1. People

Sailesh Harwani, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine

Education

  • MD/PhD, Medicine/Immunuology & Microbiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow, Cardiology, University of Iowa Hospitlas & Clinics, Iowa City, iowa

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Licenses & Certifications

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

Selected Publications

  • Donovan, K. M., Leidinger, M. R., McQuillen, L. P., Goeken, J. A., Hogan, C. M. & Harwani, S. C. (2018). Allograft Inflammatory Factor 1 as an Immunohistochemical Marker for Macrophages in Multiple Tissues and Laboratory Animal Species. Comparative Medicine. PMID: 30227902.
  • Harwani, S. C. (2018). Macrophages under pressure: the role of macrophage polarization in hypertension. Trans Res. (191) 45-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2017.10.011. PMID: 29172035. PMCID: PMC5733698.
  • Harwani, S. C., Ratcliff, J., Sutterwala, F. S., Ballas, Z. K., Meyerholz, D. K., Chapleau, M. W. & Abboud, F. M. (2016). Nicotine Mediates CD161a+ Renal Macrophage Infiltration and Premature Hypertension in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat. Circulation Research 119 (10) 1101-1115. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.309402. PMID: 27660287. PMCID: PMC5085865.
  • Singh, M. V., Chapleau, M. W., Harwani, S. C. & Abboud, F. M. (2014). The immune system and hypertension. Immunologic research 59 (1-3) 243-53. DOI: 10.1007/s12026-014-8548-6. PMID: 24847766.
  • Singh, M., Chapleau, M. W., Harwani, S. C. & Abboud, F. M. (2014). The Immune System and Hypertension. J of Immunology. DOI: DOI 10.1007/s12026-014-8548-6.
  • Harwani, S. C., Chapleau, M. W., Legge, K. L., Ballas, Z. K. & Abboud, F. M. (2012). Neurohormonal modulation of the innate immune system is proinflammatory in the prehypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rat, a genetic model of essential hypertension. Circulation Research 111 (9) 1190-7. PMID: 22904093. PMCID: PMC3477787.
  • Abboud, F. M., Harwani, S. C. & Chapleau, M. W. (2012). Autonomic neural regulation of the immune system: implications for hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Hypertension 59 (4) 755-62. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.186833. PMID: 22331383. PMCID: PMC3313828.
  • Abboud, F. M., Harwani, S. C. & Chapleau, M. W. (2012). Autonomic neural regulation of the immune system: implications for hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Hypertension 59 (4) 755-62. PMID: 22331383. PMCID: PMC3313828.
  • Grebner, M. & Wilbur, J. (2012). Family Practice Examination & Board Review. In Harwani, S. (Eds.) Cardiology. (3) McGraw-Hill.
  • Harwani, S. (2010). Kaplan Medical Master the Boards: Internal Medicine. Simone & Schuster.