Brian Annex

Department Chair

Brian Annex

Department Chair

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Vascular Biology Center

The Graduate School

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

  • (706) 721-7823
  • (706) 721-9405
  • BI 5076

Education

  • MD, Medicine Yale University School of Medi, 1985

  • BS, Biochemistry Stony Brook University, 1981

Certifications

  • PHY VA Department of Health, 2008

Awards & Honors

  • Chairman, National Research Program Subcommittee of the National Research Council American Heart Association , 2014

  • Councilor Association of Professors of Cardiology, 2014

  • External Advisory Board of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease and LSU Health Science Center Shreveport, 2014

  • Pepoon Visiting Professor Oregon Health & Science University, 2014

  • Inaugural Malcolm Feist Lecture on Translational Research in Cardiovascular Diseases LSU-Health Science Center Shreveport, LA, 2013

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • VBIO 9300

    Research in Vascular Bio
  • VBIO 9010

    Seminar in Vascular Bio
  • GMED 5000

    Basic Clerkship GMED

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Pentose Pathway Activation Is Superior to Increased Glycolysis for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Perivascular adipose tissue promotes vascular dysfunction in murine lupus., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • JACC: Basic to Translational Science Top Reviewers 2022: With Appreciation and Gratitude., 2023
    Other
  • Experiment-based Computational Model Predicts that IL-6 Trans-Signaling Plays a Dominant Role in IL-6 mediated signaling in Endothelial Cells., 2023
    Other
  • Machine Learning approach to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Admitted for Peripheral Artery Disease in the United States, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Peripheral Arterial Disease (Translational Research) Angiogenesis/Vascular Remodeling, Vascular Biology, Systems Biology and Computational Modeling