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Raymond R. Townsend, MD

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Emeritus Professor CE of Medicine
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Director, Hypertension Section, Department of Internal Medicine/Renal, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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13 Education:
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28 LaSalle College, 1975.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
2d Hahnemann University, 1979.
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Description of Research Expertise

36 progression of chronic kidney disease
1a insulin resistance
2a measurement of vascular compliance
22 euglycemic clamp technique
2a minimal model for glucose kinetics
21 stable isotope metabolism
1c indirect calorimetry
2a measurement of regional blood flow
2c measurement of glomerular filtration
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Description of Clinical Expertise

1d Hypertension
28 Hypertension with adrenal tumors
2a Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
17 Conn's Syndrome
1a Aldosterone Excess
30 Hypertension with Renal Vascular Disease
2f Refractory (drug resistant) Hypertension
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Selected Publications

1ee Townsend Raymond R, Chang Tara I, Cohen Debbie L, Cushman William C, Evans Gregory W, Glasser Stephen P, Haley William E, Olney Christine, Oparil Suzanne, Del Pinto Rita, Pisoni Roberto, Taylor Addison A, Umanath Kausik, Wright Jackson T, Yeboah Joseph: Orthostatic changes in systolic blood pressure among SPRINT participants at baseline. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH 10(11): 847-856, Nov 2016.

1c4 Townsend Raymond R, Machin Israel, Ren Jimmy, Trujillo Angelina, Kawaguchi Masato, Vijapurkar Ujjwala, Damaraju Chandrasekharrao V, Pfeifer Michael: Reductions in Mean 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure After 6-Week Treatment With Canagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 18(1): 43-52, Jan 2016.

16d Townsend Raymond R, Rosendorff Clive, Nichols Wilmer W, Edwards David G, Chirinos Julio A, Fernhall Bo, Cushman William C: American Society of Hypertension position paper: central blood pressure waveforms in health and disease. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH Nov 2015.

1c0 Zamani Payman, French Benjamin, Brandimarto Jeffrey A, Doulias Paschalis-Thomas, Javaheri Ali, Chirinos Julio A, Margulies Kenneth B, Townsend Raymond R, Sweitzer Nancy K, Fang James C, Ischiropoulos Harry, Cappola Thomas P: Effect of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction on Nitric Oxide Metabolites. The American journal of cardiology 118(12): 1855-1860, Dec 2016.

38a Sharman James E, Avolio Alberto P, Baulmann Johannes, Benetos Athanase, Blacher Jacques, Blizzard C Leigh, Boutouyrie Pierre, Chen Chen-Huan, Chowienczyk Phil, Cockcroft John R, Cruickshank J Kennedy, Ferreira Isabel, Ghiadoni Lorenzo, Hughes Alun, Jankowski Piotr, Laurent Stephane, McDonnell Barry J, McEniery Carmel, Millasseau Sandrine C, Papaioannou Theodoros G, Parati Gianfranco, Park Jeong Bae, Protogerou Athanase D, Roman Mary J, Schillaci Giuseppe, Segers Patrick, Stergiou George S, Tomiyama Hirofumi, Townsend Raymond R, Van Bortel Luc M, Wang Jiguang, Wassertheurer Siegfried, Weber Thomas, Wilkinson Ian B, Vlachopoulos Charalambos: Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: ARTERY Society task force consensus statement on protocol standardization. European heart journal 38(37): 2805-2812, Jan 2017.

cb Townsend Raymond R: Arterial Stiffness: Recommendations and Standardization. Pulse (Basel, Switzerland) 4(Suppl 1): 3-7, Jan 2017.

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