Prof. Vesna D. Garovic

Mayo Medical School, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1987  M.Sc., University of Belgrade, Serbia

1980  M.D., University of Belgrade, Serbia

Publications (selected)

1. Garovic, V. D. (2026). Role of senescence in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia and future health. Hypertension, 73(6), 1142-1155.
2. Suvakov, S., Kattah, A. G., & Garovic, V. D. (2026). Sex hormones and sexual health in chronic kidney disease before and after kidney transplantation. Journal of Nephrology, 39(2), 211-219.
3. Garovic, V. D. (2025). Preventing preeclampsia: Why are we still behind? Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 86(12), 1520-1522.
4. Vaughan, L. E., Kanaji, Y., Suvakov, S., Parashuram, S., Butler Tobah, Y. S., Chamberlain, AM., Bielinski, S. J., Milic, N., Gulati, R., Nath, K. A., & Garovic, V. D. (2024). Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increase the risk for myocardial infarction: A population-based study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 84(23), 2264-2274.
5. Garovic, V. D., Khan, S. S., Miller, E. C., Sharma, G., & Mehta, L. S. (2024). Opportunities in the postpartum period to reduce cardiovascular disease risk after adverse pregnancy outcomes. Circulation, 149(7), 543-556.
6. Suvakov, S., Kattah, A. G., Gojkovic, T., Enninga, E. A. L., Pruett, J., Jayachandran, M., Sousa, C., Santos, J., Abou Hassan, C., Gonzales-Suarez, M., & Garovic, V. D. (2023). Impact of aging and cellular senescence in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. Comprehensive Physiology, 13(4), 5077-5114.
7. White, W. M., Mielke, M. M., LeBrasseur, N. K., & Garovic, V. D. (2023). Preeclampsia and accelerated cardiovascular aging: Is cellular senescence the missing link? Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10, 1145102.
8. Garovic, V. D., Dechend, R., Karumanchi, S. A., Baird, S. M., Easterling, T., Magee, L. A., Rana, S., Vermunt, J. V., & August, P. (2022). Hypertension in pregnancy: Diagnosis, blood pressure goals, and pharmacotherapy: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Hypertension, 79(6), e93-e101.
9. Kattah, A. G., Milic, N. M., White, W. M., & Garovic, V. D. (2022). Kidney health outcomes of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 18(9), 543-554.
10. Suvakov, S., Turner, S. T., & Garovic, V. D. (2021). Blood pressure thresholds for hypertension in pregnancy and future cardiovascular risk. Current Hypertension Reports, 23(8), 35.
11. Garovic, V. D., & Craici, I. M. (2021). Podocyte dysregulation and urinary shedding in preeclampsia. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, 320(5), F711-F719.
12. Milic, N. M., Trajkovic, G., Milin-Lazovic, J., & Garovic, V. D. (2020). Long-term risk of hypertension and stroke after preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hypertension, 38(11), 2105-2115.
13. Kattah, A. G., & Garovic, V. D. (2020). The management of hypertension in pregnancy. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 27(4), 289-296.
14. Aneman, I., Pienaar, D., Suvakov, S., Simic, T. P., Garovic, V. D., & McClements, L. (2020). Mechanisms of key innate immune cells in early- and late-onset preeclampsia. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1864.
15. Turbeville, H. R., Sasser, J. M., & Garovic, V. D. (2019). Clinical presentation, pathophysiology, and management of preeclampsia-induced acute kidney injury. Seminars in Nephrology, 39(5), 415-424.
16. Garovic, V. D., White, W. M., Vaughan, L., Saiki, M., Parashuram, S., Garcia-Valencia, J., McClements, L., Milic, N. M., & Turner, S. T. (2018). Incidence and long-term outcomes of preeclampsia: A population-based study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 93(12), 1720-1730.
17. Jayachandran, M., Litwiller, R. D., Owen, W. G., & Garovic, V. D. (2017). Carotid artery intima-media thickness and subclinical atherosclerosis in women with remote histories of preeclampsia. PubMed Central Oncology, 24(3), 112-118.
18. Kattah, A. G., Scantlebury, D. C., Agarwal, S., Mielke, M. M., Weaver, A. L., Vaughan, L. E., & Garovic, V. D. (2017). Preeclampsia and future coronary artery calcification: A Rochester Epidemiology Project-based study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(5), e005401.
19. Craici, I. M., Wagner, S. J., & Garovic, V. D. (2016). Podocyturia predates proteinuria and clinical manifestations of preeclampsia. PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0156525.
20. Garovic, V. D., Wagner, S. J., Turner, S. T., & Lerman, A. (2015). Ischemia-reperfusion injury and placenta-derived angiogenic factors in preeclampsia. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 34(3), 312-325.