Errol P. Lobo
Professor
UCSF School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Dr.Errol Lobo is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at UCSF. He received his undergraduate education at the University of San Francisco and his Doctorate in Medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr.Lobo also holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Lobo is a former University of California President\'s Fellow and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow. Dr. Lobo\'s anesthesia practice is focused primarily on obstetrical anesthesia and on anesthesia for vascular surgery.
Research Interest
Dr. Lobo\'s research interests include the regulation of calcium signaling pathways in cells stimulated by proteins that cause blood vessels to constrict. The protein he is primarily interested in is endothelin. Endothelin is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. In the fetus, endothelin is intimately involved in renal development.