Education Background
- Ph.D. - 2017 University of North Texas
- M.B.B.S. - 2005 Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Courses Taught
- PA504 - Basic Science I
- PA505 - Basic Science II
- PA506 - Basic Science III
- PA501 - Clinical Medicine I
- PA502 - Clinical Medicine II
- PA503 - Clinical Medicine III
- PT505 - Foundation Sciences for PT
- PT51501 - Cardiopulmonary Exercise Science
Research Interests
Area of research interest: metabolism, endocrine, cardiovascular & respiratory physiology, mitochondrial bioenergetics, cell-signaling, vaccination, clinical retrospective chart review and mindful clinical practice.
Publications
- Sirsat TS, Sirsat SKG, Price EM, Pineda M, Dzialowski EM. 2022. Manipulating plasma thyroid hormone levels alters development of endothermy and ventilation in nestling red-winged blackbirds. Front Physiol 2022 2486 doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1027257
- Sirsat TS, Dzialowski EM. 2020. Manipulating plasma thyroid hormone levels at hatching alters development of endothermy and ventilation in Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). J Exp Biol 2020 223(22):jeb.237701 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.237701
- Sirsat TS, Dzialowski EM. 2020. Manipulating plasma thyroid hormone levels at hatching alters development of endothermy and ventilation in Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). J Exp Biol
- 2020 223(22):jeb.237701 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.237701
- Price ER, Sirsat TS, Sirsat SKG, Dzialowski EM. 2019. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) activity during the transition to endothermy in an altricial bird. J Exp Biol 2019 222: jeb201111 doi: 10.1242/jeb.201111
- Sirsat TS, Crossley DA, Crossley JL, and Dzialowski EM. 2018. Thyroid hormone manipulation influences development of cardiovascular regulation in embryonic Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos domestica. J Comp Physiol B 188:843-853.
- Price ER, Sirsat SK, Sirsat TS, Venables BJ, and Dzialowski EM. 2018. Rapid embryonic accretion of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the brain of an altricial bird with an aquatic-based maternal diet. J Exp Biol jeb. 183533.
- Price ER, Sirsat TS, Sirsat SK, Curran T, Venables BJ, and Dzialowski EM. 2018. The membrane pacemaker hypothesis: novel tests during the ontogeny of endothermy. J Exp Biol jeb. 221, jeb. 174466.
- Price ER, Sirsat TS, Sirsat SKG, Kang G, Keereetaweep J, Aziz M, Chapman KD, and Dzialowski EM. 2017. Thermal acclimation in American alligators: effects of temperature regime on growth rate, mitochondrial function, and membrane composition. J Therm Biol 68:45-54.
- Sirsat TS, and Dzialowski EM. 2016. Ventilation changes associated with hatching and maturation of an endothermic phenotype in the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 310: R766-R775.
- Dzialowski EM, Sirsat TS, Sirsat SK, and Price ER. 2016. Breathing while altricial; the ontogeny of ventilatory chemosensitivity in red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nestlings. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 311: R1105-R1112.
- Sirsat SKG, Sirsat TS, Crossley JL, Sotherland PR, Dzialowski EM. 2016. The 12-day thermoregulatory metamorphosis of Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). J Comp Physiol B 186:651-663.
- Sirsat SK, Sirsat TS, Faber A, Duquaine A, Winnick S, Sotherland PR, and Dzialowski EM. 2016. Development of endothermy and concomitant increases in cardiac and skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration in the precocial Pekin Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). J Exp Biol 19:1214-1223.
- Sirsat SKG, Sirsat TS, Price ER, and Dzialowski EM. 2016. Post-hatching development of mitochondrial function, organ mass and metabolic rate in two ectotherms, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). J Exp Biol 5: 443-451.
- Dzialowski EM, Sirsat TS, van der Sterren S, Villamor E. 2011. Prenatal cardiovascular shunts in amniotic vertebrates. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 178:66-74.