I was born in Alpena, Michigan on 08/21/62.  Moved to Newhall, CA when I was in kindergarten, then to Miami, FL when I was in 4th grade, then to Beavercreek, OH when I was in 7th grade, then to Festus, MO when I was in 9th grade then to Los Angeles, CA when I was 19 years old.  My mom was a stay-at-home Mom and my Dad moved us around so that he could promote himself within the Cement Industry.  I now reside in Thousand Oaks, CA with my wife, Carmen, our three girls, Sarah -15, Rebecca -13 and Jane -12 and our three dogs Trooper - 10, Dakota - 7 and Rocky -3 months. 

I attended Washington University in St. Louis for my first 2 years of college and then finished my B.S. in Biochemistry at UCLA.  I also attended Cal State LA to get my M.S. in Business Administration in which I completed all my course work, but much to the dismay of my parents, I did not complete my thesis.  I have worked at UCLA's American Heart Research Laboratory since 1985, except for a brief period where I went back to Cal State LA followed by working one year at HCM, Inc. (a hospital software company).

I am interested in getting into better shape, watching less TV and getting paid for screenwriting.  I hope to become a school board member, to start a business, to finish my novel, to start a charity, to take up golf again, and of course, to win the lottery.

Scott Thomas Lamp                                                  Curriculum Vitae

Objective

To make a positive impact on research and patient care by applying my education and programming skills.

Biographical

Date of Birth:                 August 21, 1962
Place of Birth:                Alpena, Michigan
Citizenship:                     USA
Marital Status:                Married with three children

Education
 

B.S. Biochemistry                                                                1985
University of California, Los Angeles           Los Angeles, CA

                         MSBA - Pending (possibly indefinitely)                     1990-1992
                         Completed all class work.  Degree pending completion of thesis
                    California State University, Los Angeles  Los Angeles, CA

                        Academic Scholarships and Awards:

Jessie C. Gustafson Scholarship, 1990             
Emeriti Association Scholarship, 1991
Alumni Certificate of Honor, 1991         
Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship, 1991
Barnes and Noble Scholarship, 1992               
Alumni Certificate of Honor, 1992
Staff Incentive Award, 1997-1998

Interests and Activities

Quality time with my family, US Government, Computer Imaging, Screenwriting, Racquetball, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charity.

 
          Employment

PROGRAMMER ANALYST 2                                 1993 - PRESENT
Department of Medicine, U.C.L.A. Medical Center   Los Angeles, CA

·        I am currently employed, as the computer programmer for the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory comprised of 11 principal investigators from the Departments of Physiology and Medicine. I am responsible for developing custom software solutions for hardware interfaces to biological equipment.  I am also responsible for creating custom software solutions for analysis of data.  This consists of meeting with faculty members to determine the requirements of the software, followed by technical and functional design specifications to meet the requirements.  Primary language used is Visual C++.  Also, responsible for building and running 1-2 Dimensional Computer models of the heart.  This 2-D code is run on parallel computers.

·        Co-CSC of the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories.  Help administer a computer network of PC’s, Mac’s and an SGI.  This includes setting up and maintaining network connections and software support for e-mail, FTP and WWW.  This also includes trouble shooting hardware and software problems to full resolution.  I am responsible for backing up and maintaining accurate backup logs for emergency situations.  I am responsible for upgrading system software.  Our Windows network was one of the first in the UCLA Medical Center.

·        Non-Academic Director of the Cardiovascular Stem Cell Research Center and the Department of Physiology.   Responsible for non-academic tasks.

·        Decision maker for imaging hardware, third party software, computers, computer hardware, printers and supplies.

·        Supervise and train new technicians, run and analyze experiments using the Rabbit Septum Model.  Some of these experiments involve the use of high- energy radioactive isotopes.

·        Coordinate, interview and train personnel for laboratory technicians, volunteer positions and MDs.

·        Create Multimedia presentations for seminars and lectures.

PRESIDENT                                                1992 - 1993

Objectware, Inc.                                                           Los Angeles, CA

·        Objectware provided microcomputer hardware and software solutions from end-user software support to building effective information systems.

·        Completed first stage of development for a commercial software application that improves productivity in the hospital environment.

·        Objectware consulted for several research, academic, and business projects for the following organizations:

       C.S.U.L.A. School of Nursing.                  Los Angeles, California
Patient Care Pharmacy, Inc.                       Marina Del Ray, California

        U.C.L.A’s  AHA Laboratory.         Los Angeles, California                  
Achieve, Incorporated.                              Santa Monica, California

COMPUTER SYSTEM SPECIALIST        1992 – 1993

HCm, Inc.                                                     Torrance, CA

·        Primary responsibilities included development, design, and testing a multi-facility hospital executive information system called the XP Desktop Delivery System that was in use by Hospital Corporation of America (the largest hospital at the time), as well as other top national and international hospitals.  The XP Product integrated clinical, administrative, and financial information from disparate systems to support decision making across the continuum of care.

