Harma Turbendian hkt2002@med.cornell.edu Department of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue Rm LC-711 New York, NY, 10065 phone (212) 746-9485 / fax (212) 746-7378

Research

My research is focused on uncovering the role of GATA factors in cardiac development using a mouse embryonic stem cell model system. I am particularly interested in cell fate determination within cardiogenesis, and the translational potential of this research to the field of congenital cardiac surgery.

Education

BA	Columbia University	2004
MD	Weill Cornell Medical College	2008
Resident	Department of Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell	2008

Publications

Turbendian HK, Strong VE, Hsu M, Ghossein RA, Fahey TJ 3rd. Adrenocortical carcinoma: The influence of large vessel extension. Surgery. 2010 Dec; 148 (6): 1057-64.

Rozario AO, Turbendian HK, Fogle KJ, Olivier NB, Tibbs GR. Voltage-dependent opening of HCN channels: facilitation or inhibition by the phytoestrogen, genistein, is determined by the activation status of the cyclic nucleotide gating ring. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Sep; 1788(9):1939-49.

Arora N, Turbendian HK, Kato MA, Moo TA, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ 3rd. Papillary thyroid carcinoma and microcarcinoma: is there a need to distinguish the two? Thyroid. 2009 May; 19(5): 473-7.

Arora N, Turbendian HK, Scognamiglio T, Wagner PL, Goldsmith SJ, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ 3rd. Extrathyroidal extension is not all equal: implications of macroscopic versus microscopic extent in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Surgery. 2008 Dec; 144 (6): 942-947.

Bell DC, Turbendian HK, Valley MT, Zhou L, Riley JH, Sigelbaum SA, Tibbs GR. Probing S4 and S5 segment proximity in mammalian hyperpolarization-activated HCN channels by disulfide bridging and Cd2+ coordination. Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology 2009 Jun; 458(2): 259-72.

Turbendian HK, Carroll SJ, Chen JM. Repair of left ventricular diverticulum in setting of Cantrella's syndrome. Cardiology in the Young. 2008 June; 18 (5): 532-533.

Fogle KJ, Lyashchenko AK, Turbendian HK, Tibbs GR. HCN pacemaker channel activation is controlled by acidic lipids downstream of diacylglycerol kinase and phospholipase A2. Journal of Neuroscience. 2007 Mar 14; 27(11): 2802-14.

Turbendian HK, Perlman JM. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in triplets of African-American descent. Journal of Perinatology. 2006 Mar; 26(3): 201-3.