PHARMACOLOGY FACULTY
Selected Publications
  • Pickering TG, Shepherd AMM, Puddey I, Glasser DB, Orazem J, Sherman N, Mancia G. Sildenafil citrate for erectile dysfunction in men receiving multiple antihypertensive agents: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Hypertens 2004 Dec;17(12 Pt):1135-1142.
  • Shepherd AMM. A clinical pharmacologist's response to Dr. Milton Packer's perspective on the results of the COMET trial. J Card Fail 2003 Dec;9(6):454-457.
  • Stagni G, O'Donnell D, Liu YJ, Kellogg DL, Morgan T, Shepherd AMM. Intradermal microdialysis: Kinetics of iontophoretically delivered propranolol in forearm dermis. J Control Release. Feb 3;63(3):331-9, 2000.
  • Taylor AA, Shepherd AMM, Polvino W, Mangoo-Karim R, Ballard K, Sunthornyothin S, Luther RR, Pool JL. Prolonged fenoldopam infusions in patients with mild to moderate hypertension: Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic effects. Am J Hypertens 1999 Sep; 12(9 Pt):906-914.
  • Jamieson MJ, Gonzales GM, Jackson TI, Koerth SM, Romano WF, Tan DX, Shepherd AMM. Evaluation of the IITC tail cuff blood pressure recorder in the rat against traarterial pressure according to criteria for human devices. Am J Hypertens 10(2):209-16, 1997.
  • Oparil S, Kobrin I, Abernathy DR, Levine BS, Reif MC, Shepherd AMM. Dose-response characteristics of mibefradil, a novel calcium antagonist, in the treatment of essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 10(7 Pt 1):735-42, 1997.
  • Stagni G, Shepherd AMM, Liu Y, Gillespie WR. Generalized models of drug response kinetics: Characterization and prediction of verapamil pharmacodynamics with respect to plasma concentration or input-rate. 1997
  • Stagni G, Shepherd AMM, Liu Y, Gillespie WR. Bioavailability assessment from pharmacologic data: Methods and clinical evaluation. J Pharm Biopharmaceutics 25(3):157, 1997.
  • Liu YJ, Stagni G, Walden JG, Shepherd AMM, Lichenstein MJ. Thioridazine dose-related effects on biomechanical force platform measures of sway in young and elderly men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1997.
Alexander Shepherd
 

Alexander Shepherd

Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
M.D., Ph.D., St. Andrews University, Scotland

Office: 210-567-8505
Email: Ashepherd@uthscsa.edu

 

Research Summary

The Division of Clinical Pharmacology is based in the Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine and occupies offices and patient and analytical areas in the McDermott Building. The clinical commitment includes the Hypertension Service of the University Medical System. Clinical studies are based on this patient population.