Address:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Carnegie 568
Baltimore, MD 21287

Appointment Phone:

410-955-5708

Fax:

410-955-3478

Medical School:
Columbia University, College of Medicine

Residency:
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Current Position:
Cardiology Fellow – Year 2

Publications:
1.     Devlin CM, Leventhal AR, Kuriakose G, Schuchman EH, Williams KJ, Tabas I.Acid sphingomyelinase promotes lipoprotein retention within early atheromata and accelerates lesion progression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Oct; 28(10):1723-30. Epub 2008 Jul 31.

2.    Leventhal AR, Leslie CC, Tabas I.Suppression of macrophage eicosanoid synthesis by atherogenic lipoproteins is profoundly affected by cholesterol-fatty acyl esterification and the Niemann-Pick C pathway of lipid trafficking. J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 27; 279(9):8084-92. Epub 2003 Nov 24.

3.    Leventhal AR, Chen W, Tall AR, Tabas I.Acid sphingomyelinase-deficient macrophages have defective cholesterol trafficking and efflux. J Biol Chem. 2001 Nov 30; 276(48):44976-83. Epub 2001 Sep 28.

4.     Chen W, Sun Y, Welch C, Gorelik A, Leventhal AR, Tabas I, Tall AR.Preferential ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cholesterol efflux from late endosomes/lysosomes. J Biol Chem. 2001 Nov 23; 276(47):43564-9. Epub 2001 Sep 14.

5.     Marathe S, Choi Y, Leventhal AR, Tabas I. Sphingomyelinase converts lipoproteins from apolipoprotein E knockout mice into potent inducers of macrophage foam cell formation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2000 Dec; 20(12):2607-13.

6.     Artrip JH, Wang J, Leventhal AR, Tsitlik JE, Levin HR, Burkhoff D. Hemodynamic effects of direct biventricular compression studied in isovolumic and ejecting isolated canine hearts. Circulation. 1999 Apr 27; 99(16):2177-84.

7.     Stine KJ, Leventhal AR, Parazak DP, Uang JY-J. The Role of Amide-Amide Hydrogen-Bonding in Chiral Recognition in Langmuir Monolayers of N-Stearoylvaline. Enantlomer. 1996. 1, 41-48.