BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic & Professional Background

• B.S. (Zoology & Chemistry) 1964 - University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
• M.D. 1968 - University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
• Internship (Medicine) 1969 - Gorgas Hospital, Canal Zone
• Residency (Medicine) 1970 - University of Illinois Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
• Residency (Medicine) 1973 - VA Hines Hospital, Hines, Illinois
• Fellowship (Gastro/Liver) 1974 - University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Current Research Interests

• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Clinical Trials
• Esophageal Function
• Hepato-Biliary Physiology
• SCI Education

Selected Publications

Walter JS, Sacks J, Othman R, Scianna J, Nemchausky B, Chintam R, Anfinsen L, and Hines VA SCI Service Physicians. Characteristics of persons with spinal cord injury as documented by use of an interactive data system. J of Spinal Cord Medicine 23:257-262, 2000.

Walter JS, Sacks J, Mask J, Johnson P, Othman R, Nemchausky B. Psychosocial problems of individuals with spinal cord injury as documented by use of an interactive data system. American Association of SCI Psychologists & Social Workers 13:123-128, 2000.

Walter JS, Wheeler JS, Nemchausky B, Wortman G. Impact model of an effective bladder inhibitory drug for Spinal Cord Injury. Veterans Health System Journal, August:15-20, 2000.

Holmes EW, Kanabrocki EL, Hermid RC, Bremmer WF, Third JLHC, Ryan M, Johnson M, Nemchausky BA, Shirazi P, Garbincius J, Scheving LE. Circadian rhythm of serum total homocysteine in adult males. Endocrine Society- 81st Annual Meeting, June, 1999.

Kanabrocki EL, Sothern RB, Messmore HL, Roitman-Johnson B, McCormick JB, Dawson S, Bremner WS, Third JLHC, Nemchausky BA, Shirazi P, Scheving LE. Circadian interrelationships among levels of plasma fibrinogen, blood platelets, and serum interleukin-6. Clin Appl Thrombosis/Hemostasis 5:37-42, 1999.

Walter J, Wheeler J, Creasey G, Riedy L, Chintam R, Bruninga K, Collins E, Nemchausky B, Anderson D. Optimization of sacral ventral root stimulation following SCI: Two case reports. J Spinal Cord Med 21:211-219, 1998.

Mendenhall CL, . . . Nemchausky BA, et al. A study of oral nutritional support with oxandrolone in malnourished patients with alcoholic hepatitis: Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative study. Hepatology 17:564-576, 1993.

Stinneford JG, Keshavarzian A, Nemchausky BA, et al. Esophagitis and esophageal motor abnormalities in patients with chronic spinal cord injuries. Paraplegia 31:384-392, 1993.

Chedid A, . . . Nemchausky BA, et al. Cell-mediated hepatic injury in alcoholic liver disease. Gastroenterology 105:254-266,1993.

Mendenhall CI, . . . The VA study Group 275. Epidemiology of hepatitis C among veterans with alcoholic liver disease. AM J Gastroenterol 88:1022-1026, 1993.

Chedid A, . . . The VA Cooperative Study Group 275. Expression of the 1 chain (CD29) of integrins and CD45 in alcoholic liver disease. AM J Gastroenterol 88:1920-1927, 1993.

Sontag SJ, . . . Nemchausky B, et al. The importance of hiatal hernia in reflux esophagitis compared with lower esophageal sphincter pressure or smoking. J Clin Gastroenterol 13:628-643, 1991.

Culkin DJ, Wheeler JS, Nemchausky BA, et al. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Spinal cord injury vs ambulatory patients. J Am Paraplegia Soc 13:4-6, 1990.

Subbarao JV, Chintam R, Roa MS, Nemchausky B. Non-traumatic dislocation of shoulder with rupture of axillary vessel branch in a paraplegic patient: A case report. J Am Paraplegia Soc 13:15-17, 1990.

Sontag SJ, . . . Nemchausky B, et al. Effect of positions, eating, and bronchodilators on gastroesophageal reflux in asthmatics. Dig Dis Sci 35:849-856, 1990.

Kanabrocki EL, . . . Nemchausky BA, et al. Circadian reference data for men in the fifth decade of life. In: Chronobiology, Its Role in Clinical Medicine, General Biology, and Agriculture. Wiley-Liss, Inc, Part A, pp 771-781, 1990.

Kanabrocki EL, . . . Nemchausky BA, et al. Reference values for circadian rhythms of 98 variables in clinically healthy men in the fifth decade of life. Chronobiol International 7:445-461, 1990.

Stanley MM, . . . Nemchausky BA, et al. Peritoneovenous shunting as compared with medical treatment in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and massive ascites. NEJM 31221:1632-1638, 1989.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• Electrical Stimulation of Paralyzed Muscle After Spinal Injury
• Muscle Re-Education in Incomplete Quadriplegia by Electrical Stimulation
• Wheelchair Graded Exercise Tests for Patients with Lower Limb Disabilities
• Evaluation of the Vannini-Rizzoli Stabilizing Orthosis
• Evaluation of the "Easy Pivot" Transfer System
• Phase I Clinical Study of rhu IL-b in Patients with Decubitus Ulceration
• Parastep System - Functional Electrical Stimulation System for Spinal Cord Injured Walking
• Topical Solution of Recombinant Human Fibroblastic Growth Factor (bFGF) in the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
• Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) in the Management of Pressure Ulcers
• Colchicine in the Treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the Liver

Research Funding Sources

• Immunex
• R.W. Johnson Pharmaceuticals
• Scios, Inc.
• Sigmedics
• VA Cooperative Studies
• VA Rehabilitation Research & Development
• ZymoGenetics, Inc.

Research Methods Employed

• Clinical Studies
• Clinical Ethics