·        All software was developed using Express/EIS by International Resources, Inc., a powerful fourth generation language with a high-end graphics tool kit built on top of a dynamic multi-dimensional database engine. 

·        Secondary responsibilities included participating on many process and project improvement teams including the Software Quality Assurance Team responsible for developing processes that ensure the highest quality and timeliness of the XP product

·        Other responsibilities included estimation of project design and builds and then precise hourly tracking of time spent on any project.

                    STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE                 1985 - 1990
                    Department of Medicine
                    U.C.L.A. Medical Center                                Los Angeles, CA

·        Isolated rabbit septa and single myocytes from guinea pig, rat and rabbit.  Studied electrophysiological components during metabolic inhibition using septum chamber.

·        Used U.V. and visible spectrophotometers, H.P.L.C., and Beta and Gamma scintillation counters to assay for metabolic compounds. 

·        Used spreadsheet, word processing, statistical and graphical software to acquire and analyze data from experiments.  Tested, installed and serviced hardware and software used for experiments.  Some programming with Turbo C and Pascal. 

·        Trained new personnel.

                    LABORATORY ASSISTANT                    1984 - 1985
                    Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
                    U.C.L.A. Medical Center                               Los Angeles, CA

·        Assisted in dog thoracic surgery for reperfusion studies.  Performed femoral cut down for venous and arterial perfusion using heart and lung machine. 

·        Analyzed blood samples for lactate, pH, pO₂, and pCO₂.  Prepared and analyzed ischemic heart tissue for calcium content using atomic absorption spectrophotometer.

 

Original Research Papers (peer reviewed) and Book Chapters
 

1.          I. Dukes, E. Cox, S. Lamp and M. Morad.  Fusion of isolated cardiac ventricular cells from Ratus Ratus.  The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Bulletin.  Vol. 26, 1986. 

2.          L. Cleemann, S. Lamp and M. Morad.  Optical measurements of intracellular Ca⁺⁺-transients in voltage clamped myocardial cells.  The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Bulletin.  Vol. 26, 1986.

3.          J.N. Weiss and S.T. Lamp.  Glycolysis preferentially inhibits ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels in isolated guinea pig cardiac myocytes.  Science.  Vol. 238, pp. 67-69, 1987.

4.          J.N. Weiss and S.T. Lamp.  Glycolysis and the metabolic regulation of cardiac ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels.  In: Biology of Isolated Adult Cardiac Myocytes.  W.A. Clark, R.S. Decker, T.K. Borg, Eds., Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. New York, New York, pp. 418-421, 1988.

5.          J.N. Weiss, S.T. Lamp and K.I. Shine.  Cellular K loss and anion efflux during myocardial ischemia and metabolic inhibition.  American Journal of Physiology.  Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. H1165-H1175, 1989.

6.          J.I. Goldhaber, S. Ji, S.T. Lamp and J.N. Weiss.  Free radicals irreversibly impair cardiac metabolism: a possible mechanism of reperfusion injury.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  Vol. 83, pp. 1800-1809,  1989.

7.          J.N. Weiss and S.T. Lamp.  Cardiac ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels:  Evidence for preferential regulation by glycolysis.  Journal of General Physiology.  Vol. 94, pp. 911-935, 1989.

8.          E.M. Runnman, S.T. Lamp and J.N. Weiss.  Enhanced utilization of exogenous glucose improves cardiac function in hypoxic rabbit ventricle without increasing total glycolytic flux.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  Vol. 86, pp. 1222-1233, 1990.

9.          N. Venkatesh, S.T. Lamp and J.N. Weiss.  Sulfonylureas, ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels and cellular K⁺ loss during hypoxia, ischemia and metabolic inhibition in mammalian ventricle.  Circulation Research.  Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 623-637, 1991.

10.      N.A. Deutsch, T.S. Klitzner, S.T. Lamp and J.N. Weiss.  Activation of cardiac ATP-sensitive K⁺ current during hypoxia:  correlation with tissue ATP levels.  American Journal of Physiology.  Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. H671-H676, 1991.

11.      J.N. Weiss, N. Venkatesh and S.T. Lamp.  ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels and cellular K⁺ loss in hypoxic and ischaemic rabbit and guinea pig ventricle.  Journal of Physiology.  Vol. 447, pp. 649-673, 1991.

12.      N. Venkatesh, J.S. Stuart, S.T. Lamp, L.D. Alexander and J.N. Weiss.  Activation of ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels by Cromakalim: Effects on cellular K⁺ loss and cardiac function in ischemic and reperfused mammalian ventricle.  Circulation Research.  Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 1324-1333, 1992.

