Harold F. Dvorak MD

Dvorak's research is concerned with the steps and mechanisms of pathological angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis as these occur in tumors, wound healing and inflammation. Of particular interest are the processes by which members of the VPF/VEGF family induce new blood and lymphatic vessels; the structural, functional and organizational characteristics of the various types of aberrant vessels that form; the relationship of each aberrant vessel type to the various types of new vessels found in pathological angiogenesis; and the differences between each of these vessel types and corresponding normal vessels.