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Ernst J. Schaefer, M.D.

Ernst J. Schaefer Senior Scientist and Director
Lipid Metabolism Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: (617) 556-3100
Fax: (617) 556-3103
E-mail: ernst.schaefer@tufts.edu
Education B.M.S., Dartmouth Medical School
M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Research Focus Nutrition, genetics, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk
Academic Appointments Professor, Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Director, Lipid and Heart Disease Prevention Clinic and Lipid Research Laboratory, New England Medical Center
Selected Professional Affiliations U.S. Editor, Atherosclerosis
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Nutrition
Board Certification Internal Medicine

 

Featured HNRCA Research Publications
Ingelsson E, Schaefer EJ, Contois JH, McNamara JR, Sullivan L, Keyes MJ, Pencina MJ, Schoonmaker C, Wilson PW, D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS.Clinical utility of different lipid measures for prediction of coronary heart disease in men and women. JAMA. 2007;298(7):776-85.

Lamon-Fava S, Diffenderfer MR, Barrett PH, Buchsbaum A, Matthan NR, Lichtenstein AH, Dolnikowski GG, Horvath K, Asztalos BF, Zago V, Schaefer EJ. Effects of different doses of atorvastatin on human apolipoprotein B-100, B-48, and A-I metabolism. J Lipid Res. 2007;48(8):1746-53.

Schaefer EJ, Asztalos BF. Where are we with high-density lipoprotein raising and inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer for heart disease risk reduction? Curr Opin Cardiol. 2007;22(4):373-8.

Welty FK, Lichtenstein AH, Lamon-Fava S, Schaefer EJ, Marsh JB. Effect of body mass index on apolipoprotein A-I kinetics in middle-aged men and postmenopausal women. Metabolism. 2007;56(7):910-4.

Jacobson TA, Miller M, Schaefer EJ. Hypertriglyceridemia and cardiovascular risk reduction. Clin Ther. 2007;29(5):763-77.


Other Recent Publications

Friso S, Lamon-Fava S, Jang H, Schaefer EJ, Corrocher R, Choi SW. Oestrogen replacement therapy reduces total plasma homocysteine and enhances genomic DNA methylation in postmenopausal women. Br J Nutr. 2007;97(4):617-21.

Asztalos BF, Le Maulf F, Dallal GE, Stein E, Jones PH, Horvath KV, McTaggart F, Schaefer EJ. Comparison of the effects of high doses of rosuvastatin versus atorvastatin on the subpopulations of high-density lipoproteins. Am J Cardiol. 2007;99(5):681-5.

Asztalos BF, Schaefer EJ, Horvath KV, Yamashita S, Miller M, Franceschini G, Calabresi L. Role of LCAT in HDL remodeling: investigation of LCAT deficiency states. J Lipid Res. 2007;48(3):592-9.

Georgopoulos A, Bloomfield H, Collins D, Brousseau ME, Ordovas JM, O'connor JJ, Robins SJ, Schaefer EJ. Codon 54 polymorphism of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) 2 gene is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in the dyslipidemic diabetic participants of the veterans affairs HDL intervention trial (VA-HIT). Atherosclerosis. 2007;194(1):169-74.

Mangili A, Gerrior J, Tang AM, O'Leary DH, Polak JK, Schaefer EJ, Gorbach SL, Wanke CA. Risk of cardiovascular disease in a cohort of HIV-infected adults: a study using carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery calcium score. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43(11):1482-9.

Schaefer EJ, Bongard V, Beiser AS, Lamon-Fava S, Robins SJ, Au R, Tucker KL, Kyle DJ, Wilson PW, Wolf PA. Plasma phosphatidylcholine docosahexaenoic acid content and risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease: the Framingham Heart Study. Arch Neurol. 2006; 63(11):1545-50.

Ries M, Schaefer E, Luhrs T, Mani L, Kuhn J, Vanier MT, Krummenauer F, Gal A, Beck M, Mengel E. Critical assessment of chitotriosidase analysis in the rational laboratory diagnosis of children with Gaucher disease and Niemann-Pick disease type A/B and C. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2006;29(5):647-52.

Lichtenstein AH, Matthan NR, Jalbert SM, Resteghini NA, Schaefer EJ, Ausman LM. Novel soybean oils with different fatty acid profiles alter cardiovascular disease risk factors in moderately hyperlipidemic subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;84(3):497-504.

Asztalos BF, Demissie S, Cupples LA, Collins D, Cox CE, Horvath KV, Bloomfield HE, Robins SJ, Schaefer EJ. LpA-I, LpA-I:A-II HDL and CHD-risk: The Framingham Offspring Study and the Veterans Affairs HDL Intervention Trial. Atherosclerosis. 2006;188(1):59-67.

Whybra C, Schwarting A, Kriegsmann J, Gal A, Mengel E, Kampmann C, Baehner F, Schaefer E, Beck M. IgA nephropathy in two adolescent sisters heterozygous for Fabry disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2006;21(9):1251-6.

To see more of Dr. Ernst J. Schaefer's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Schaefer EJ"