HelmyM.SiragyMD

Summary

• Helmy Siragy, M.D., FACP, FAHA, (pronouns: he/him) is the Harrison Distinguished Chair of Excellence in Medical Education and Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology. An international expert on subjects related to hypertension, Dr. Siragy was the first to discover that stimulation of angiotensin AT2 receptor leads to generation of nitric oxide. Siragy has authored more than 300 medical journal articles and abstracts, and numerous medical textbook chapters, including a chapter on the kidney and the renin angiotensin system in the Braunwald Atlas of Heart Diseases; a chapter on angiotensin and diabetic nephropathy in Harrison's on-line textbook of Medicine; and a chapter on the angiotensin receptor in Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner. Dr Siragy's primary research interests are in the areas of the renin-angiotensin system, cardiac ischemia and diabetic nephropathy. Dr. Siragy is a member of numerous national and international endocrine and hypertension societies. He serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, and is on the editorial boards of Nature Research Group, several journals in the areas of hypertension, endocrinology, and vascular biology. He edits the section on Antihypertensive Agents: Mechanisms of Drug Action for the journals Current Hypertension Reports and Current Hypertension Reviews.