Dr. Kulich is a member of the Division of Pathology at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) and the Division of Neuropathology.
Clinical Expertise
- Chief of Transfusion Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- Chief of Molecular Anatomic Pathology, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- Acting Laboratory Director, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Butler
Education & Training
PhD - Medical College of Wisconsin, 1994
MD - Medical College of Wisconsin, 1996
Representative Publications
View Dr. Kulich's publications on PubMed
- SM Kulich, C Horbinski, M Patel, CT Chu (2007) 6-hydroxydopamine induces mitochondrial ERK activation. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 43:372-383. PMID: 17602953
- RK Dagda, JH Zhu, SM Kulich, & CT Chu (2008) Mitochondrially localized ERK2 regulates mitophagy and autophagic cell stress induced by 6-hydroxydopamine. Autophagy. 4:770-82. PMID: 18594198
- RK Dagda, SJ Cherra III, SM Kulich, A Tandon, D Park, & CT Chu (2009) Loss of PINK1 function promotes mitophagy through effects on oxidative stress and mitochondrial fission. J. Biol. Chem. 280:13843-55 PMID: 19279012
- SJ Cherra III, SM Kulich, G Uechi, M Balasubramani, J Liu, BW Day, & CT Chu (2010) Regulation of the autophagy protein LC3 by phosphorylation. . J. Cell Biol. 190:533-39. PMID: 20713600