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Robert J. Pignolo, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Staff Physician, Philadelphia VAMC Collaborative Faculty, McKay Laboratory of Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow of the Institute on Aging  University of Pennsylvania Division of Geriatric Medicine Ralston-Penn Center Room 321 3615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Telephone: (215) 898-2330 Facsimile: (215) 573-8684 E-mail: robert.pignolo@uphs.upenn.edu Education
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
Clinical/Research Interests
Biographical Sketch Robert Pignolo is a clinician-scientist whose areas of expertise include cellular and molecular biology of aging, osteoporosis, and metabolic bone disease. His important contributions to the field of cellular senescence has significance to growth control and transformation, differentiation, angiogenesis, and mechanisms of cellular aging. He first isolated and characterized a gene now shown to be a potent angiogenesis inhibitor currently in clinical trials as a potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration. These contributions are represented in professional journals and include original papers, review articles and book chapters. As a clinician-scientist, his areas of interest extend to encompass the biology of bone metabolism as it relates to important issues in geriatrics such as osteoporosis. In addition, he runs the Osteoporosis Clinic in the Geriatrics and Extended Care Service at the Philadelphia VA medical center. He is also co-director of the Frontiers in Aging Course offered as an elective to fourth-year medical students. |
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