Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Biosketch
Dean Kindler, MD, MA, is a board-certified vascular neurologist in the Department of Medicine. He is employed by Ascension Borgess and practices at Borgess Medical Center. He is a graduate of Boston College with a BS in Biology (Magna Cum Laude) in 1988. He also has a MA in Biological Oceanography from the William and Mary-Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1991. He earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1995. He completed his Internship in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry with the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1996. He also completed a Residency in Neurology also from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1999. He then completed a Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2001.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2001, Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke, School of Medicine - Charlottsville, VA, University of Virginia
- Residency 1999, Neurology, School of Medicine - Charlottsville, VA, University of Virginia
- Internship 1996, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine - Charlottsville, VA, University of Virginia
- MD 1995, School of Medicine - Charlottsville, VA, University of Virginia
- MA 1991, Biological Oceanography, Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Williamsburg, VA, College of William and Mary
- BS 1988, Biology - Magna Cum Laude, Boston College
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Research
- Vascular Neurology
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Publications
Bergethon P.R., Kindler D.D., Hallock K., Blease S., Toselli P. Continuous exposure to low amplitude extremely low frequency electrical fields characterizing the vascular streaming potential alters elastin accumulation in vascular smooth muscle cells Bioelectromagnetics. 2013;34(5):358-365.
Bergman K., Kindler D., Pfau L. Assessment of stroke: A review for ed nurses Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2012;38(1):36-42.
Kindler D.D., Thiffault C., Solenski N.J., Dennis J., Kostecki V., Jenkins R., Keeney P.M., Bennett J.P. Neurotoxic nitric oxide rapidly depolarizes and permeabilizes mitochondria by dynamically opening the mitochondrial transition pore Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2003;23(4):559-573.
Kindler D.D., Lopez G.A., Worrall B.B., Johnston K.C. Update on therapies for acute ischemic stroke. Neurosurgical focus. 2000;8(5)
Earnhardt R.C., Norton , Ihse I., Thompson J.C., Pories W.J., Bell R. Hyperinsulinemia after pancreatic transplantation prediction by a novel computer model and in vivo verification Annals of Surgery. 1993;218(4):428-441.
Kindler D.D., Bergethon P.R. Nontoxic and durable salt bridges using hydroxyethylmethacrylate hydrogels Journal of Applied Physiology. 1990;69(1):373-375.