CURRICULUM VITAE
Ron Yaar
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
AWARDS
WORK EXPERIENCE
Boston Medical Center, Fellowship in Dermatopathology 7/08 - present
Emory University, Anatomic pathology residency program 7/05 - 6/08
Boston University, Combined M.D./Ph.D. program in Biochemistry 9/96 – 5/05
Medical School - Clinical 10/03- 5/05
Ph.D. Graduate work 6/98 -8/03
Medical School - Basic science 9/96 - 6/98
· Relevant Ph.D. Coursework:
Molecular Biology, Gene Targetting in Transgenic Mice, Cell Biology, Protein Structure and Function, Enzyme Kinetics
· Dissertation: “Regulation of expression of the A3 adenosine receptor gene: A role for A2 adenosine receptor activation.”
· Investigated the transcriptional regulation of the A3 adenosine receptor using both tissue culture and transgenic mouse models.
· Identified two novel sites for A3 adenosine receptor expression, i.e. the retina and cerebrospinal vasculature.
· Investigated a mechanism by which cAMP might control its own levels via transcriptional regulation of adenosine receptors.
Boston University, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, received 5/96
G.P.A. 3.70 / 4.00 (Summa Cum Laude)
· Relevant Coursework:
Thermodynamics, Biochemistry/Genetic Engineering, Biomolecular Architecture, Biophysics of Large Molecules, Biosignal Detection and Measurement
· Undergraduate Thesis: “In Situ Detection of Tandem Repeat Length”
Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Boston University
· Design and implementation of rapid method for scoring short tandem DNA repeats, using solid-surface technology instead of gel electrophoresis
· Project Proposal submitted in November 1995
· Final Report and Oral presentation presented at conference in May 1996
Stowell-Orbison award for pathologists-in-training - United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Meeting (2008)
Award for excellence in Anatomic Pathology - Emory University Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (2008)
Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Boston University
Undergraduate Researcher 5/94 - 8/96
Research Assistant 6/97 - 8/97
· Preliminary work on the development of a rapid method for detecting and scoring short tandem DNA repeats
Training in general and specific laboratory techniques and equipment:
· DNA Sequencing· Tissue Culture / · Analysis/Manipulation of transgenic animals
· Polymerase Chain Reaction / · Southern Blotting
· Gel Electrophoresis / · Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
· High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis
· Handling of Radioactivity (32P, 14C, 3H, 125I) / · Cloning and Plasmid construction
PUBLICATIONS
MEETINGS
PATENT
1. Pugliese S, Yaar R, Al-Dawsari N, Goldberg LJ, Garg A. Adverse reaction to cutaneous injection of contents from a vitamin e liquid-containing capsule. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Apr;146(4):454-5.
2. Yaar R, Rothman K, Mahalingam M. When Dead Cells Tell Tales-Cutaneous Involvement by Precursor T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma With an Uncommon Phenotype. Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Dec;32(2):183-6.
3. Carlson GW, Page AJ, Cohen C, Parker D, Yaar R, Li A, Hestley A, Delman KA, Murray DR.
Regional recurrence after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma. Ann Surg. 2008 Sep;248(3):378-86
4. Yaar R, Jones MR, Chen JF, Ravid K. Animal models for the study of adenosine receptor function. J Cell Physiol. 2005 Jan;202(1):9-20.
5. Yaar R, Lamperti ED, Toselli PA, Ravid K. Activity of the A3 adenosine receptor gene promoter in transgenic mice: characterization of previously unidentified sites of expression. FEBS Letters 2002 Dec 18;532(3):267-72.
6. Yaar R, Cataldo LM, Tzatsos A, Francis CE, Zhao Z, Ravid K. Regulation of the A3 adenosine receptor gene in vascular smooth muscle cells: role of a cAMP and GATA element. Molecular Pharmacolology 2002 Nov;62(5):1167-76.
7. Zhao Z, Yaar R, Ladd D, Cataldo LM, Ravid K. Overexpression of A3 adenosine receptors in smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle is lethal to embryos. Microvascular Research 2002 Jan;63(1):61-9.
8. Surdi GA, Yaar R, Smith CL. Discrimination of DNA duplexes with matched and mismatched tandem repeats by T4 endonuclease VII. Genet Anal 1999 Feb;14(5-6):177-9
9. Yaar R, Szafranski P, Cantor CR, Smith CL. In situ detection of tandem DNA repeat length. Genet Anal 1996 Nov;13(5):113-8
American Society of Dermatopathology Meeting (2009)
· Oral Presentation: “"MART-1 POSITIVE DERMAL CELLS IN MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN SITU"
· Poster presentation: “Glandular and Plexiform Schwannoma”
American Society of Dermatopathology Meeting (2008)
· Poster presentation: “"WHEN DEAD CELLS TELL TALES - CUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT BY PRECURSOR T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA WITH AN UNCOMMON PHENOTYPE",
· Poster presentation: “DELAYED IDIOSYNCRATIC INFLAMMATORY REACTION TO COSMETIC SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF VITAMIN E”
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Meeting (2008)
· Poster presentation: “CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF MELANOMA METASTATIC TO SINGLE SENTINEL LYMPH NODES.”
Smith; Cassandra L. Yaar; Ron. Szafranski; Przemyslaw . Cantor; Charles R. Nucleic acid detection methods. United States Patent #5,753,439.