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FriedmanDiabetesInstitute.com is the host for the Friedman Fellows website. The Friedman Fellows represent the following institutions: Beth Israel Medical Center /Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center/Endocrinology Division, Friedman School of Nutrition/Tufts University, UCLA Medical Center/David Geffen School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center/Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical Center, Siouxland Medical Education Foundation. Fellows' publications can be viewed by visiting the eLibrary.

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David C. Gajzer, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Gerald J. Friedman Research Fellow 2009-2010, Friedman Diabetes Institute/Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY

Mentor: Dr. Poretsky

Recent Work
I am currently exploring alternative heart failure therapies by vector-mediated transfer of genes involved in cell cycle control. I am interested in dissecting the mechanisms involved in cardiac as well as skeletal muscle regeneration. Previously, I studied megakaryocytopoiesis and the role of microtubule-regulatory protein stathmin in this process and analyzed the mechanism by which Panobinostat (LBH589), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, causes thrombocytopenia.