Wanpen Vongpatanasin
Preventive Cardiology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
About
Wanpen Vongpatanasin works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Wanpen Vongpatanasin is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Director of its Hypertension Section in the Division of Cardiology. She also directs the Hypertension Fellowship Program and provides clinical service at Parkland Memorial Hospital and the Clinical Heart and Vascular Center. Her research focuses on mechanisms of hypertension, neural control of blood pressure, hypertension care delivery, and the role of nutrition in cardiorespiratory fitness.
Research focus
Resistant HypertensionNeural Control of Blood PressureAutonomic System Disorders in HypertensionRole of Nutrition in Cardiorespiratory FitnessMedication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control
Impact
319 pubs · 8,974 cites · h-index 50
Training
MD
Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine
1991
Residency in Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1994
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1998
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1998 - Present
Director, Hypertension Section, Division of Cardiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1998 - Present
Director, Hypertension Fellowship Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1998 - Present