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 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 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 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 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 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 Diagnostic Thresholds for Blood Pressure Measured at Home in the Context of the 2017 Hypertension Guideline. Vongpatanasin W, Ayers C, Lodhi H, Das SR, Berry JD, Khera A, Victor RG, Lin FC, Viera AJ, Yano Y, de Lemos JA Hypertension 2018 Dec 72 6 1312-1319 Prognostic Value of Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension. Pierdomenico SD, Pierdomenico AM, Coccina F, Clement DL, De Buyzere ML, De Bacquer DA, Ben-Dov IZ, Vongpatanasin W, Banegas JR, Ruilope LM, Thijs L, Staessen JA Hypertension 2018 Oct 72 4 862-869 Hemodynamic and Mechanical Properties of the Proximal Aorta in Young and Middle-Aged Adults With Isolated Systolic Hypertension: The Dallas Heart Study. Yano Y, Neeland IJ, Ayers C, Peshock R, Berry JD, Lloyd-Jones DM, Greenland P, Mitchell GF, Vongpatanasin W Hypertension 2017 May Results 1-10 of 21 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
