Alexander Panda MD, PhD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Selected Publications
- Panda B, Panda A, Ueda I, Abrahams VM, Norwitz ER, Stanic AK, Young BC, Ecker JL,Altfeld M, Shaw AC, Rueda BR. Dendritic cells in the circulation of women with preeclampsia demonstrate a pro-inflammatory bias secondary to dysregulation of TLR receptors. J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Jun;94(2):210-5. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
- Shaw AC, Panda A, Joshi SR, Qian F, Allore HG, Montgomery RR. 2010. Dysregulation of Human Toll-like Receptor Function in Aging. Ageing Res Rev. 2011 Jul;10(3):346-53. Epub 2010 Nov 10. Review.
- Shaw AC, Joshi S, Greenwood H, Panda A, Lord JM. 2010. Aging of the innate immune system. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Aug;22(4):507-13.
- Hewing B., Ghaeni L., Dreker H., Panda A., Baumann G., Borges A. 2010. Echocardiographic diagnosis, management and monitoring of pulmonary embolism with right heart thrombus. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2010 May 16;8:18.
- Panda B., Iruretagoyena I., Stiller R., Panda A. 2010. Influenza vaccination rates during pregnancy: Patient and Physician Attitudes and subsequent interventions to increase vaccination rates. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Jul 1.
- Panda B, Panda A, Riley LE. Selected viral infections in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2010 Jun;37(2):321-31.
- Panda A., Qian F., Mohanty S. , Van Duin D, Towle V. Newman F.K., Belshe R.B, Allore H.G. , Montgomorry R.R. , Shaw A.C. 2010. A Generalized, Age-associated Defect in Tolllike Receptor Function in Primary Human Dendritic Cells. Journal of Immunology. 2010. 1;184(5):2518-27.
- Panda A., McArdle J. 2010. To bronch or not to bronch? A recurring challenge in neutropenic patients with pulmonary infiltrates. Connecticut Medicine. 2010 Feb Vol 74 (2) 69-77.
- Panda, A., Arjona, A., Sapey, E., Bai, F., Fikrig E., Montgomery, RR., Lord, JM., Shaw A. 2009. Innate Immunosenescence - Causes and Consequences for Immunity in Old Age. Trends Immunol. 2009, 30(7):325-33.
- Borges A.C., Knebel F., Lembcke A., Panda A., Komoda T., Hiemann N.E., Meyer R., Baumann G., Hetzer R. 2009. Bronchogenic cyst of the interatrial septum presenting as atrioventricular block. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jun;87(6):1920-3.
Selected Publications
- Panda B, Panda A, Ueda I, Abrahams VM, Norwitz ER, Stanic AK, Young BC, Ecker JL,Altfeld M, Shaw AC, Rueda BR. Dendritic cells in the circulation of women with preeclampsia demonstrate a pro-inflammatory bias secondary to dysregulation of TLR receptors. J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Jun;94(2):210-5. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
- Shaw AC, Panda A, Joshi SR, Qian F, Allore HG, Montgomery RR. 2010. Dysregulation of Human Toll-like Receptor Function in Aging. Ageing Res Rev. 2011 Jul;10(3):346-53. Epub 2010 Nov 10. Review.
- Shaw AC, Joshi S, Greenwood H, Panda A, Lord JM. 2010. Aging of the innate immune system. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Aug;22(4):507-13.
- Hewing B., Ghaeni L., Dreker H., Panda A., Baumann G., Borges A. 2010. Echocardiographic diagnosis, management and monitoring of pulmonary embolism with right heart thrombus. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2010 May 16;8:18.
- Panda B., Iruretagoyena I., Stiller R., Panda A. 2010. Influenza vaccination rates during pregnancy: Patient and Physician Attitudes and subsequent interventions to increase vaccination rates. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Jul 1.
- Panda B, Panda A, Riley LE. Selected viral infections in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2010 Jun;37(2):321-31.
- Panda A., Qian F., Mohanty S. , Van Duin D, Towle V. Newman F.K., Belshe R.B, Allore H.G. , Montgomorry R.R. , Shaw A.C. 2010. A Generalized, Age-associated Defect in Tolllike Receptor Function in Primary Human Dendritic Cells. Journal of Immunology. 2010. 1;184(5):2518-27.
- Panda A., McArdle J. 2010. To bronch or not to bronch? A recurring challenge in neutropenic patients with pulmonary infiltrates. Connecticut Medicine. 2010 Feb Vol 74 (2) 69-77.
- Panda, A., Arjona, A., Sapey, E., Bai, F., Fikrig E., Montgomery, RR., Lord, JM., Shaw A. 2009. Innate Immunosenescence - Causes and Consequences for Immunity in Old Age. Trends Immunol. 2009, 30(7):325-33.
- Borges A.C., Knebel F., Lembcke A., Panda A., Komoda T., Hiemann N.E., Meyer R., Baumann G., Hetzer R. 2009. Bronchogenic cyst of the interatrial septum presenting as atrioventricular block. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jun;87(6):1920-3.
- Panda B., Iruretagoyena I., Stiller R., Panda A. 2009. Antibiotic Resistance and Penicillin Tolerance in Clinical Isolates of Group B Streptococci. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Feb;22(2):111-4.
- Althoff TF, Knebel F, Panda A, McArdle J, Gliech V, Franke I, Witt C, Baumann G, Borges AC. 2008. Long-term Follow-up of a Fenestrated Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder i Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Chest. 2008 Jan;133(1):283-5.
- Hartmann J., Knebel F., Eddicks S., Beling M., Grohmann A., Panda A., Jacobi C.A., Muller J.M., Baumann G. and Borges A.C. 2007. Noninvasive monitoring of regional and global function in peritoneal metastasis rat model after surgical and cytostatic therapy: assessment with tissue Doppler and non-Doppler 2D strain echocardiography. Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2007 5:23.
- Panda, A. 2006. HIV-Associated Nephropathy and Drug –Induced Renal Injury. MedGenMed eJournal. http://medgenmed.medscape.com/viewarticle/531370.
- Borges A.C., Knebel F., Eddicks S., Franke I., Witt C., Panda, A., Baumann G. 2006. Ventricular Function Assessed by Two-dimensional Strain and Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Effect of Vasodilator Therapy. Am J Cardiol 15;98(4):530-4.
- Knebel F, Gliech V., Walde T., Panda A., Sanad W., Eddicks S, Baumann G., Borges A.C. 2004. Percutaneous Closure of Interatrial Communications in Adults – Prospective Embolism Prevention Study with Two- and Three-Dimensional Echocardiography. Cardiovascular Ultrasound. 2 (1):5.
- Borges A.C., Kivelitz D., Walde T., Reibis R.K., Grohmann A., Panda A., Wernecke K.D., Rutsch W., Hamm B., and Baumann G. 2003. Apical Tissue Tracking Echocardiography For Characterization of Regional Left Ventricular Function: Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients After Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. Vol 16, No 3, 254-62.
- Giraldez R.R., Panda A., and Zweier J.L. 2000. Endothelial Dysfunction Does Not Require Loss of Nitric Oxide Synthase. Am Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. Vol 278, H2020-H2027.
- Giraldez R.R., Panda A., Xia Y., Sanders S.P., and Zweier J.L. 1997. Decreased Nitric-Oxide Synthase Activity Causes Impaired Endothelium-dependent Relaxation in the Postischemic Heart. The Journal Of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 272, No 34, 21420-21426.


