EDUCATION:
- B.A., Rice University, 1978
- D.V.M., Texas A&M University, 1981
- Ph.D., Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas
Health Science Center, Dallas, 1987
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
- American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
- AVMA/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow, Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee,
1996-97
- Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M
University, 1993-present
- Joint Appointment, Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University,
1991-present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M
University, 1987-1993
- Associate Veterinarian, Highland Park Animal Clinic, Inc., 1982-1986
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE:
- Texas, 1981; Maryland, 1996. (inactive)
HONORS:
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Zeta
- Sigma XI
- Outstanding Young Women of America, 1978
- Joyce Pounds Hardy Award, 1976 and 1978
- State Athlete Scholar Award, 1978
- Senior Award for Clinical Proficiency, AAHA, 1981
- Senior Award for Surgical Proficiency, Harris County Vet. Med. Assn, 1981
- Richard H. Davis Teaching Award, 1989
- Norden Teacher Award, 1991 and 1995
- TVMA Faculty Achievement Award, Research, 1991
- Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (College Level), 1991
- Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (University Level), 1993
- Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) National Teaching Award: Basic
Science, 1996
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
- American Society for Cell Biology
- American Association for Advancement of Science
- Texas Veterinary Medical Association
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- American Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
Kochevar, D.T. and Anderson, R.G.W.
Purified crystalloid endoplasmic reticulum from UT-1 cells contains multiple proteins in
addition to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase. J. Biological Chemistry 262:
10321-10326, 1987.
Kochevar, D.T., Brown, S.A., and Booth, D.M. Initiatives in
Clinical Research. JAVMA 197: 580-583, 1990.
Kochevar, D.T., Kochevar, J. and Garrett, L. Low level
amplification of c-sis and c-myc in a spontaneous osteosarcoma model. Cancer Letters 53:
213-222, 1990.
Kochevar, Deborah T., Butler, M., and Cooper, J. Mammalian
heat shock proteins: An overview with a systems approach. Toxicology Letters. 56: 243-267.
1990.
Alden, C.L., Andrews, E.J., Bowen, J.M., Fletcher, O.J., Fulton,
R.W., Kochevar, D., Mather, E.C., Perryman, L.E., Schmitz, J.A., Tennant, B.C.
Veterinary medical research: a national resource. J Am Vet Med Assoc 205: 1689
1693, 1994.
Aucoin, M.M., Barhoumi,R., Kochevar, D.T. , Granger, H.J. and
Burghardt, R.C. Oxidative injury of coronary venular endothelial cells depletes
intracellular glutathione and induces HSP70. Am.J. Physiol. 268 (Heart Circ.Physiol.37):
H1651-H1658, 1995.
Mitchell, D.M. and Kochevar, D.T. The effect of sterols and
brefeldin A on protein degradation in UT-1 cells. Exp. Cell Res. 216: 135-142, 1995.
Kochevar, D.T., Middendorf, D., Mealey, K., Meyers, R.,
Rogers, K., Barton, C., Alberts, B and Habron, J. Pharmacokinetics and hematologic effects
of a single, intravenous dose of mitoxantrone in cats. J.Vet.Pharm.Therapeutics 18:
471-475, 1995.
Kochevar, D.T. and Mealey, K. Antineoplastic Chemotherapy.
Veterinary Medicine 92:336-349, 1997.
Mealy, K., Barhoumi, R., Rogers, K.and Kochevar, D.
Doxorubicin-induced expression of P-glycoprotein in a canine osteosarcoma cell line.
Cancer Letters 126: 187 192, 1998.
Mealey, K.L, Barhoumi, R., Burghardt, R.C., McIntyre, B.S.,
Sylvester, P.W., Hosick, H., Kochevar, D.T. Immunosuppressant inhibition of
P-glycoprotein function is independent of drug-induced suppression of peptide-prolyl
isomerase and calcineurin activity. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 44:152-158, 1999.
Johnson, K.A., Hart, R.C., Chu, Q., Kochevar, D., Hulse, D.
Synovial fluid chondroitin sulfate epitopes 3B3 and 7D4 concentrations after
intra-articular and extracapsular cranial cruciate ligament reconstruction in dogs.
American Journal Veterinary Research 62(4):581-587, 2001.
Johnson, K.A., Hulse, D., Hart., R.C., Kochevar, D., Chu, Q.
Effect of an orally administered mixture of chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine hydrochloride
and manganese ascorbate on synovial fluid chondroitin sulfate 3B3 and 7D4 epitope in a
canine cruciate ligament transection model of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
9:1, 14-21, 2001.
Mealey, K.L., Barhoumi, R., Burghardt, R.C., Safe, S., Kochevar,
D. Doxycycline induces expression of P glycoprotein in MCF7 breast carcinoma cells.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:755-761, 2002.
Botos, J., Smith, R., Kochevar, D. Retinoblastoma function is
a better indicator of cellular phenotype in cultured breast adenocarcinoma cells than
retinoblastoma expression. Exp Biol Med 227:354-362, 2002.
Botos, J., Barhoumi, R., Burghardt, R., Kochevar, D. Rb
localization and phosphorylation kinetics correlate with the cellular phenotype of
cultured breast adenocarcinoma cells. In Vitro Cellular Devel Biol (Animal) 38: (pages),
in press 2002.
TEACHING:
- Pharmacology
- Biochemistry
- Clinical Skills
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