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Required Textbooks

General Medical Physiology Textbooks
Organ System Textbooks


General Medical Physiology Textbooks
 
Walter F. Boron and Emile L. Boulpaep
Medical Physiology, 2nd Edition (2008)
Saunders; ISBN 1416031154
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty

Drexel University College of Medicine
  
Required for physiology course; recommended for PBL course
Thad E. Wilson
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Charles H. Lang
University of Alabama at Birmingham (required)
Marcas M. Bamman
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Kurtis G. Cornish
  

 
Linda Costanzo
Physiology, 3rd Edition (2006)
Sanders; ISBN:1416023208
Users and Comments
Florida State University (required)
J. Michael Overton

Morehouse School of Medicine (required)
Adel Elmoselhi

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Medical College of Virginia) (recommended)
Linda Costanzo
 
 
William F. Ganong
Review of Medical Physiology, 22nd Edition (2005)
McGraw-Hill/Appleton Lange; ISBN 0071440402
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (required)
Edward P. Finnerty

Indiana University School of Medicine at Lafayette (required)
Arthur D. Rosen

 
Arthur C. Guyton and John E. Hall
Textbook of Medical Physiology, 11th Edition (2006)
Saunders; ISBN 0721602401
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (required)
Edward P. Finnerty

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine (recommended)
Robert G. Carroll
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard D. McCabe

Medical College of Wisconsin
Jean Francois Liard and Gerald B. Spurr

Morehouse School of Medicine (recommended)
Adel Elmoselhi

University of Alabama at Birmingham (recommended)
Marcas M. Bamman


Leonard R. Johnson
Essential Medical Physiology, Third Edition (2003)
Academic; ISBN 0123875846
Users and Comments
University of Alabama at Birmingham (recommended)
Marcas M. Bamman

University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Norman W. Weisbrodt

  
Eric R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell
Principles of Neuroscience, 4th Edition (2000)
McGraw-Hill Medical; ISBN0071120009
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty

Indiana University School of Medicine at Lafayette (recommended)
Arthur D. Rosen


Matthew Levy, Bruce Koeppen, and Bruce Stanton
Berne & Levy Principles of Physiology (2006)
Mosby; ISBN 0-323-03195-1
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
(required)
Robert G. Carroll
Tulane University Medical School (required)
Norman Kreisman

University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (recommended)
Howard C. Kutchai
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Medical College of Virginia) (recommended)
Linda Costanzo
Virginia Tech Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (required)
Chris Reilly



Rodney A. Rhoades and George A. Tanner (Editors)
Medical Physiology, 2nd edition (2003)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; ISBN 0-7817-1936-4
Users and Comments
Drexel University College of Medicine
Required for PBL course; recommended for physiology course
Thad E. Wilson



Organ System Textbooks

Cardiovascular
Robert M. Berne and Matthew N. Levy
Cardiovascular Physiology 8th Edition (2001)
Mosby: ISBN 0323011276
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino

  
 
Matthew Levy and Achilles Pappano
Cardiovascular Physiology (2007)
Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series; ISBN 0323034462
Users and Comments
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (required)
Michael G. Levitzky

 
Leonard S. Lilly
Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty (2003)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; ISBN 0781740274
Users and Comments
University of Nebraska College of Medicine (required)
Kurtis G. Cornish

 
David E. Mohrman and Lois Jane Heller
Cardiovascular Physiology, 5th Edition (2002)
McGraw-Hill: ISBN 0071388648
Users and Comments
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
L. Britt Wilson



Cellular
Mordecai P. Blaustein, Joseph P.Y. Kao and Donald R. Matteson
Cellular Physiology (2004)
Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series; ISBN 0323013414
Users and Comments
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (required)
Michael G. Levitzky
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

L. Britt Wilson



Endocrinology
Francis S. Greenspan and David G. Gardner
Basic & Clinical Endocrinology, 7th Edition (2003)
McGraw-Hill Medical: ISBN 0071402977
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino


 
P. Reed Larsen, Henry M. Kronenberg, Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, Jean D. Wilson, and Daniel W. Foster
Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 10th Edition (2002)
Sanders: ISBN 0721691846
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino


  
Patricia E. Molina
Textbook of Endocrine Physiology (2004)
McGraw-Hill; ISBN 0071402578
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (recommended)
Michael G. Levitzky
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
L. Britt Wilson

 
Susan Porterfield and Bruce White
Endocrine Physiology (2007)
Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series; ISBN 032303666X
Users and Comments
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (required)
Michael G. Levitzky



Gastrointestinal

Leornard R. Johnson
Gastrointestinal Physiology (2007)
Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series; ISBN 0323033911
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
(required)
Michael G. Levitzky
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

L. Britt Wilson


 
Neurophysiology

Dale Purves, George J. Augustine and David Eds Fitzpatrick
Neuroscience (2008)
Sinauer Assoc.; ISBN 0878936971
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (required)
Edward P. Finnerty

 


Susan K. McConnell, and Floyd E. Bloom (Editors)
Fundamental Neuroscience, 2nd Edition (2002)
Academic; ISBN 0126603030
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty



Larry R. Squire,  James L. Roberts, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Michael J. Zigmond, Susan K. McConnell, and Floyd E. Bloom (Editors)
Fundamental Neuroscience, 2nd Edition (2002)
Academic; ISBN 0126603030
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty




Renal

Douglas Eaton and John P. Pooler
Vander's Renal Physiology, 7th Edition (2009)
McGraw-Hill Medical; ISBN 007161303X
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino

  
 
Bruce M. Koeppen and Bruce A. Stanton
Renal Physiology, 3rd Edition (2001)
Mosby: ISBN 0-323-01242-6
Users and Comments
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (required)
Michael G. Levitzky
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

L. Britt Wilson

 
Richard A. Preston
Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple (1997)
McGraw-Hill Ryerson Agency; 0940780313
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino


 
 
Respiratory Physiology
Michelle Cloutier
Respiratory Physiology (2007)
Mosby's Physiology Monograph Series; ISBN 0323036287
Users and Comments
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (required)
Michael G. Levitzky

 
Michael L. Hlastala and Albert J. Berger
Physiology of Respiration (2001)
Oxford Univ.; 0195138473
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino


 

Michael G. Levitzky
Pulmonary Physiology (1982)
McGraw-Hill; ISBN 0070374317
Users and Comments
Des Moines University (recommended)
Edward P. Finnerty
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
(recommended)
Michael G. Levitzky
University of Alabama at Birmingham (recommended)
Marcas M. Bamman
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
L. Britt Wilson
  
John B. West
Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials 8th Edition (2008)
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 0781772060
Users and Comments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (recommended)
William Guggino




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