Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Pittsburgh
Physical Medicine/Rehab
Dr. Gwendolyn A. Sowa, MD
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Gwendolyn Sowa is an expert in the field of Physical Medicine/Rehab. He went to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor" and "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Gwendolyn Sowa has written publications. He has 59 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Toward identification of acid/base catalysts in the active site of enolase: comparison of the properties of K345A, E168Q, and E211Q variants.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment. Part VI: Lumbar Spinal Ste...
- Molecular mechanisms of biological aging in intervertebral Discs.
- NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Controlling Intervertebral Disc Cell Response to Inflammatory and Mechanical Stressors.
- Associations between serum biomarkers and pain and pain-related function in older adults with low Back pain: a pilot study.
- Needle Puncture in Rabbit Functional Spinal Units Alters Rotational Biomechanics.
- Introduction to the series: association of academic physiatrists research committee funding priority recommendations.
- Molecular Basis of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Herniations: What Are the Important Translational Questions?
- Rehabilomics Research: A Model for Translational Rehabilitation and Comparative Effectiveness Rehabilitation Research.
- Correlation of pain with objective quantification of magnetic resonance images in older adults with chronic low Back pain.
- The development of biomarkers for degenerative musculoskeletal conditions.
- Effects of secreted factors in culture medium of annulus fibrosus cells on microvascular endothelial cells: elucidating the possible pathomechanisms of matrix degradat...
- Investigating the role of DNA damage in tobacco smoking-induced Spine degeneration.
- Using biology to define optimal treatments for low Back pain: opportunities for physiatrists.
- Functional probe for annulus fibrosus-targeted intervertebral Disc degeneration imaging.
- Mitochondrial-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) Play a causal role in aging-related intervertebral Disc degeneration.
- Injection of human umbilical tissue-derived cells into the nucleus pulposus alters the course of intervertebral Disc degeneration in vivo.
- Expression and regulation of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in intervertebral Disc aging and degeneration.
- Genotoxic stress accelerates age-associated degenerative changes in intervertebral Discs.
- ISSLS prize winner: inhibition of NF-κB activity ameliorates age-associated Disc degeneration in a mouse model of accelerated aging.
- Commentary: Do no harm: the potential negative effects of injectates used in spinal intervention.
- Spine degeneration in a murine model of Chronic human tobacco smokers.
- Cells from Degenerative Intervertebral Discs Demonstrate Unfavorable Responses to Mechanical and Inflammatory Stimuli: A Pilot Study.
- Novel ex-vivo mechanobiological intervertebral Disc culture system.
- Injection of AAV2-BMP2 and AAV2-TIMP1 into the nucleus pulposus slows the course of intervertebral Disc degeneration in an in vivo rabbit model.
- Bupivacaine decreases cell viability and matrix protein synthesis in an intervertebral Disc organ model system.
- Alterations in gene expression in response to compression of nucleus pulposus cells.
- Prostaglandin E2 and prostaglandin F2α differentially modulate matrix metabolism of human nucleus pulposus cells.
- Differentiation of intervertebral notochordal cells through live automated cell imaging system in vitro.
- Activated macrophage-like THP-1 cells modulate anulus fibrosus cell production of inflammatory mediators in response to cytokines.
- Regulation of transgene expression using an inducible system for improved safety of intervertebral Disc gene therapy.
- Skeletal muscle as a regulator of the longevity protein, Klotho.
- Dynamic regulation of metabolism and respiration by endogenously produced nitric oxide protects against oxidative stress.
- Toward identification of acid/base catalysts in the active site of enolase: comparison of the properties of K345A, E168Q, and E211Q variants.
- Facet-mediated Pain.
- Application of a semiautomated contour segmentation tool to identify the intervertebral nucleus pulposus in MR images.
- p38 MAPK inhibition selectively mitigates inflammatory mediators and VEGF production in AF cells co-cultured with activated macrophage-like THP-1 cells.
- Effect of bupivacaine on intervertebral Disc cell viability.
- Identification of candidate serum biomarkers for intervertebral disk degeneration in an animal model.
- Emerging technologies for degenerative disk disease: potential synergy between biochemical signaling and spinal biomechanics.
- Accelerated aging of intervertebral Discs in a mouse model of progeria.
- In vitro and in vivo testing of a novel regulatory system for gene therapy for intervertebral Disc degeneration.
- Human nucleus pulposus cells react to IL-6: independent actions and amplification of response to IL-1 and TNF-?.
- Gene therapy for intervertebral disk degeneration.
- Biological basis of exercise-based treatments for musculoskeletal conditions.
- Biomarker development for musculoskeletal diseases.
- Why a supplement on biologics in PM&R?
- Determination of annulus fibrosus cell response to tensile strain as a function of duration, magnitude, and frequency.
- Differential effects of nicotine and tobacco smoke condensate on human annulus fibrosus cell metabolism.
- Pathogenesis of lumbar spinal stenosis Pain: why does an asymptomatic stenotic patient flare?
- Characterization of intervertebral Disc aging: longitudinal analysis of a rabbit model by magnetic resonance imaging, histology, and gene expression.
- Gene therapy for the treatment of degenerative disk disease.
- Coculture of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and nucleus pulposus cells modulate gene expression profile without cell fusion.
- p38 MAPK inhibition modulates rabbit nucleus pulposus cell response to IL-1.
- p38 MAPK inhibition in nucleus pulposus cells: a potential target for treating intervertebral Disc degeneration.
- Cyclic tensile stress exerts a protective effect on intervertebral Disc cells.
- Considering industry-sponsored research.
- Biomechanical signals suppress proinflammatory responses in cartilage: early events in experimental antigen-induced Arthritis.
- Gene therapy for Disc degeneration.
Schools
University Of Wisconsin Medical School
Conditions Treated
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Arthritis
- Ataxia
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Doctors Specialties
- Physical Medicine/Rehab
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health America PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Gateway Health Plan
- HealthSmart
- Community Blue PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- UPMC PPO
- UPMC Health Plan
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1225004088 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SOWA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | GWENDOLYN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 152133215 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| Total Claim Count | 293.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 48.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 16.38 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1225004088 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SOWA |
| First Name Of The Provider | GWENDOLYN |
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