Richard N. Pierson, Jr., MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine


Richard N. Pierson, Jr., MD

EDUCATION

1951 B.A., English and French Literature, Princeton University, N.J.
1955 M.D., Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, N.Y.C.

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

1960-1962 Fellow, New York Heart Association, Cardiopulmonary Physiology
1961-1989 Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
1963-1970 National Heart Institute Program in Cardiovascular Physiology and Metabolism, Associate
1967-present Director (1967), Director (1970)
1970-1971 Director, Body Composition Unit, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1971-present NIH Research Fellowship, Donner Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
1975-present Bioengineering Institute, Columbia University
1980-present Attending Physician, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Pierson RN and Wang J: "The Quality of the Body Cell Mass". in Pierson RN, ed: Body Composition in the Third Millenium (Serono Symposium) 1998, (in press).
  2. Pierson RN, Wang J, Thornton JC and Heymsfield SB: The quality of body cell mass: are we ready to measure it"? Appl Radiation & Isotopes 1998, 49:429-435.
  3. Pierson RN and Wang J: "Body composition and resting metabolic rate". in Dalton S, ed: Overweight and Weight Management. 1997, Aspen Publishers Inc, Gaitersberg MD, pps 39-68.
  4. Visser M, Gallagher D, Deurenberg P, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr and Heymsfield SB: Density of fat-free body mass: relationship with race, age, and level of body fitness. Am J Physiol 1997, 272:E781-E787.
  5. Kotler D, Burastero S, Wang J and Pierson RN Jr: Prediction of body cell mass and total body water using bioimpedance analysis: effects of race, gender and disease. Am J Clin Nutr 1996, 64:489S-97S.
  6. Ma KZ, Kotler D, Wang J, Thornton JC, Ma RM and Pierson RN Jr: Reliability of in vivo neutron activation analysis for measuring body composition: comparisons with tracer dilution and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. J Lab Clin Med 1996, 127:420-427.
  7. Nelson ME, Fiatarone MA, Layne JE, Trice W, Economos CD, Pierson RN & Evans WJ: Analysis of body comp-osition techniques in detecting compositional change in soft tissue with strength training. Am J Clin Nutr 1996, 631:678-686.
  8. Stall SH, Ginsberg NS, DeVita MV, Zabetakis PM, Lynn RI, Sleim GW, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr, and Michelis MF: Comparison of five body-composition methods in peritoneal dialysos patients/ A, K C;om Mitr 1996. 64:125-130.
  9. Wang J, Thornton JC, Burastero S, Shen J, Tanenbaum S, Heymsfield SB and Pierson RN Jr: Comparisons for body mass index and body fat percent among Puerto Ricans, blacks, whites and Asians living in New York City. Obesity Res 1996, 4:377-384.
  10. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Thornton JC, Kotler DP, Heymsfield SB, Weber A and Ma RM: Bone mineral and body fat measurements by two absorptiometry systems: comparisons with neutron activation analysis. Calc Tissue Int 1995, 56:93-98.
  11. Wang J, Thornton JC, Russell-Aulet M, Burastero S, Heymsfield SB and Pierson RN Jr: Bio-impedance analysis for estimation of total body potassium, total body water and fat-free mass in white, black and Asian adults. Am J Hum Biol 1995, 7:33-40.
  12. Wang J, Thornton JC, Russell-Aulet M, Burastero S, Heymsfield SB and Pierson RN Jr: Asians have lower body mass index (BMI) but higher fat percent than do whites: comparisons of anthropometric measurements. Am J Clin Nutr 1994, 60:23-28.
  13. Wang J, Kotler DP, Burastero S, Russell-Aulet M, Thornton JC, Dilmanian FA, Weber DA, Kamen Y and Pierson RN Jr: Measuring body fat in AIDS: Which method? Am J Clin Nutr 1992, 56:963-967.
  14. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Thornton JC, Russell-Aulet MA, Heymsfield SB, Mazariegos M, Ma RM and Weber DA: Biological homogeneity and precision of measurement: the boundary conditions for normal body composition. in Ellis KJ and Eastman JD, eds, Human Body Composition in vivo Methods, Models and Assessment 1993, Plenum Press, NY, 15-22.
  15. Wang J, Russell-Aulet M, Mazariegos M, Burastero S, Thornton JC, Lichtman S, Heymsfield SB and Pierson RN Jr: Body fat by dual photon absorptiometry (DPA): comparisons with traditional methods in Asians, Blacks and Caucasians. Am J Hum Biol 1992, 4:501-510.