13.      K. Shivkumar, N.A. Deutsch, S.T. Lamp, K. Khuu, J.I. Goldhaber, and J.N. Weiss.  Mechanisms of Hypoxic K Loss in Rabbit Ventricle.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  Vol. 100, Number 7,  pp. 1-7, 1997.

14.      J.I. Goldhaber, S.T. Lamp, D.O. Walter, A. Garfinkel and J.N. Weiss.  Local regulation of the threshold for Ca sparks in rat ventricular myocytes: role of Na-Ca exchange.  Journal of Physiology. Vol. 520, pp. 431-438, 1999.

15.      M.H. Lee, Z. Qu, G.A. Fishbein, S.T. Lamp, E.H. Chang, T. Ohara, O. Voroshilovsky, J.R. Kil, A.R. Hamzei, N.C. Wang, S-F. Lin, J.N. Weiss, A. Garfinkel, H.S. Karagueuzian, P-S. Chen: Patterns of wavebreak during ventricular fibrillation in isolated swine right ventricle. American Journal of Physiology.  Vol. 281, pp. H253-265, 2001. (featured on cover)

16.      M. Valderrabano, J. Yang, C. Omichi, J. Kil, S.T. Lamp, S.-F. Lin, H.S. Karagueuzian, A. Garfinkel, P-S. Chen, and J.N. Weiss.  Frequency analysis of ventricular fibrillation in swine ventricles.  Circulation Research. Vol. 90, pp. 213-222, 2002.

17.      B. Kogan, S. Lamp and J Weiss. Chapter 14: Role of intracellular Ca dynamics in supporting spiral wave propagation, In: Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Practice: A Memorial Volume for Professor Walter J. Karplus.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2003, pp.177-193.

18.      Y-B. Liu, A. Peter, S.T. Lamp, J.N. Weiss, P-S. Chen, S-F. Lin. Spatiotemporal correlation between phase singularities and wavebreaks during ventricular fibrillation.   Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Vol. 14, pp. 1103-1109, 2003.

19.      C. Omichi, S.T. Lamp, S-F. Lin, J. Yang, S. Zhou, M. Attin, M.H. Lee, H.S. Karagueuzian, B. Kogan, Z. Qu, A. Garfinkel, P-S. Chen, J.N. Weiss.  Intracellular Ca Dynamics in Ventricular Fibrillation.  American Journal of Physiololgy: Heart Circulation Physiology.  Vol. 286, No. 5, pp. H1836-44, 2004.

20.      R. Huffaker, S.T. Lamp, J.N. Weiss, B. Kogan.  Intracellular calcium cycling, early afterdepolarizations, and reentry in simulated long QT syndrome.  Heart Rhythm.  Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 441-8, 2004

21.      Y-B. Liu, H-N. Pak, S. Lamp, Y. Okuyama, H. Hayashi, T-J. Wu, J.N. Weiss, P-S. Chen, S-F. Lin.  Coexistence of two types of ventricular fibrillation during acute regional ischemia in rabbit ventricles.  Journal of  Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Vol. 15, pp. 1433-1440, 2004.

22.      G.H. Fukumoto, S.T. Lamp, C.Motter, J.H. Bridge, A. Garfinkel, J.I. Goldhaber.  Metabolic inhibition alters subcellular calcium release patterns in rat ventricular myocytes: implication for defective excitation-contraction coupling during cardiac ischemia.  Circulation Research.  Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 551-7, 2005.

23.      M. Valderrabano, F. Chen, S.T. Lamp, T.S. Klitzner, J.N. Weiss.  Atrioventricular ring reentry in embryonic mouse hearts.  Circulation.  114: 543-549, 2006.

24.      A. Baher, Z. Qu, A. Hayatdavoudi, S.T. Lamp, S. Turner, A. Garfinkel, J.N. Weiss.  Effects of short-term cardiac memory on fibrillation: a simulation study.  .  Am. J. Physiol. 292:H180-189, 2007.

25.      C. Chantawansri, N. Huynh, J. Yamanaka, A. Garfinkel, S.T. Lamp, M. Inoue, J.H. Bridge, J.I. Goldhaber.  Effect of metabolic inhibition on couplon behavior in rabbit ventricular myocytes.  Biophys J. 94(5):1656-66, 2008.

26.      C.de Diego, A. Baher, R,K. Pai, F. Chen, L. Slavin, J. Parker, S.T. Lamp, Z. Qu, A. Garfinkel, J.N. Weiss, M. Valderrábano.  Anisotropy and conduction block in neonatal rat ventricular monolayers.  Submitted, 2008

References

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