Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Professor
Primary Appointment:
Anesthesiology
Secondary Appointment(s):
Medicine, Physiology
Administrative Title:
Director, University of Maryland School of Medicine Lung Biology Research Program; Associate Chair, Basic Science Research, Dept Of Anesthesiology
Location:
HSF-II, S-143 & S-145
Phone (Primary):
(410) 706-2578
Fax:
410-328-5531
Education and Training
1981-1984: Biochemistry, Moscow State Medical School
1986: Medical Doctor, Moscow State Medical School
1989-1994: Research Investigator, Institute of Experimental Cardiology Research Center
1993: Ph.D. Biochemistry, National Cardiology Research Center
Biosketch
2003–2004: Instructor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2004-2005: Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2005-2009: Assistant Professor, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009-present: Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014-present: Tenured Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Biomedical, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016-present: Tenured Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research/Clinical Keywords
acute lung injury, sepsis, secondary lung injury, lung microbiome, lung aging, endothelial permeability, inflammation, innate immunity, cell junctions, cytoskeleton, cell motility and mechanotransduction, cell-cell interactions, signal transduction, biosensors, lipid mediators, oxidized phospholipids, DAMPs, prostaglandins
Highlighted Publications
Heisler DB, Kudryashova E, Grinevich DO, Suarez C, Winkelman JD, Birukov KG, Kotha SR, Parinandi NL, Vavylonis D, Kovar DR, Kudryashov DS. ACTIN-DIRECTED TOXIN. ACD toxin-produced actin oligomers poison formin-controlled actin polymerization. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2015;349(6247):535-9. PMID: 26228148.
Meliton A, Meng F, Tian Y, Shah AA, Birukova AA, Birukov KG. Role of Krev Interaction Trapped-1 in Prostacyclin-Induced Protection against Lung Vascular Permeability Induced by Excessive Mechanical Forces and Thrombin Receptor Activating Peptide 6. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology. 2016;53(6):834-43. PMID: 25923142.