  16. Kotler DP, Tierney AR, Ferraro R, Cuff P, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr and Heymsfield SB: Enteral alimentation and reple-tion of body cell mass in malnourished patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrom. Am J Clin Nutr 1991, 53:149-154.
  17. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Russell-Aulet M, Mazariegos M, Tierney M, Smith R, Thornton JC, Kehayias J, Weber DA and Dilmanian FA: Measuring body fat: calibrating the rulers: Intermethod comparison in 389 normal Caucasian subjects. Am J Physiol 1991, 261:E103-E108.
  18. Russell-Aulet M, Colt EWD, Wang J, Thornton JC and Pierson RN Jr: Comparison of dual-photon absorptiometry systems for total-body bone and soft tissue measurements: dual energy x-rays versus gadolinium 153. J Bone Min Res 1991, 6:411-415.
  19. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Dilmanian FA and Weber DA: "High precision in vivo neutron activation analysis: a new era for compartmental analysis in body composition". in McNeill KG, Woodhead AD and Dilmanian FA (eds): In Vivo Body Composition Studies: Recent Advances 1990, Basic Life Sciences, Plenum, NY, 55:317-325.
  20. Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Russell-Aulet M, Thornton JC and Pierson RN Jr: Body fat from body density: underwater weighing vs dual photon absorptiometry. Am J Physiol 1989, 256:E829-834.
  21. Pierson RN Jr and Wang J: Body composition denominators for measurements of metabolism: what measurements can be believed? (Editorial) Mayo Clin Proc 1988, 63:947-949.
  22. Wang J, Colt EWD & Pierson RN Jr: "Body water, extracellular water, body potassium and exchangeable sodium in body builders using anabolic steroids", in Ellis KJ, Yasumura S and Morgan WD, eds, In Vivo Body Composition Studies 1987, IPSM, London, 149-54.
  23. Kotler DP, Wang J, Pierson RN Jr: Body composition studies in patients with AIDS.Am J Clin Nutr 1985, 42:1225-65.
  24. Pierson RN Jr, Yamashina A, Friedman MI and Roistacher N: First-third ejection fraction: is the first-pass radionuclide method accurate? J Nuc Med 1985, 26(9):994-1001.
  25. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Thornton JC, VanItallie TB and Colt EWD: Body potassium by 4 pi counting: an anthropometric correction. Am J Phys 1984, 246:F234-F239.
  26. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J and Colt EWD: Body composition measurements in normal man: the potassium, sodium, sulfate and tritium space in 58 adults. J Chronic Dis 1982, 35:419-428.
  27. Pierson RN Jr, Price DC, Wang J and Jain RK: Extracellular water measurements: organ tracer kinetics of bromide and sucrose in rats and man. Am J Phys 1978, 235:f254-264.
  28. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Dempsey GM, Allen GB and Fieve RR: "Interactions of lithium, alcohol and affective disorders on sodium potassium and cellular water" in Seixas FA, ed: Currents in Alcoholism, Vol IV 1978, NY Council on Alcoholism, NY NY, pps 225-42.
  29. Pierson RN Jr, Wang J, Yang M and Van Itallie TB: The assessment of body composition in weight reduction in evaluation of a new model for clinical studies. J Nutr 1976, 106:1694-1701.
  30. Wang J and Pierson RN Jr: Disparate hydration states of adipose and lean tissue require a new model for body water distribution in man. J Nutr 1976, 106:1687-1693.
  31. Pierson RN Jr, Kusobov N, Lemmon R, Landaw S and Winchell HS: Quantitation of fat synthesis in vivo by 14-CO2 measurements following intravenous administration of 14-C substrates. J Nuc Med 1974, 14:118-23.
  32. Pierson RN Jr, Lin DHY and Phillips RA: Total body potassium in health: the effects of age, sex, height and fat. Am J Physiol 1974, 226:206-212.
  33. Wang J, Pierson RN Jr and Kelly WG: A rapid method for the determination of deuterium oxide in urine: application to the measurement of total body water. J Lab Clin Med 1973, 82:170-178.
  34. Pierson RN Jr and Lin DHY: Measurement of body compartments in children: whole body counting and other methods. Sem Nucl Med 1972, 2:373-382.
  35. Pierson RN Jr, Holt PR, Watson RN and Keating RP: Aspirin and intestinal bleeding: chromate-51 blood loss studies. Am J Med 1961, 31:259-265.

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