Scott Waldman
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Scott A. Waldman is an MD and biomedical scientist at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, where he is the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Professor of Medicine, and also tenured professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. He is author of a pharmacology textbook, and former chief editor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He is known for his work in atrial natriuretic factor intracellular signaling through guanylate cyclase (GC), and the relation of Guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) to the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. Also for his hypotheses concerning the roles of intestinal paracrine hormones (uroguanylin, guanylin) in satiety, obesity and cancer risk.[1][2] Waldman also holds a concurrent position as adjunct professor at the University of Delaware, School of Health Sciences.[3][4][5][6]
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Alma mater | Stanford Medical School University at Albany, SUNY |
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Fields | Biomedical science |
Institutions | Jefferson Medical College |