Daniel R. Welchons, MDCurriculum VitaePage 1
DANIEL RICHARD WELCHONS, MD
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:Daniel Richard Welchons
Address:20 Castleton St., Apt. 1, Boston, MA 02130
Citizenship:U.S.A.
Email:
EDUCATION
Undergraduate
2002–2006State University of New York at GeneseoBS (2006), GPA 3.99
Geneseo, New York Biochemistry
Graduate
2006-2010University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineMD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Internship
2010-present Brigham and Women’s Hospital
General Surgery Intern
Residency
To begin 7/1/11 Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Program in Urology
AWARDS
2008Junior AOA, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 William S. McEllroy Award for Excellence in the Basic Medical Sciences
(Awarded to top 4 students in medical school class after the first year)
2006-presentDean’s Merit Scholarship/Biological Sciences Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
(Full-tuition scholarship to medical school)
2006 SUNY Chancellor’s Award
2006 USA Today Academic All-American Team (Honorable Mention)
2005 Phi Beta Kappa Junior Inductee
2005 Class of 1958 Endowed Scholarship
2004 Dr. Daniel T. Mullin Memorial Scholarship
2004 Achievement in Organic Chemistry Award
2004 American Heart Association Northeast Fellowship
2004 Barry M. Goldwater Memorial Scholarship
2003-2004 Geneseo Foundation Undergraduate Research Grant
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2007-2009Research Student, Department of Transplant Surgery mentored by David Cooper, MD, PhD. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Basic science research investigating the role of statins in decreasing the immune response to xenotransplants in a primate model.
2005Summer intern, Department of Chemistry, mentored by Kazushige Yokoyama, PhD. State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
- Basic science research. Investigating gold colloidal nanoparticles and their adsorption onto the amyloid beta protein.
2005Summer intern, Department of Chemistry, mentored by Wendy Pogozelski, PhD. State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
- Basic science research. Analyzing mitochondrial deletions in irradiated cell lines and utilizing an automated DNA sequencer to determine deletion sequence.
2002-2006Research student, Department of Chemistry, mentored by Kazushige Yokoyama, PhD. State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
- Basic science research. Investigating the ability of congo red dye to identify aberrant folding of the amyloid beta protein through spectroscopy.
2003-2004Research student, Masonic Medical Research Lab, Utica, NY.
- Basic science research studying Brugada syndrome
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Articles
1. Marc Smaldone, Daniel Casella, Daniel Welchons, Jeffrey R. Gingrich. Investigational Therapies for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Jan 17
2. Hidetaka Hara, Nathalie Campanile, Hao-Chih Tai, Cassandra Long, Burcin Ekser, Peter Yeh, Dan Welchons, Mohamed Ezzelarab, David Ayares, David K. C. Cooper. An in vitro Model of pig liver transplantation in humans pig complement is assocaited with reduced lysis of wild-type and gentically-modified pig cells. Liver Transplantation. 2010 Sep-Oct; 17(5):370-8
3. K. Yokoyama and D.R. Welchons. “Thermal Stability of Congo Red Dye- Amyloid βPeptide Complexes”. Amyloid. Publication Status: Submitted (2009).
4. Ezzelarab M, Welchons D, Torres C, Hara H, Long C, Yeh P, Ayares D, Cooper DK. Atorvastatin down-regulates the primate cellular response to procine aortic endothelial cells in vitro. Transplantation. 2008 Sep 15;86(5):733-7.
5. Yokoyama, K.; Briglio, N.M.; Sri Hartati, D; Tsang, S.M.W.; MacCormac, J.E.; Welchons, D.R.“Nano-scale Size Dependence in the Conjugation of Amyloid Beta and Ovalbumin Proteins on the Surface of Gold Colloidal Particles”.Nano-Technolog, 19, 375101-375108 (2008).
6.K. Yokoyama and D.R. Welchons, "The Conjugation of Amyloid Beta Protein on the Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles’ Surface”, Nanotechnology. 2007, 18(10) 105101-105107.
