Dr. Taruna Ikrar
1). Professor and Dean, International School of Biomedical Sciences, Pacific Health Sciences University, California, USA.
2). Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia. 3). Former as a Specialist, School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, (University of California, Irvine, USA), United States
Indonesian-born Pharmacologist, cardiologist, and neuroscientist. Dr. Taruna Ikrar has an extensive educational background leading to his current scientific career. These include earning a B.Sc. in Medicine from Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia in 1994, finishing his residency and receiving an M.D. from the School of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia in 1997. Dr. Ikrar continued to pursue an M.Pharm degree in Pharmacology Medicine from the University of Indonesia, Jakarta in 2003. Following this, he received his Doctorate, Ph.D., for his research work in “Cardiovascular and Vital Control” from Niigata University, Japan in 2008. His thesis concerned his invention of a novel functional impact of altered charge and/or size of amino acid residue at the selectivity filter of KCNQ1 potassium channel: Insight into gene therapy for Severe Long QT Phenotype.
Dr. Ikrar, MD. PhD. work constituted the first demonstration of mutation of cardiac dysfunctional belonging to genetic Arrhythmias’ cardiac diseases. So for his achievements he received the Ministry of education sciences and technology Award for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis in Japan. As a physician, Dr. Ikrar continues his talent as a visiting Doctor in Bologna University, Italy to study about cardiac intervention to cure arrhythmia by Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillations (Pace Maker). An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a small battery-powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. The device is programmed to detect cardiac arrhythmia and correct it by delivering a jolt of electricity. In current variants, the ability to revert ventricular fibrillation has been extended to include both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias as well as the ability to perform biventricular pacing in patients with congestive heart failure or bradycardia. And finally, Dr. Ikrar then completed his Post-Doctoral studies at University of California, Irvine in 2013.
During Him in the University of California, Irvine, He was invention some discoveries about cell-type specific regulation of cortical excitability through the allatostatin receptor system, as a basic therapy for epileptic disorder, and a new technique to do mapping of the brain. And He has applied for a patent with high precision and fasts functional mapping of cortical circuitry through a combination of voltage-sensitive dye imaging and laser scanning photostimulation.
Currently, Dr. Ikrar has more than 67 international journal publications. Formerly He has an appointment with the University of California, Irvine as an academic staff. Dr. Ikrar elected to campus secretary recording of the University of California. He was President of Center for interregional study and vice president for International Indonesian Scholar Association. Also, He is member of American Cardiology College, American Heart Association, and Society for Neurosciences, International heart research association, Asia Pacific Hearth Rhythms Association, and Japanese Cardiologist Association. Link sites: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xtqyDXsAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Ikrar directs a research team investigating the neural circuit defects directly underlie changes in drug additives behaviors and result in cognitive deficits in animal models and human subjects. This is to address novel cortical circuit mechanism by examining how genetic alterations of dopamine receptor affect emergent properties of single cells and neural populations in medial prefrontal cortex using the D2R mutant mouse.
Dr. Ikrar as an expert Medical Doctor with multi-talent as we can show from his discovery belongings to the large of medical field: pharmacologist, cardiologist, and neuroscientist; with ability to cure of cardiovascular, heart disease, and brain disorder. Also have the deeper knowledge of pharmacology, genetics, electrophysiology, ion channels, stem cells, confocal imaging, and clinical trial. He better understands from the basic science to clinical application, and has been conducting translational research, and performing advanced research, such as drug and clinical therapy, preventive medicine, stem cell therapy, and gene therapy.
Dr. Ikrar has philosophy to rich his success and makes his dream become reality. He says that: "To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence and faith in the dream".
He and his family hold Green Card as Permanent Resident in the USA, They are living in Irvine City. (Irvine is the safest and one of the best places to live in the USA). In happy family, Dr. Ikrar had married with Dr. Elfi Wardaningsih and have three healthy kids are Aqilla S. Ikrar, Athallah R. Ikrar, Alaric K. Ikrar.
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