Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

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About

Chair: Diego F. Alvarez, MD, PhD

Contact Information
Angela Buckner, Biomedical Sciences Specialist
(936) 202-5211

Website: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Mission

The mission of the department of Physiology and Pharmacology is to educate and empower medical scholars with transformative critical thinking aimed at applying physiology and pharmacology principles and practices to provide excellence in patient care.

Academic Programs 

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

Director/Chair: Diego Alvarez

Hosam Gharib Abdelhady, PHD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, Univ of Nottingham; MPHARM, Cairo University; BPHARM, Al-Fateh Univ of Medical Sci

Diego Alvarez, PHD, Professor and Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, Univ of South Alabama; MD, Universidad Libre

Rebecca Kirstin Andrews Dickert, MD, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, MD, Michigan State University; BA, Univ of Chicago

Marcos Esteban Garza Madrid, PHD, Associate Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey; MD, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey

Kevin C Lord, PHD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology; Director of Research, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, LSU Health Science Center; MHS, LSU Health Science Center; BS, LSU Health Science Center

Petra Rocic, PHD, Associate Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham; PHD, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham; BA, Oberlin College

Sahar Ahmed Soliman, PHD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, PHD, Univ of Georgia; BPHARM, Ain Shams University