About Us

The Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University consists of 14 full time faculty members including one primary appointee from the Vascular Biology Center. In addition, the Department has two active emeritus professors and four research professors. The primary research interests of the department are Cardiovascular Physiology, Endocrinology, and Neuroscience. Thirteen graduate students, nine postdoctoral fellows, and two medical residents are currently homed in Physiology. Visiting Professors and Visiting Students from various countries including China, Japan, and Brazil frequently come to work or perform research fellowships in the Department of Physiology.

Physiology faculty currently hold more than $7,000,000 in extramural funding, ranking 30th out of 81 Medical School Physiology Departments nationally. Members of the Department teach in the Medical and Graduate Schools including Medical Physiology and Integrated Systems Biology, Neuroscience and advanced courses in cardiovascular and endocrine physiology.

Faculty (2018):
Back Row: Drs. Clinton Webb, Mykola Mamenko, Jennifer Sullivan, Michael
Brands, Istvan Czikora, Mong-Heng Wang, Zsolt Bagi, Paul O’Connor, Vivek
Choudhary, Weiguo Li
Front Row: Drs. Weiqin Chen, Hakjoo Lee, Yisang Yoon, Fernanda Priviero,
Ruth Harris, Wendy Bollag
Not pictured: Drs.  Jessica Filosa, Philip O'Herron, David Stepp, Hongyi Zhou