Rita C. Milewski, R.Ph., M.D., Ph.D.
Rita C. Milewski R.Ph., M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department: Surgery
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 6 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-9595
Fax: 215-349-5798
Fax: 215-349-5798
Email:
rita.milewski@uphs.upenn.edu
rita.milewski@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S.
Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, 1980.
M.D.
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL , 1984.
Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
WPWP (Entrepreneurship Certificate)
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
WPWP (Business Essentials Certificate)
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Permanent linkB.S.
Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, 1980.
M.D.
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL , 1984.
Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
WPWP (Entrepreneurship Certificate)
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
WPWP (Business Essentials Certificate)
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Selected Publications
Milewski RC, Chi NC, Li J, Brown C, Lu MM, Epstein JA: Identification of minimal enhancer elements sufficient for Pax3 expression in neural crest and implication of TEAD2 as a regulator of Pax3. Development 131(4): 829-37, Feb 2004.Lang D, Brown C, Milewski R, Jiang YQ, Lu MM, Epstein JA: Distinct enhancers regulate neural expression of Pax7. Genomics 82(5): 553-60, Nov 2003.
Chen F, Kook H, Milewski R, Gitler A, Lu MM, Li J, Nazarian R, Schnepp R, Kuangyu J, Biben C, Runke G, Mackay J, Novotny J, Schwartz R, Harvey RP, Mullins MC, Epstein JA: HOP is an unusual homeobox gene that modulates cardiac development. Cell 110(6): 713-23, Sept 20 2002.
Lang D, Chen F, Milewski R, Li J, Lu M, Epstein JA: Pax3 is required for enteric ganglia formation and functions with Sox 10 to modulate expression of C-Ret. Journal of Clinical Investigation 106(8): 963-71, Oct 2000.
Wessels JL, Bourland JD, Babbs CF, Milewski RC, Rockenhauser ME, Geddes LA: Correlation of the cardiogenic air flow in the respiratory airway (i.e. pneumocardiogram) with left ventricular stroke volume in dogs. Japanese Heart Journal 26(5): 777-85, Sept 1985.
Wessels JL, Bourland JD, Babbs CF, Milewski RC, Rockenhauser ME, Geddes LA: Cardiac stroke volume: Calculation from the pneumocardiogram. Medical Electronics Sept 1980.