Dan Tong, M.D., Ph.D.

Internal Medicine - Cardiology

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Education & Training

Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2021), Cardiovascular Medicine
Residency - Tongii Medical University (2001-2003), Internal Medicine
Medical School - Tongii Medical University (1994-2001)
Residency - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (2013-2016), Internal Medicine
Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Boston (2010-2013)
Graduate School - University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (2003-2008), Pharmacology

Books & Publications

Publications
- SWELL1 is a regulator of adipocyte size, insulin signalling and glucose homeostasis.
  Zhang Y, Xie L, Gunasekar SK, Tong D, Mishra A, Gibson WJ, Wang C, Fidler T, Marthaler B, Klingelhutz A, Abel ED, Samuel I, Smith JK, Cao L, Sah R, Nature cell biology 2017 05 19 5 504-517
- Down Syndrome Critical Region 1 Gene, Rcan1, Helps Maintain a More Fused Mitochondrial Network.
  Parra V, Altamirano F, Hernández-Fuentes CP, Tong D, Kyrychenko V, Rotter D, Pedrozo Z, Hill JA, Eisner V, Lavandero S, Schneider JW, Rothermel BA, Circulation research 2018 03 122 6 e20-e33
- Can HFpEF and HFrEF Coexist?
  Schiattarella GG, Tong D, Hill JA, Circulation 2020 03 141 9 709-711
- Ventricular Phenotyping Reviews.
  Schiattarella GG, Tong D, Hill JA, Circulation 2018 08 138 8 749-750
- NAD⁺ Repletion Reverses Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
  Tong D, Schiattarella GG, Jiang N, Altamirano F, Szweda PA, Elnwasany A, Lee DI, Yoo H, Kass DA, Szweda LI, Lavandero S, Verdin E, Gillette TG, Hill JA, Circulation research 2021 May 128 11 1629-1641
- Nitrosative stress drives heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
  Schiattarella GG, Altamirano F, Tong D, French KM, Villalobos E, Kim SY, Luo X, Jiang N, May HI, Wang ZV, Hill TM, Mammen PPA, Huang J, Lee DI, Hahn VS, Sharma K, Kass DA, Lavandero S, Gillette TG, Hill JA, Nature 2019 04 568 7752 351-356
- Polycystin-1 Assembles With Kv Channels to Govern Cardiomyocyte Repolarization and Contractility.
  Altamirano F, Schiattarella GG, French KM, Kim SY, Engelberger F, Kyrychenko S, Villalobos E, Tong D, Schneider JW, Ramirez-Sarmiento CA, Lavandero S, Gillette TG, Hill JA, Circulation 2019 09 140 11 921-936
- Female Sex Is Protective in a Preclinical Model of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
  Tong D, Schiattarella GG, Jiang N, May HI, Lavandero S, Gillette TG, Hill JA, Circulation 2019 11 140 21 1769-1771
- Metabolic Imaging in Cardio-oncology.
  Tong D, Zaha VG, Journal of cardiovascular translational research 2020 06 13 3 357-366
- Xbp1s-FoxO1 axis governs lipid accumulation and contractile performance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
  Schiattarella GG, Altamirano F, Kim SY, Tong D, Ferdous A, Piristine H, Dasgupta S, Wang X, French KM, Villalobos E, Spurgin SB, Waldman M, Jiang N, May HI, Hill TM, Luo Y, Yoo H, Zaha VG, Lavandero S, Gillette TG, Hill JA, Nature communications 2021 03 12 1 1684

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