Omaida C. Velazquez

Gallagher, Katherine A.; Liu, Zhao-Jun; Xiao, Min; Chen, Haiying; Goldstein, Lee J.; Buerk, Donald G.; Nedeau, April; Thom, Stephen R.; Velazquez, Omaida C. (2007-05-01). "Diabetic impairments in NO-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and homing are reversed by hyperoxia and SDF-1α". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117 (5). American Society for Clinical Investigation: 1249–1259. doi: 10.1172/jci29710 . ISSN   0021-9738. PMC   1857264 . PMID   17476357 . Retrieved 2025-03-12.

Liu, Zhao-Jun; Shirakawa, Takashi; Li, Yan; Soma, Akinobu; Oka, Masahiro; Dotto, G. Paolo; Fairman, Ronald M.; Velazquez, Omaida C.; Herlyn, Meenhard (2003-01-01). "Regulation of Notch1 and Dll4 by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Arterial Endothelial Cells: Implications for Modulating Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23 (1): 14–25. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.1.14-25.2003 . ISSN   1098-5549. PMC   140667 . PMID   12482957.

Généreux, Philippe; Webb, John G.; Svensson, Lars G.; Kodali, Susheel K.; Satler, Lowell F.; Fearon, William F.; Davidson, Charles J.; Eisenhauer, Andrew C.; Makkar, Raj R.; Bergman, Geoffrey W.; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Bavaria, Joseph E.; Velazquez, Omaida C.; Williams, Mathew R.; Hueter, Irene; Xu, Ke; Leon, Martin B. (2012). "Vascular Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60 (12): 1043–1052. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.003. PMID   22883632.

Honors and awards

Velazquez is a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery, ^[22] and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2022. ^[21]

References

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Omaida C. Velazquez
Born	Cuba
Occupation(s)	Vascular Surgeon Researcher
Academic background
Education	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (MD) Stevens Institute of Technology (BS)

Authority control databases: Academics	ORCID