Ira Tabas
Preventive Cardiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
About
Ira Tabas works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Ira Tabas is the Richard J. Stock Professor and Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is also a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He leads a research lab focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying atherosclerosis and related cardiometabolic diseases.
Research focus
Atherosclerosis and plaque progressionCholesterol and lipid metabolism in cardiovascular diseaseEndoplasmic reticulum stress in cardiometabolic disordersMacrophage apoptosis and phagocytosis in atherosclerosisInsulin resistance and hepatic glucose production
Impact
368 pubs · 65,704 cites · h-index 130
Training
MD
Washington University in St. Louis
1981
PhD in Biochemistry
Washington University in St. Louis
1981
Affiliations
Work Experience
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
1985 - Present
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
1985 - Present
Columbia University Medical Center
1984 - 1986
Columbia University Medical Center
1982 - 1984
Columbia University Medical Center
1981 - 1982