Michael Zhang

Cardiology Fellow, 2019 - current

Education

B.S., Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics — University of California, Los Angeles

M.D., Ph.D. — University of Louisville School of Medicine

Honors & Awards

2022-23
- American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020
- - NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute F32 Grant
2014 & 2015
- - Sarchet Medical Scholarship
2014
- - Second place, Research! Louisville poster presentation
2010
- - Salome E Kerr Scholarship
2009
- - Robert E. Brennan Scholarship

Research

Resolution of inflammation in the cardiovascular system via cellular signaling

Publications

Ji Y, Chen LY, Zhang MJ. Association of Genetically Predicted Problem Alcohol Use with Risk of Atrial Fibrillation - A Mendelian Randomization Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Jun 25:zwae211. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae211. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38915269.
Zhang MJ, Karachenets S, Gyberg DJ, Puccini S, Healy CL, Wu SC, Shearer GC, O'Connell TD. Free fatty acid receptor 4 in cardiac myocytes ameliorates ischemic cardiomyopathy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Apr 15:2024.04.12.589280. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.12.589280. PMID: 38659901; PMCID: PMC11042222.
Osinski V, Yellamilli A, Firulyova MM, Zhang MJ, Peck AL, Auger JL, Faragher JL, Marath A, Voeller RK, O'Connell TD, Zaitsev K, Binstadt BA. Profibrotic VEGFR3-Dependent Lymphatic Vessel Growth in Autoimmune Valvular Carditis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Jan 25. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.320326. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38269589.
M.J. Zhang, Y. Ji, W. Wang, F.L. Norby, R. Parikh, A.A. Eaton, R.M. Inciardi, A. Alonso, E.Z. Soliman, T.H. Mosley, M.C. Johansen, R.F. Gottesman, A.M. Shah, S.D. Solomon, L.Y. Chen. 2023. Association of Atrial Fibrillation With Stroke and Dementia Accounting for Left Atrial Function and Size. JACC Adv. Jul; 2(5)100408.
M.J. Zhang, D.H. Gyberg, C.L. Healy, N. Zhang, H. Liu, S.C. Dudley Jr., T.D. O'Connell. 2023. Atrial Myopathy Quantified by Speckle-tracking Echocardiography in Mice. Circ. Cardiovasc. Imaging. 16(10):e015735. doi: 10.1161.
J.L. Reyes, F.L. Norby, Y. Ji, W. Wang, R. Parikh, M.J. Zhang, N.C. Oldenburg, P.L. Lutsey, C.R. Jack Jr, M. Johansen, R.F. Gottesman, J. Coresh, T. Mosley, E.Z. Soliman, A. Alonso, L.Y. Chen. 2023. Association of abnormal p-wave parameters with brain MRI morphology: The atherosclerosis risk in communities neurocognitive study (ARIC-NCS). Pacing Clin. Electrophysiol. 46(8):951-959.
H. Chapoy Villanueva, J.H. Sung, J.A. Stevens, M.J. Zhang, P.M. Nelson, L.S. Denduluri, F. Feng, T.D. O'Connell, D. Townsend, J.C. Liu. 2023. Distinct effects of cardiac mitochondrial calcium uniporter inactivation via EMRE deletion in the short and long term. J. Mol. Cell Cardiol. 181:33-45.
N. Zhang, B. Harsch, M.J. Zhang, D.J. Gyberg, J.A. Stevens, B.M. Wagner, J. Mendelson, M.T. Patterson, D.A. Orchard, C.L. Healy, J.W. Williams, D. Townsend, G.C. Shearer, K.A. Murphy, T.D. O'Connell. 2023. FFAR4 regulates cardiac oxylipin balance to promote inflammation resolution in HFpEF secondary to metabolic syndrome. J. Lipid Res. 64(6):100374.
J.L. Reyes, F.L. Norby, Y. Ji, W. Wang, R. Parikh, M.J. Zhang, N.C> Oldenburg, P.L. Lutsey, C.R. Jack Jr, M. Johansen, R.F. Gottesman, J. Coresh, T. Mosley, E.Z. Soliman, A. Alonso, L.Y. Chen. 2023. Association of abnormal p-wave parameters with brain MRI morphology: The atherosclerosis risk in communities neurocognitive study (ARIC-NCS). Pacing Clin. Electrophysiol. Online ahead of print.
