Gary Vincent Desir MD

Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies; Associate Chair, Veteran Affairs


Departments & Organizations

Internal Medicine: NephrologyPrimary Care Residency Program | Traditional Residency Program

Research Interests

Role of the voltage-gated K channel, Kv1.3, in renal K secretion and glucose metabolism; mechanisms by which K channels regulate vascular tone


Education

  • M.D., Yale University , 1980

Selected Publication

  • Jianchao Xu, Peili Wang, Pandelakis A. Koni, Richard A. Flavell, and Desir GV. 2002 Regulation of insulin sensitivity and body weight by the voltage–gated potassium channel Kv1.3 (Submitted).