Clinical Research Laboratory Manager
Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate:

1988-1990 Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration-Management
Webster Univeristy
St. Louis, Missouri

1984-1986 Diploma in Nursing
Missouri Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
St. Louis, Missouri

Graduate:

1998-2000 Master of Health Science in Health Care Services
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Missouri State Board of Nursing, 1986

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Society of Nuclear Medicine

INVITED LECTURES:

"Living with Congestive Heart Failure." Annual CHF and Cardiac Transplant Support Group Meeting, 1996, 2000, 2001.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

• Good Clinical Practice, 2000
• Radiation Safety-Positron Emission Tomography Certification, 2000
• Comprehensive Clinical Research Coordinator Training, 2000
• Radiation Safety Certification, 1993

AWARDS:

First Place Oral Presentation Award at Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting, Technologists Section, 1995. Optimization of the oral glucose loading regimen for myocardial imaging with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS:

The dependency of contractile reserve on myocardial blood flow: implications for the assessment of myocardial viability by dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Optimization of the oral glucose loading regimen for myocardial imaging with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts:

1. Lee HH, Davila-Roman VG, Walsh JF, Delano DA, Rubin PJ, Gropler RJ. The dependency of contractile reserve on myocardial blood flow: implications for the assessment of myocardial viability by dobutamine stress echocardiography. Circulation 1997;96:1885-1891.

2. Gropler RJ, Markham J, McGill JB, Hsu E, Hamzei A, Delano DA, Rubin PJ. Demonstration of reversible myocardial trapping of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose in patients with coronary artery disease: implications for the use of patlak graphical analysis for the measurement of myocardial glucose utilization. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, under review.

3. Kates AM, Herrero P, Dence C, Soto P, Srinivasan M, Delano DG, Ehsani A, Gropler RJ. Impact of aging on substrate metabolism by the human heart. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2003;41:293-299.

1. Walsh JF, Davila-Roman VG, Perez JE, Geltman EM, Garrison DA, Gropler RJ. Resting regional myocardial oxidative metabolism predicts contractile, metabolic and flow responses to inotropic stimulation. Circulation 1993; 88:I-647.

2. Rubin PJ, Garrison DA, Herrero P, Geltman EM, Bergmann SR, Gropler RJ: Coronary revascularization improves the extent of heterogeneity of blood flow in dysfunctional myocardium. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994; 161A.

3. Gropler RJ, Markham J, McGill JB, Hsu E, Hamzei A, Garrison DA, Rubin PJ. Limitation of quantification of myocardial glucose utilization rates by patlak graphical analysis in patients with coronary artery disease. J Nucl Med 1994;35:156P.

4. Garrison DA, Davila-Roman VG, Rubin PJ, Baird T, Gropler RJ. Simultaneous dobutamine PET and echocardiography for the evaluation of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Nucl Med Tech 1994.

5. Garrison-Delano DA, Rubin PJ, Baird T, Gropler RJ. Optimization of the oral glucose loading regimen for myocardial imaging with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose. J Nucl Med Tech 1995.

6. Rubin PJ, Miller T, Schechtman KB, Delano DA, Gropler RJ. Prediction of improvement in left ventricular function after coronary revascularization by measurements of myocardial oxidative metabolism in patients with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1995;92: I-550.

7. Lee HH, Gussak H, Davila-Roman VG, Delano DA, Gropler RJ. Contractile reserve is not dependent solely on changes in myocardial blood flow. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996:27:23A.

8. Lee HH, Gussak H, Davila-Roman VG, Delano DA, Gropler RJ. Dependency of contractile reserve on myocardial blood flow J Nuc Med 1996;37:82P.

9. Rubin PJ, Delano DA, Rogers JG, Gropler RJ. Cardiac PET with C-11 acetate identifies patients referred for cardiac transplant who benefit from high-risk coronary bypass surgery J Nuc Med 1996;37:222P.

10. Kates AM, Moustakidis P, Herrero P, Oellerich WE, Cupps B, Delano DA, Davila-Roman VG, Pasque MK, Gropler RJ. The effects of aging on myocardial efficiency. Magnetic Res Med 1999;2:1317.

11. Kates AM, Moustakidis P, Herrero P, Oellerich WE, Cupps B, Delano DA, Davila-Roman VG, Pasque MK, Gropler RJ. Aging and myocardial efficiency in humans. J Nucl Med 1999;40:4.

12. Beerepoot J, Herrero P, Vedela G, Delano DA, Ehsani E, Davila-Roman VG, Gropler RJ. The impact of age and gender on the response of myocardial perfusion and oxygen comsumption to dobutamine. Presented at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Annual Congress, Paris, France, September, 2000.

13. Rogers J, Herrero P, Delano DA, Kelly DP, Davila-Roman VG, Gropler RJ. Demonstration of a shift in myocardial intermediary metabolism in the failing human heart. Supplement to Circ 2000;102:3880.

14. Herrero P, Beerepoot J, Vedela G, Delano DA, Ehsani E, Davila-Roman VG, Gropler RJ. The impact of age and gender on the response to myocardial perfusion and oxygen consumption to catecholamines. Presented at the 5^th International Congress in Nuclear Cariology, Vienna, Austria, May 2000.

15. Gropler RJ, Herrero P, Vedela G, Delano DA, Ehsani E. Impact of aging on dobutamine-induced changes in myocardial intermediary metabolism. Presented at the 5^th International Congress in Nuclear Cardiology, Vienna, Austria, May 2000.

16. Herrero P, Vedala G, Kowalski R, Ehsani A, Delano D, Davila-Roman V, Gropler RJ. Impact of aging on dobutamine-induced changes in myocardial substrate utilization. J of Nucl Med 42: 196; 2001.

17. Herrero P, Kisrieva, Delano D, Vedala G, Ehsani A, Gropler RJ. The impact of age and gender on myocardial perfusion and oxygen consumption. J of Nucl Med 42: 360; 2001.

18. Gropler RJ, Srinivasan M, Delano DA, Kisrieva-Ware Z, Herrero P. Impact of estrogen on myocardial fatty acid utilization and oxidation in postmenopausal women. ESC Congress 2002, Berlin, Germany.

19. Gropler RJ, Srinivasan M, Delano DA, Kisrieva-Ware Z, Herrero P. Impact of estrogen on myocardial fatty acid utilization and oxidation in postmenopausal women. 8^th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, October 2002.

20. DeLano DA , Herrero P, Burney R, Schwarz S, LaForest R, Becker LM, Gropler RJ. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with PET and Rubidium 82: Impact of Blood Pool Clearance and Tomograph Type on Image Quality. Presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, 2003.