miller, C., Teuteberg, J. J., Thiagarajan, R., Weiss, R. M., O'Neil, B., Peberdy, M. A., Gluck, J. A., Ornato, J. P., Bermudez, C. A., Griffin, R. E., Kasirajan, V., Kerber, R. E. & Lewis, E. F. (2017). Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults and Children With Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 135 (24) e1115-e1134. PMID: 28533303. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000504.