Christopher Cardozo, MD
About Me
Dr. Cardozo is Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Rehabilitation and Human Performance.
He is clinically trained in internal medicine and pulmonary diseases and enzymology of proteases and peptidases. His research seeks to improve function and reduce neuropathological pain in persons with neurological injuries including spinal cord injury. Parallel work investigates the basis for impaired muscle contractile function with aging.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance
Research Topics
Genetics, Molecular Biology, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord
Education
MD, University Wisconsin
, The Mount Sinai Hospital
, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
, The Mount Sinai Hospital
BS, University of Wisconsin
Research
A major portion of our work aims to discover novel treatments to improve function after paralysis from a spinal cord injury. Other major projects currently being investigated in our lab are:
- Delineating the cellular and molecular roles of Numb and Numb-like in skeletal muscle function.
- Understanding the cellular and molecular basis for the worse outcomes of persons with SCI carrying ApoE4 as compared to ApoE3.
- Testing the role ryanodine receptor dysfunction in skeletal muscle after spinal cord injury and underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms.
- Systematic studies of the integrative physiology responsible for altered metabolomic profile after spinal cord injury.