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Tuna Ustunkaya

Associate Program Director and Assistant Professor · University of Tennessee College of Medicine

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History

and Assistant Professor · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Present
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Present
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship · University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Present

Cardiovascular Disease
2022–2025
Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2019–2022
Doctor of Medicine
2013–2017

Research

Rapid Golgi analysis method for efficient and unbiased classification of dendritic spines
PLoS ONE · 2014 · 264 citations
Huntingtin is required for normal excitatory synapse development in cortical and striatal circuits
Journal of Neuroscience · 2014 · 126 citations
Plasma kallikrein mediates brain hemorrhage and edema caused by tissue plasminogen activator therapy in mice after stroke
Blood · 2017 · 76 citations

Francis Marchlinski
3 papers
Saman Nazarian
3 papers
Anjali Owens
2 papers
Benoit Desjardins
2 papers
Bruno Lima
2 papers
Sohail Zahid
2 papers
Stefan Zimmerman
2 papers
Angela Lowenstern
1 paper
AC
Anwar Chahal
1 paper · 1 as a fellow
AS
Apurva Sharma
1 paper · 1 as a fellow
AL
Aung Lin
1 paper
Babak Nazer
1 paper

Clinical trials

Assessing the Impact of Muvalaplin on Major Cardiovascular Events in Adults With Elevated Lipoprotein(a)
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 3
Eli Lilly and Company
2025–2031