Faculty/Research: Faculty Profiles: Julius

Stevo Julius, M.D., Sc.D.
~Professor of Internal Medicine
~Professor of Physiology
M.D., Sc.D., Univ. of Zagreb, 1964

3918 Taubman Center
(734) 936-4790
sjulius@umich.edu

Current Research:

Work in humans involves:

pathophysiology and epidemiology of borderline hypertension

interrelationship bertween hemodynamic and metabolic abnormalities in borderline hypertension

invasive studies (forearm, intraarterial infusion of insulin) of the mechanism of insulin resistance in humans

large scale studies of effects of treatment on outcomes in hypertension

Representative Publications:

Julius S: (Corcoran Lecture) Sympathetic hyperactivity and coronary risk in hypertension. Hypertension 21, 6:886-893, 1993.

Julius S and K Jamerson. Sympathetics, insulin resistance and coronary risk in hypertension: the 'chicken and egg' question. J Hypertension 12: 495-502, 1994.

Julius S, Kjeldsen SE, Weber M, et al for the VALUE trial group: Outcomes in hypertensive patients at high cardiovascular risk treated with regimens based on valsartan or amlodipine: the VALUE randomized trial. Lancet 363: 2022-31, 2004.

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