WillardWilliamSharpMDPhD, FAAEM, FACEP
Emergency Medicine • Chicago, ILPresident of Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
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Office
5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637Phone+1 888-824-0200
Education & Training
University of MichiganResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2003 - 2007
University of South CarolinaMD, Medicine, 1998 - 2003
University of South Carolina School of MedicineClass of 2003
University of Illinois College of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1995 - 1998- University of South CarolinaPhD, Biomedical Science, 1989 - 1994
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2007 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2007 - 2026- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Department of Medicine Research Day Best Abstract Translational Science University of Chicago, 2016
- SAEM Young Investigator Award Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2014
- Best Resuscitation Abstract American Heat Association Scientific Sessions, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 78 citationsIschemia-induced Drp1 and Fis1-mediated mitochondrial fission and right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary hypertensionLian Tian, M. Neuber-Hess, Jeffrey Mewburn, Asish Dasgupta, Kimberly J. Dunham-Snary
Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2017-03-06 - 110 citationsSirt3 protects mitochondrial DNA damage and blocks the development of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in miceVinodkumar B. Pillai, Samik Bindu, Willard W. Sharp, Yong Hu Fang, Gene Kim
American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2016-04-15 - 149 citationsPGC1α-mediated Mitofusin-2 Deficiency in Female Rats and Humans with Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionJohn J. Ryan, Glenn Marsboom, Yong Hu Fang, Peter T. Toth, Erik Morrow
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2013-04-15
Grant Support
- Resuscitating the heart and brain following cardiac arrest: Targeting mitochondrial mediated oxygen toxicityNHLBI2024–2028
- Pharmacological induced torpor/hypothermia as a novel therapy for improving post cardiac arrest resuscitation outcomesNational Institutes of Health2016–2021
- Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest: Akt Preservation of Mitochondrial IntegrityNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH2011–2016
Committees
- Member, SAEM Faculty Development Committee 2015 - Present
- Member, SAEM Research Committee 2015 - Present
- Member, University of Chicago CPR Committee 2013 - Present
- Vice Chair, American College of Emergency Physicians Research Committee 2024 - 2024
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Member
- American Society for Cell BiologyMember
- Member
- Member
- American Physiological SocietyMember
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