Rate My Professor Adam Myers

Adam Myers, PhD, serves as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, following a distinguished career initially in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. He earned his Ph.D. in Physiology from Georgetown University and his M.S. in Zoology from the University of Maryland. Dr. Myers has been a leading cardiovascular researcher, with primary research interests in the effects of drugs and hormones on cardiovascular and platelet function, regulation of hemostasis and vascular function in normal and disease states, sex differences in cardiovascular disease, and the impacts of male and female steroidal hormones on vascular and hemostatic responses. His studies have explored hormone effects on platelet function, estrogen's roles in vascular and cardiac function, free radical systems, coronary heart disease, alcohol's influence on hemostatic function and coronary event risk, and collaborative work on topics such as estradiol's prevention of homocysteine-induced endothelial injury.

In graduate education, Dr. Myers has been instrumental, serving as Co-Director of the M.S. programs in Health and the Public Interest and Addiction Policy and Practice in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, former Associate Dean of Biomedical Graduate Education, Director of the Special Master’s Program in Physiology and Biophysics, Team Leader, and Assistant Vice President at Georgetown University Medical Center. He designed and implemented key initiatives, including the Advanced Biomedical Sciences Certificate with George Mason University, PhD and MS programs in Physiology and Biophysics. For his dedication to students, he was inducted into the MAGIS Society in 2019. Dr. Myers co-authored Netter’s Essential Physiology with Susan Mulroney and authored Crash Course Respiratory System. His scholarly output includes over 2,700 citations, with highly cited papers such as 'Citrus aurantium, an Ingredient of Dietary Supplements Marketed for Weight Loss' (2004, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 335 citations), '17β-Estradiol prevents dysfunction of canine coronary endothelium and myocardium' (1996, Circulation, 155 citations), and 'Estrogen and homocysteine' (2002, Cardiovascular Research, 167 citations). His work has significantly influenced biomedical graduate training and vascular biology research.