Quantitative Human Physiology

Dr. Joseph Feher is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has research interests in the quantitative understanding of the mechanisms of calcium uptake and release by the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, in the mechanisms of calcium transport across the intestine, and in muscle contraction and relaxation. Dr. Feher developed a course in Introductory Quantitative Physiology for VCU’s College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and has taught that course for over fifteen years. He also has taught muscle and cell physiology to medical and graduate students and has been Course Director for the Graduate Physiology survey course in physiology given at VCU’s School of Medicine. Dr. Woon Chow is Assistant Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He also serves as Associate Director of Pathology Informatics. Dr. Chow pursued his undergraduate, graduate, medical, and graduate medical education at VCU and VCU Health System. He obtained his dual undergraduate degrees in biomedical engineering and physics in 2003 and completed the combined MD-PhD Program, earning his medical and graduate degrees in 2011. After completing his residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology in 2015, he pursued subspecialty training in neuropathology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2017, Dr. Chow returned and joined the faculty at VCU. Dr. Chow actively participates in the teaching of central nervous system anatomy and physiology, neuropathology, and ophthalmic pathology to trainees at all levels.

Unit 1: Physical and Chemical Foundations of Physiology Unit 2: Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism Unit 3: Physiology of Excitable Cells Unit 4: The Nervous System Unit 5: The Cardiovascular System Unit 6: Respiratory Physiology Unit 7: Renal Physiology Unit 8: Gastrointestinal Physiology Unit 9: Endocrine Physiology Unit 10: The Integument and Integrated Physiology