Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago

Cardiology

Francis Alenghat practices Cardiology. He researched medicine at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical university. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He has 12 awards "ACCF/William F. Keating Award for Hypertension & Peripheral Vascular Disease", "Thomas W. Smith Fellowship Award", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "ATVB Travel Award for Young Investigators", "LCIC/Merck Future Leaders in CV Medical Research Grant", "Laennec Young Clinician Award Finalist", "James Tolbert Shipley Prize for Research", "Tau Beta Pi award for Excellence in Engineering", "Phi Beta Kappa", "Detur Prize", "National Merit Scholar" and "Illinois All-State Academic Team". Francis Alenghat is a published doctor and has 15 publications published. The lastest was: 'Cardiovascular disease: monocyte-targeting supramolecular micellar assemblies: a molecular diagnostic tool for atherosclerosis (adv. Healthcare mater. 3/2015).' Francis Alenghat accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Cardiovascular Disease: monocyte-targeting supramolecular micellar assemblies: a molecular diagnostic tool for atherosclerosis (adv. Healthcare mater. 3/2015).
• Monocyte-Targeting Supramolecular Micellar Assemblies: A Molecular Diagnostic Tool for Atherosclerosis.
• Macrophages require Skap2 and Sirpalpha for integrin-stimulated cytoskeletal rearrangement.
• Giant left ventricular aneurysm as a late complication of inferior Myocardial infarction.
• Magnetic Cellular Switches.
• Mechanical control of cAMP signaling through integrins is mediated by the heterotrimeric Galphas protein.
• Loss of polycystin-1 in human cyst-lining epithelia leads to ciliary dysfunction.
• Global cytoskeletal control of mechanotransduction in Kidney epithelial cells.
• Mechanical properties of individual focal adhesions probed with a magnetic microneedle.
• Polycystins 1 and 2 mediate mechanosensation in the primary cilium of Kidney cells.
• Mechanotransduction: all signals point to cytoskeleton, matrix, and integrins.
• Mechanical control of cyclic AMP signalling and gene transcription through integrins.
• Analysis of cell mechanics in single vinculin-deficient cells using a magnetic tweezer.
• Membrane protein dynamics and functional implications in Mammalian cells.

Schools

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• HARVARD MED SCH

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated

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• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• ACCF/William F. Keating Award for Hypertension & Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Thomas W. Smith Fellowship Award
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• ATVB Travel Award for Young Investigators
• LCIC/Merck Future Leaders in CV Medical Research Grant
• Laennec Young Clinician Award Finalist
• James Tolbert Shipley Prize for Research
• Tau Beta Pi award for Excellence in Engineering
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Detur Prize
• National Merit Scholar
• Illinois All-State Academic Team

Education

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Harvard Medical School
• Harvard University

Hospital

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• University of Chicago Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1073633038
Last Name Of The Provider	ALENGHAT
First Name Of The Provider	FRANCIS
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