[CONTACT INFORMATION]
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Blvd., Research Service 151
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: (310) 268-4437 / (818)895-9416
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[AFFILIATION]
Associate Chief of Staff, Research & Development; Professor of Medicine In-Residence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

[EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS]
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Nephrology, 1986
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982
PhD, Tulane University School of Medicine, Anatomy 1974 – 1978
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine 1973 – 1977

[RESEARCH INTERESTS]
Mechanisms of normal bone repair and regeneration
Role of angiogenic CXC chemokines and signaling mechanisms in bone regeneration

[RESEARCH INTEREST TOPIC AREAS]
Bone health/fractures
Inflammation
Osteoporosis

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[OTHER GRANTS]
VA Merit Review — Role of Angiogenic CXC Chemokines in Intramembranous Bone Repair. (1I01BX000170-01; PI: D. Yamaguchi)