Biography Qiong (Joan) Zhao, MD, PhD, FASE, FACC Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60611 Office: (312) 695-1526 E-mail: Qiong.Zhao@nmff.org AFFILIATION WITH www.CNAHA.org Chair, Structual Heart Disease (2012-2013) Dr. Qiong Zhao graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1993. She received her Ph.D. degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, Nebraska) in 1998 and completed her postdoctoral fellow training at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) in 1999. She then completed her pathology internship training at the University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas city, KS) in 2000 and medical residency training at the University of Massachusetts (Worcester, MA) in 2003. She had her Cardiology Fellowship training at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center (Chicago, IL) from 2003- 2006, and continued on one-year subspecialty training in Echocardiography in Cardiology Division at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine ( Chicago, IL). She then stayed on as a faculty in the Cardiology Division at Northwestern University. Dr. Zhao is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is active in both clinical and basic/translational research. Dr. Zhao’s clinical research interests include Echocardiography, valvular heart disease, woman's heart disease, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure. She has special interest and experience in 3D echocardiography on cardiac structure and function in structural heart diseases. Her basic/translational research is in the field of pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and gender-related cardiovascular disease. Dr. Zhao has received multiple travel grant awards from national medical associations. In 2006 and 2007, she received the Northwestern Young Investigator Award for her research. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Award from the Heart Failure Society of America. She has been serving on the American Society of Echocardiography research committee since 2010. 赵琼，医学博士，哲学博士，美国心脏病学院研究员、美国超声心动图学会研究员 赵琼医生1993年毕业于北京医科大学。1998年在内布拉斯加Creighton大学医学院生命科学系获得细胞分子生物学博士学位，同年在波士顿哈佛大学医学院从事博士后研究。2000年在堪萨斯大学医学院完成一年住院医培训，2003年在马萨诸塞大学医学院完成内科住院医师培训、2006年在芝加哥伊利诺伊大学医学院完成心脏专科医师培训。随后在芝加哥西北大学Feinberg医学院（Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University）心脏科从事1年的超声心动图亚专科培训。赵医生随后加入西北大学心脏科。 赵医生目前是西北大学Feinberg医学院心脏科助理医学教授。她积极活跃于临床和基础/转化医学研究。其临床专长包括超声心动图、瓣膜性心脏病、女性心脏病、冠心病及心肌病和心力衰竭。她尤其擅长利用三维超声心动图评估结构性心脏病的结构和功能。她基础/转化医学研究方向为压力负荷诱导性心肌肥厚、心衰及性别相关性心血管疾病。 她曾获得多项国家医学协会的校外研究奖助金(Travel grant)。2006年和2007年分别获得西北大学“青年研究者奖”。2008年获得著名的美国心衰协会“Jay N. Cohn新研究者奖”。2010至今在美国超声心动图学会科研委员会任职。 Selected Publications (10 OUT OF 45 PUBLICATIONS) Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: Xiao L.*, Zhao Q.*, Du Y., Chao Y., Solaro R.J., Buttrick P.M.: PKC increases phosphorylation of cardiac myosin binding protein C at serine302 both in vitro and in vivo. Biochemistry 2007;46(23):7054-7061 (* Co-first author). PMID:17503784. McCarthy P.M., McGee E.C., Rigolin V.H., Zhao Q., Subacius H, Huskin AL, Underwood S, Kane BJ, Mikati I, Gang G, Bonow RO. Initial clinical experience with Myxo-ETlogix mitral valve repair ring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jul;136(1):73-81. PMID:18603056. Zhao Q., Geha A.S., Tshibaka C., Wu S., Lavi N., Devries S., Massad M., Chomka E.: Biatrial primary synovial sarcoma of the heart. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007;20:197.e1-4. PMID:17275707. Zhao Q., Brauer P.R., Xiao L., McGuire M.H., Yee J.A.: Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) is expressed with its receptor (PTH1R) and affects the differentiation of mesenchymal cells during the histogenesis of cartilage and bone in the chicken mandibular process. J Anat 2002;201:137-151. PMID: 2220122. Tomita T., Zhao Q.: Autopsy findings of heart and lungs in a patient with Fen-Phen associated primary pulmonary hypertension. Chest 2002;121(2): 649-652. PMID: 11834685. Alexander J.M., Bab I., Fish S., Muller R., Uchiyama T., Gronowicz G., Nahounou M., Zhao Q., White D.W., Chorev M., Gazit D., Rosenblatt M.: Human parathyroid hormone (1-34) reverses bone loss in ovariectomized mice. J Bone Miner Res 2001;16(9):1665-1673. PMID:11547836. Book Chapter: Zhao Q., Rigolin V., Valvular Regurgitations p 889-880, McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. ISBN 978-0-07-161410-8, 2012. Abstracts : Zhao Q, Zhao G, Zhang C, Xu X, Varadarajan S, Urao N, Ushio-Fukai M, Fukai T, Xiao L: Selective inhibition of myocardial NADPH oxidase with a dominant-negative mutant of p67phox attenuates angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in adult transgenic mice. Circulation 2011;124:A17040  Zhao Q, Xu X., Zhao G, Zhang C, Deng J, Christman JW, Xiao L: Myocardial-specific overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant of NADPH oxidase subunit p67phox attenuates pressure-overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy in adult transgenic mice. Circulation 2011;124:A17329   Zhao Q, Maganti K, Kane BJ and Rigolin VH, Assessment of Right Ventricular Volume and Systolic Function Using Real-Time Three-dimensional Echocardiography Following Mitral Valve Repair for Chronic Mitral Regurgitation. Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23(5), B62-P3-03