Wanpen Vongpatanasin, M.D. Titles and Appointments Program Director, Hypertension Fellowship Program Professor Endowed Title Fredric L. Coe Professorship in Nephrolithiasis Research in Mineral Metabolism; Norman and Audrey Kaplan Chair in Hypertension School Medical School Department Internal Medicine | Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Wanpen Vongpatanasin, M.D., is a Professor in 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. Originally from Thailand, Dr. Vongpatanasin earned her medical degree with first-class honors at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. She then completed internal medicine residency training at UT Southwestern, where she also obtained advanced training through a fellowship program in cardiology. Among the recognition and awards Dr. Vongpatanasin has received for her work are the William F. Keating Career Development Award for Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease and the International Award of Excellence in Published Clinical Research from the Endocrine Society. In 2010 she was named the Norman and Audrey Kaplan Chair in Hypertension Research at UT Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Vongpatanasin serves as Associate Editor of the medical journal Circulation and has published numerous original research articles and scholarly reviews in professional publications including Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Hypertension, Circulation Research, and American Journal of Medicine. She has authored textbook chapters on the diagnosis and management of hypertension, and has presented on hypertension and related topics at annual conferences and meetings of organizations including the American Society of Hypertension and the American College of Cardiology. Education Medical School Chulalongkorn Hospital (1990) Internship Parkland Health & Hospital System (1992), Medicine Residency Parkland Health & Hospital System (1994), Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1998), Cardiology Research Interest Conn's Syndrome Hormonal Influence on Blood Pressure Neural Control of Blood Pressure Nutrition's Influence on Blood Pressure Publications Featured Publications High dietary phosphate intake induces anxiety in normal male mice. Yanev P, Ujas TA, Kim HK, Fujikawa T, Isozumi N, Mori E, Turchan-Cholewo J, Stuart C, Sturgill R, Birnbaum SG, Stowe AM, Vongpatanasin W, Brain Behav Immun Health 2025 Nov 49 101112 High Dietary Phosphate Intake Induces Hypertension and Sympathetic Overactivation Through Central Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling. Kim HK, Fukazawa A, Smith SA, Mizuno M, Rothermel BA, Fujikawa T, Galvan M, Gautron L, Pastor JV, Carroll I, Moe OW, Vongpatanasin W, Circulation 2025 Jun Association between Dietary Phosphate Intake on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Adults without Cardiovascular Disease. Giacona JM, Afridi A, Bezan Petric U, Johnson T, Pastor J, Ren J, Sandon L, Malloy C, Pandey A, Shah A, Berry JD, Moe OW, Vongpatanasin W, J Appl Physiol (1985) 2024 Mar Dapagliflozin Attenuates Sympathetic and Pressor Responses to Stress in Young Prehypertensive Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Kim HK, Ishizawa R, Fukazawa A, Wang Z, Bezan Petric U, Chang Hu M, Smith SA, Mizuno M, Vongpatanasin W, Hypertension 2022 Jun 101161HYPERTENSIONAHA12219177 Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Choudhry NK, Kronish IM, Vongpatanasin W, Ferdinand KC, Pavlik VN, Egan BM, Schoenthaler A, Houston Miller N, Hyman DJ, Hypertension 2021 Oct HYP0000000000000203 High-Phosphate Diet Induces Exercise Intolerance and Impairs Fatty Acid Metabolism in Mice. Peri-Okonny PA, Baskin KK, Iwamoto G, Mitchell JH, Smith SA, Kim HK, Szweda LI, Bassel-Duby R, Fujikawa T, Castorena CM, Richardson J, Shelton JM, Ayers C, Berry JD, Malladi VS, Hu MC, Moe OW, Scherer PE, Vongpatanasin W Circulation 2019 Jan Renal Nerve Activity and Arterial Depressor Responses Induced by Neuromodulation of the Deep Peroneal Nerve in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Gonzalez-Gonzalez MA, Romero K, Beitter J, Lloyd D, Lam DV, Hernandez-Reynoso AG, Kanneganti A, Kim HK, Bjune CK, Smith S, Vongpatanasin W, Romero-Ortega MI, Front Neurosci 2022 16 726467 Evidence of reduced efferent renal sympathetic innervation after chemical renal denervation in humans. Hearon CM, Howden EJ, Fu Q, Yoo JK, Dias KA, Roberts-Reeves MA, Samels M, Sarma S, Nesbitt S, Vongpatanasin W, Goldstein DS, Addo T, Levine BD, Am J Hypertens 2021 03 Superiority of Out-of-Office Blood Pressure for Predicting Hypertensive Heart Disease in Non-Hispanic Black Adults. Rader F, Franklin SS, Mirocha J, Vongpatanasin W, Haley RW, Victor RG, Hypertension 2019 Sep HYPERTENSIONAHA11913542 Usefulness of Blood Pressure Variability Indices Derived From 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Detecting Autonomic Failure. Lodhi HA, Peri-Okonny PA, Schesing K, Phelps K, Ngo C, Evans H, Arbique D, Price AL, Vernino S, Phillips L, Mitchell JH, Smith SA, Yano Y, Das SR, Wang T, Vongpatanasin W, J Am Heart Assoc 2019 Apr 8 7 e010161 Results 1-10 of 24 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards Best Doctor in HypertensionD Magazine (2016) Fredric L. Coe Professorship in Nephrolithiasis and Mineral Metabolism ResearchUT Southwestern Medical Center (2016) The Endocrine Society’s International Award of Excellence in Published Clinical Research (2011) Norman & Audrey Kaplan Chair in Hypertension Research (2010) Fellow of the American Heart Association, High Blood pressure Council (2002) Fellow of the American Heart Association, Clinical Carddiology Council (2001) American College of Cardiology/ William F. Keating awardCareer Development Award for Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease (2000) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Cardiology American College of Physician American Heart Association American Physiological Society American Society of Hypertension
