Douglas Schocken, M.D.
Fellowship in Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center , 1981
Residency, Duke University Medical Center , 1978
M.D., Duke University, 1974
B.A., Duke University, 1970
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Schocken has joint academic appointments with the College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the College of Public Health, and Department of Gerontology in the College of Arts and Sciences at USF. In addition to serving as the Director of Cardiovascular Services at the Moffitt Cancer Center, Dr. Schocken also works as a physician at Tampa General Hospital and at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, where he served as Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Co-Director of the Noninvasive Laboratory. Prior to moving to Florida, he held positions in Durham, North Carolina, where he received his medical training, and in Baltimore, Maryland, with Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore City Hospitals. His term at the Baltimore City Hospital also included a Fellowship with the Gerontology Research Center.
Areas of Expertise
- Congestive Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Impacts
- Heart Disease in the Elderly
- Approaches to Aging and the Cardiovascular System
- Preventive Cardiology
Current Research
Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure with New Cardiac Hormones
American Heart Association. Florida/Puerto Rico Affiliate
Body Mass Index as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
American Heart Association. Florida/Puerto Rico Affiliate
Publications
Vesely DL, San Miguel GI, Hassan, I, and Schocken DD: Atrial natriuretic hormone, vessel dilator, long acting natriuretic hormone, and kaliuretic hormone decrease the circulating concentrations of corticotropin releasing hormone, corticoropin and cortisol, J Clin Endo Metab, 86: 4244-4249, 2001.
Vesely DL, Perez-Lamboy GI, and Schocken DD: Long acting natriuretic peptide, vessel dilator and kaliuretic peptide enhance urinary excretion rate of ß2 microglobulin in congestive heart failure patients. J Cardiac Failure, 7:55-63, 2001.
Schocken DD: Heart failure - A Clinical Success Story. J FL Med Assoc, 87 : 16-20, 2001.
Singh VN, Schocken DD, Williams K, Stamey R Jr: Cardiac Rehabilitation. In "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation." Emedicine Journal, Vol. 2, No. 10 October 19, 2001. (URL: http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic.180.htm.
Vesely DL, San Miguel GI, Hassan, I, and Schocken DD: Atrial natriuretic hormone vessel and long acting hormone, kaliuretic hormone decrease circulating concentration of total and free T4 and T3 with reciprocal increase in TSH. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 86: 5438-5442, 2001.
Vesely DL, San Miguel GI, Hassan I, Schocken DD: Atrial natriuretic hormone, vessel dilator, long acting natriuretic hormone, and kaliuretic hormone decrease the circulating concentration of prolactin. hormone and metabolic research. In Press, 2002
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