Berne & Levy Physiology

Bruce Koeppen, founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac, recently received two prestigious awards: honored by the Patient is U Foundation - a nonprofit that aims to encourage human communication in health care and support both patients and providers and the (LCME) Liaison Committee on Medical Education's 2019 Distinguished Service Award. Bruce Stanton received the Unsung Hero Award in 2019 from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He played a key role in the development of Vertex modulators and is connected with sparking the creation of a Patient Registry which has had an enormous impact on the length and quality of lives in CF patients. Julianne Hall, Assoc. Professor of medical sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University teaches courses, pharmacology, physiology, and pathophysiology. Before joining Quinnipiac, Hall was an assistant professor at the Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Bules Creek, North Carolina. She has a doctorate in pharmacology from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in biology from Trinity College. Dr. Swiatecka-Urban, Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics at the University of Pitt, is a designated Nephrotic Syndrome Specialist (NSS) by NephCure Kidney International. The NSS program was created to address the importance of connecting patients to experts earlier in their diagnoses and to simultaneously improve patients' quality of life and advance critical research. Her research spans both renal and respiratory systems.

• Section 1: Cellular Physiology1. Principles of Cell and Membrane Function2. Homeostasis: Volume and Composition of Body Fluid Compartments3. Signal Transduction, Membrane Receptors, Second Messengers, and Regulation of Gene ExpressionSection 2: Neurophysiology4. The Nervous System: Introduction to Cells and Systems5. Generation and Conduction of Action Potentials6. Synaptic Transmission7. The Somatosensory System8. The Special Senses9. Organization of Motor Function10. Integrative Functions of the Nervous System11. The Autonomic Nervous System and Its Central ControlSection 3: Muscle Physiology12. Skeletal Muscle Physiology13. Cardiac Muscle14. Smooth MuscleSection 4: Cardiovascular Physiology15. Overview of Circulation16. Elements of Cardiac Function17. Properties of the Vasculature18. Regulation of the Heart and Vasculature19. Integrated Control of the Cardiovascular SystemSection 5: Respiratory Physiology20. Introduction to the Respiratory System21. Static Lung and Chest Wall Mechanics22. Dynamic Lung and Chest Wall Mechanics23. Ventilation, Perfusion, and Ventilation/Perfusion Relationships24. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport25. Control of Respiration26. Host Defense and Metabolism in the LungSection 6: Gastrointestinal Physiology27. Functional Anatomy and General Principles of Regulation in the Gastrointestinal Tract28. The Cephalic, Oral, and Esophageal Phases of the Integrated Response to a Meal29. The Gastric Phase of the Integrated Response to a Meal30. The Small Intestinal Phase of the Integrated Response to a Meal31. The Colonic Phase of the Integrated Response to a Meal32. Transport and Metabolic Functions of the LiverSection 7: Renal Physiology33 Elements of Renal Function34. Solute and Water Transport Along the Nephron: Tubular Function35. Control of Body Fluid Osmolality and Volume36. Potassium, Calcium, and Phosphate Homeostasis37. Role of the Kidneys in the Regulation of Acid-Base BalanceSection 8: Endocrine Physiology38. Introduction to the Endocrine System39. Hormonal Regulation of Energy Metabolism40. Hormonal Regulation of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism41. The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland42. The Thyroid Gland43. The Adrenal Gland44. The Male and Female Reproductive Systems