Kailash N. Pandey PhD

Kailash N. Pandey is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Physiology, Tulane University, School of Medicine. He received M.Sc. from Kanpur University, India, and Ph.D. in 1979 from University of Kentucky, Lexington. He completed postdoctoral at Vanderbilt University and subsequently was promoted to faculty. In 1990, he moved to Medical college of Georgia and in 1997 joined Tulane University, School of Medicine. The research in his laboratory has focused on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and guanylyl cyclase/natriuretic peptide receptor-A (GC-A/NPRA)-mediated regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular homeostasis. His laboratory deduced the amino acid sequence of murine GC-A/NPRA and genomic sequence of Npr1 (coding for GC-A/NPRA). In collaboration with Professor Oliver Smithies (University of North Carolina),