Victoria L. Herrera, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Victoria Herrera, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Associate Director for Medicine at BU Nanotechnology Innovation Center. Dr. Herrera is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine - magna cum laude, and former Visiting International Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She completed Pediatrics Residencey at Univerfity of Massachusetts Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and Molecular Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Hypertension Molecular Genetics at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Herrera serves as reviewer for Journals and for the NIH: former CVB Cardiovascular Study Section member, Hypertension Study Section, and current ad hoc reviewer for Cancer BioTherapeutics and Development SBIR Study Section. Dr. Herrera is co-inventor in multiple patents on novel targeted therapies for cancer and stroke, and nanodelivery systems.

As an NIH physician scientist awardee, research interests focus on the understanding of molecular bases of complex diseases via translational research coupled with animal modeling that recapitulate complex disease phenotypes respectively with spontaneous progression to end-organ disease and comorbidities. These animal modeling insights provide novel approaches to identification and testing of novel therapeutic and/or theranostic paradigms prioritized for their respective potentials to become clinically relevant game changers. Research expertise span the integration of basic and clinical sciences, translation of nanotechnologies into nanomedicines, and the design of clinically relevant preclinical and translational efficacy and safety studies relevant to novel approaches for ARDS, Covid19-ARDS, stroke, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Dr. Herrera served as the founding scientific advisor to the Philippine General Hospital Child Protection Unity and the Child Protection Network in the Philippines.

Publications

  • Published 10/16/2024

    Cross AL, Wright HL, Choi J, Edwards SW, Ruiz-Opazo N, Herrera VLM. Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap-forming neutrophils in rheumatoid arthritis exacerbation are majority dual endothelin-1/signal peptide receptor+ subtype. Clin Exp Immunol. 2024 Oct 16; 218(2):163-168. PMID: 39110036.

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  • Published 4/18/2023

    Herrera VLM, Bosch NA, Lok JJ, Nguyen MQ, Lenae KA, deKay JT, Ryzhov SV, Seder DB, Ruiz-Opazo N, Walkey AJ. Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap (NET)-forming 'rogue' neutrophil subset, immunotype [DEspR?+?CD11b?+], mediate multi-organ failure in COVID-19-an observational study. Transl Med Commun. 2023; 8(1):12. PMID: 37096233.

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  • Published 2/15/2023

    Herrera VLM, Gromisch CM, Decano JL, Pasion KA, Tan GLA, Hua N, Takahashi CE, Greer DM, Ruiz-Opazo N. Anti-DEspR antibody treatment improves survival and reduces neurologic deficits in a hypertensive, spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (hsICH) rat model. Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 15; 13(1):2703. PMID: 36792616.

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  • Published 2/1/2023

    Herrera VLM, Bosch NA, Lok JJ, Nguyen MQ, Lenae KA, deKay JT, Ryzhov SV, Seder DB, Ruiz-Opazo N, Walkey AJ. Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap (NET)-forming 'rogue' neutrophil subset, immunotype [DEspR+CD11b+], mediate multi-organ failure in COVID-19 - an observational study. Res Sq. 2023 Feb 01. PMID: 36778407.

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  • Published 11/7/2022

    Whitaker RD, Decano JL, Gormley C, Beigie CA, Meisel C, Tan GA, Moran AM, Giordano NJ, Park Y, Huang P, Andersson S, Gantz D, Grant AK, Ruiz-Opazo N, Herrera VLM, Wong JY. Janus USPION modular platform (JUMP) for theranostic ultrasound-mediated targeted intratumoral microvascular imaging and DNA/miRNA delivery. Theranostics. 2022; 12(18):7646-7667. PMID: 36451861.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Websites

Education

  • University of the Philippines, MD
  • University of the Philippines, BS

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