Dr. Linda S. Costanzo

Contact Information

Dr. Linda S. Costanzo

Professor

Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 980551

Richmond, Virginia 23298-0551

Tel: 804-828-7559

Fax: 804-828-7382

email: lcostanz@vcu.edu

Linda S. Costanzo received an A.B. in Chemistry from Duke University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the State University of New York in 1973. She was a postdoctoral fellow in Physiology at Cornell University Medical College from 1974-1979 under the direction of Erich E. Windhager. Dr. Costanzo joined the VCU faculty in 1981.

Teaching

Several years ago, I elected to devote the majority of my time to the education of professional and graduate students. In the School of Medicine, I direct the MI physiology and MII board review courses and serve on the Executive Admissions Committee, the Student Wellness Committee, the MD/PhD Steering Committee, Project Heart, and the Curriculum Council. As an extension of my teaching, I have authored books for medical students, including a didactic textbook, a board review book, and book of physiology cases and problems. I have been recognized for my teaching with the Virginia Commonwealth University Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992; the First Annual Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Teacher of the Year by the American Physiological Society in 1993; the First Annual School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award in 1999; and the Alpha Omega Alpha, Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award by the Association of American Medical Colleges in 2004.

Research


My research involved the renal transport of Ca2+ at the level of the single nephron using in vivo micropuncture and microperfusion techniques. Major findings of my laboratory included descriptions of distal tubular Ca2+ and Na+ reabsorption and the effects of parathyroid hormone and thiazide diuretics. My laboratory was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and I was an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association. In 2000, one of our papers was selected by The American Society of Nephrology as a “Milestone in Nephrology (Am. J. Physiol. 235:F492-F506, 1978).”

Selected Publications

Costanzo, L.S. and E.E. Windhager. Calcium and sodium transport by the distal convoluted tubule of the rat. Am. J. Physiol. 235:F492-F506, 1978. PubMed

Costanzo, L.S. and E.E. Windhager. Effects of PTH, ADH and cyclic AMP on distal tubular Ca and Na re-absorption. Am. J. Physiol. 239:F478-F485, 1980. PubMed

Costanzo, L.S. Localization of diuretic action in microperfused rat distal convoluted tubules: Ca and Na transport. Am. J. Physiol. 248:F527-F535, 1985. PubMed

Costanzo, L.S. and E.E. Windhager. Regulation of Renal Tubular Calcium Transport. In: The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysiology, second edition Eds. G. Giebisch and D.W. Seldin, pps. 2375-2394, 1992

 

Books Published

Costanzo, L.S. Physiology, Fourth Edition, Board Review Series (BRS), Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2007 (With translations into Turkish, Japanese, French, and Chinese).


Costanzo, L.S. Physiology, Third Edition, Elsevier, 2006 (With translations into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean)


Costanzo, L.S. Physiology Cases and Problems, Second Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2006 (With translation into Chinese)