M. Zhang. 2023. Stay for the Eulogy. JAMA Neurol. Online ahead of print.
A. Maheshwari, F.L. Norby, R.M. Inciardi, W. Wang, M.J. Zhang, E.Z. Soliman, A. Alonso, M.C. Johansen, R.F. Gottesman, S.D. Solomon, A.M. Shah, L.Y. Chen. 2023. Left Atrial Mechanical Dysfunction and the Risk for Ischemic Stroke in People Without Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation or Stroke : A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann. Intern. Med. 176(1):39-48.
T.D. O'Connell, K.A. Murphy, N. Zhang, S. Puccini, C.L. Healy, B.A. Harsch, M.J. Zhang, G.C. Shearer. 2022. Signaling through free fatty acid receptor 4 attenuates cardiometabolic disease. Physiology (Bethesda) 37(6):311-22 .
F.L. Norby, W. Tang, J.S. Pankow, P.L. Lutsey, A. Alonso, B. Steffan, L.Y. Chen, M. Zhang, N.D. Shippee, C.M. Ballantyne, E. Boerwinkle, J. Coresh, A.R. Folsom. Proteomics and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults (From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study). Am. J. Cardiol. 161:42-50.
W. Wang, M.J. Zhang, R.M.Inciardi, F.L. Norby, M.C. Johansen, R. Parikh, J.R. Van't Hof, A. Alonso, E.Z. Soliman, T.H. Mosley, R.F. Gottesman, A.M. Shah, S.D. Solomon SD, L.Y. Chen. 2022. Association of Echocardiographic Measures of Left Atrial Function and Size With Incident Dementia. JAMA. 327(12):1138-114.
M.C. Johansen, W. Wang, M.J.Zhang, A. Alonso, D.F. Wong, R.F. Gottesman, L.Y. Chen. 2022. Associations Between Atrial Arrhythmias and Brain Amyloid Deposition: The ARIC-PET Study. J. Alzheimers Dis. 86(1):43-48.
W. Wang F.L. Norby, M.J. Zhang, J.L. ReyesL, A.M. Shah, E.A. Soliman, P.L. Lutsey,A. Alonso, S.D. Solomon, R.M. Inciardi, L.Y. Chen. 2021. Differences in Left Atrial Size and Function and Supraventricular Ectopy Between Black and White Participants in the ARIC Study. J. Am. Heart Assoc. Epub 2021 Oct 29.
M.J. Zhang, S. Karachenets, C.L. Healy, T.D. O'Connell. 2021. Murine Ischemia Reperfusion Without Endotracheal Intubation or Ventilation: A Tutorial. JACC Basic Transl. Sci. 6(7):624-626.
M.J. Zhang. 2021. The Exit Interview. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 77(17):2254-2257.
W. Wang, F.L. Norby, M.R. Rooney, M. Zhang, A. Gutierrez, P. Garg, E.Z. Soliman, A. Alonso, S.C. Dudley Jr., P.L. Lutsey, L.Y. Chen. 2020. Association of Life's Simple 7 with Atrial Fibrillation Burden (From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study). Am. J. Cardiol. 137:31-3.
F.L. Norby, A. Alonso, M.R. Rooney, A Maheshwari, R.J. Koene, M. Zhang, E.Z. Soliman, L.R. Loehr, T. Mosley, R.F. Gottesman, J. Coresh, L.Y. Chen. 2020. Association of Ventricular Arrhythmias with Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Neurology Oct 26; 10. Online ahead of print.
J. Kim, W. Wang, F.L. Norby, M. Zhang, A. Alonso, P.L. Lutsey, E.Z. Soliman, J. Wolfson, L.Y. Chen. 2020. Diurnal circadian variations in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. J. Electrocardiol. 63:98-103.
J.D. Ritzenthaler, M. Zhang, E. Torres-Gonzalez, J. Roman. 2020. The Integrin Inhibitor Cilengitide and Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis : Cilengitide and Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. Lung 198(6):947-955.
M.R. Rooney, E.Z. Soliman, P.L. Lutsey, F.L. Norby, L.R. Loehr, T.H. Mosley, M. Zhang, R.F. Gottesman, J. Coresh, A.R. Folsom, A. Alonso, L.Y. Chen. 2020. Prevalence and Characteristics of Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation in a Community-Dwelling Elderly Population: The ARIC Study. Circ. Arrhythm. Electrophysiol. e007390.

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