» Table of Contents for Gabor Kaley's Interview

Living History Project � Gabor Kaley

00:01:58 Dr. Kaley, although a detailed biographical profile of you career as a physiologist will be published in a subsequent issue of Advances in Physiology Education, could you please provide our viewers with some background information of your education in Hungry before you came to the United Sates and enrolled in Columbia University?

00:06:40 What were the factors, Dr. Kaley, that led you then to seek your Masters degree and eventually your Ph.D. degree in Experimental Pathology at New York University?

00:08:56 How was it that at New York University you were able to find Dr. Benjamin W. Zweifach who was at that time a nationally and international renowned researcher in the field of Microcirulation. Was Dr. Zweifach, your mentor and how important was he in defining your area of interest?

00:14:06 It sounds like your situation in New York University was indeed exciting I also noticed that some of your early work related to the Renin Angiotensin system. How did that come about?

00:19:26 It sounds like this was one of the most seminal findings with regard to the rennin angiotensin system at that time in terms of the evolutionary adherence of it. Later on, it seems that in the 60�s and 70�s you moved on to investigate the role of ����������������� prostaglandins and inflammation. In fact, you�ve been credited with the seminal influence for study in this particular field. Who and what influenced you to become interested in prostaglandins and what were the important findings related to these biologically active compounds?

00:20:47 Is this what brought you then to New York Medical College at that time?

00:27:57 It seems that in your history that you did study prostaglandins and you continued to study them but you shifted your role more from inflammation rather into the role of prostaglandins with regards to the regulation of blood flow and blood pressure. What were some of your key findings in this particular area?

00:33:18 You did spend a lot of time studying the prostaglandins so I guess at this junction we would ask you what important questions remain scientifically in terms of the role of prostaglandins from a cardiovascular standpoint and where do you see future research potentially going?

00:36:18 While your research was progressing in the area of prostaglandins, along came another molecule, nitric oxide. How was it that you entered this particular field and what were some of the key findings from your laboratory?

00:46:03 It was interesting to see that you took this paradigm and extended it into looking at the role of either prostaglandins or nitric oxide in contributing to vascular responses during exercise and ageing and hypertension as well as under the influence of a variety of sex hormones. Could you summarize for us briefly what the key findings were in some of those areas?

00:56:19 Earlier on in the interview process you mentioned the name of Dr. Benjamin Zweifach as being very influential in setting you on your career path. Have there been any individuals, either prominent researchers or Physiologists that have determined some of the directions you have taken?

01:09:15 Dr. Kaley has had an illustrious career as both a teacher and researcher. He has trained well over a hundred some odd masters to go on in a variety of careers whether they be within a medical University setting or University or within the Pharmaceutical industry. He�s also be a participant in the training of close to 200 individuals who have received their Ph.D. under his sponsorship. So at this junction Dr. Kaley, I�d like to ask you: what do you think is the secret to being a successful sponsor?

01:12:53 For our viewers you should also know that Dr. Kaley just recently in September of 2007, stepped down as Chairman of the Department of Physiology here at New York Medical College and one of his ex-students Dr. Tomas Hensey has now been nominated, elected, and fully installed as the new chairman of the Department of Physiology here.  Dr. Kaley, as the American Physiological Society enters the 21^st Century, what advice would you give to its Council and Long Range Planning Committee?