7.Jeffrey M. Fish, DVM, Daniel R. Welchons, Young-Sup Kim, PhD, Suk-Ho Lee, MDPhD,Won-Kyung Ho, MD PhD, and Charles Antzelevitch, PhD. “Dimethyl Lithospermate B, an Extract of Danshen, Suppresses Arrhythmogenesis Associated with the Brugada Syndrome”. Circulation. 2006 Mar 21;113(11) 1393-400.
Abstracts
- K. Yokoyama and D. R. Welchons, "The Conformational Change of Amyloid Beta Protein on the Gold Colloidal Nnanoparticles' Surfaces", 3rd IUPAC International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and materials (MAM-06): Practical Nano-Chemistry and Novel Approaches, May 28-June 1, (2006) Tokyo, Japan.
PRESENTATIONS
- Kazushige Yokoyama, Daniel R. Welchons, and Bradley Johnson, "Marking a Conformational Change in Amyloid Beta Protein by Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles ", NSTI Nanotech Conference, May 7-11 (2006). Boston.
- K. Yokoyama, B. E. Johnson, and D. R. Welchons , "The Conformational Change of Amyloid Beta Protein on Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles' Surfaces", Second International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation, NSF-NNI 2006 & INC2, May 10 (2006) Arlington, VA.
- D. R. Welchons, B. Johnson and K. Yokoyama, “Marking a Conformational Change in the Amyloid-beta Protein”, Poster Presentation, Scholars Symposium, Geneseo, NY
April 15, 2006
- D. R. Welchons, B. Johnson and K. Yokoyama, “Marking a Conformational Change in the Amyloid-beta Protein”, Poster Presentation, Posters On The Hill, Washington DC, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Washington D.C., April 4, 2006
- D. R. Welchons and K. Yokoyama, “Investigation of amyloid -gold nano particle colloid aggregates”, Poster Presentation, SUNY-Geneseo Undergraduate Research Symposium, Geneseo, NY April 15, 2005.
- D. R. Welchons and K. Yokoyama, “Spectroscopic investigation of amyloid -congo red complex”, Poster Presentation, The 32nd ACS- Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM), Rochester, NY, October 31 - November 3, 2004
- D.R. Welchons, Kazushige Yokoyama; “The Effect of Heat on Ovalbumin-Congo Red Complex,” 2003 Undergraduate Science and Math Symposium: Poster Presentation, SUNY- Geneseo, Geneseo NY 14454.
- D.R. Welchons, Christina Germani, Kazushige Yokoyama; “The Effect of Heat on Amyloid- β-Congo Red Dye Complex,”2003 American Chemical Society Fall Symposium: Poster Presenter, Inn on Broadway, Rochester NY 14454.
- D.R. Welchons, Kazushige Yokoyama; “The Effect of Heat on Amyloid-β-Congo Red Dye Complex,” 2003 Rochester Academy of Sciences Symposium: Poster Presenter, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14454.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2009-present Watson Humanism Honor Society
2009-presentAmerican Medical Association (AMA).
2008-presentAlpha Omega Alpha (AOA).
2006-presentAmerican Medical Students Association (AMSA).
2005-present Phi Beta Kappa Society
2004-presentGolden Key International Honor Society
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2009-2010 President, Alpha Omega Alpha
2006-2010 Intramural Athletics – Football, Basketball.
2006-2009 Scholarship and Loans Committee Chair
2007-2009 Curriculum Committee Member for UPSOM
2007-2008 Student Advisor, Faculty and Students Together.
2007-2008 Tutor, Tutoring for MS1 classes.
2006-2008 Vice President, Surgery Interest Group.
2002-2006 Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field- Hurdler/ Sprinter
- 2003 and 2005 SUNYAC Champions
2005 Volunteer, Strong Memorial Emergency Department, Rochester, NY.