Jamie Wikenheiser
Professor, Adjunct, Anatomy & Neurobiology
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
University of California, Irvine
306D Med Surge II
Mail Code: 1275
Irvine, CA 92697
306D Med Surge II
Mail Code: 1275
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Medical education, pediatric cardiology, pediatric and adult urology
Awards and Honors
•2023 IG Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, based on the work from Pham CT, Hashemi K, Hedayati B, Csuka E, Babadjouni A, Mamaghani T, Wikenheiser J, Juhasz M, Mesinkovska NA. (2021). Measurement and quantification of cadaveric nasal hairs. Int J Dermatol Oct 12.
•2022 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2022 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2021 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2020 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2019 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2019 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2019 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2018 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2018 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2017 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2017 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2016 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2016 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2016 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2015 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2014 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2014 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2014 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2014 AIME Outstanding EduProject, Academy for Innovation in Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2013 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2012 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2012 Olympus Best Basic Research Publication for the abstract titled Extra-renal and intra-renal autonomic nervous system redefined. World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey
•2011 Outstanding Problem Based Learning Teaching Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
•2010 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
•2010 Outstanding Problem Based Learning Teaching Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
•2022 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2022 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2021 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2020 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2019 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2019 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2019 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2018 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2018 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2017 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2017 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2016 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2016 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2016 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2015 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2014 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2014 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2014 Best 1st Year Medical School Course, Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course Director, UCI SOM
•2014 AIME Outstanding EduProject, Academy for Innovation in Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2013 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2012 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, UCI SOM
•2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, Office of Medical Education, UCI SOM
•2012 Olympus Best Basic Research Publication for the abstract titled Extra-renal and intra-renal autonomic nervous system redefined. World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey
•2011 Outstanding Problem Based Learning Teaching Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
•2010 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
•2010 Outstanding Problem Based Learning Teaching Award, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Publications
Books:
Wikenheiser J. Clinical Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, and Neuroanatomy: An Integrated Textbook. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. (2021).
Gilroy AM, MacPherson BR, Wikenheiser J. Atlas of Anatomy, 4th ed, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. (2020)
Book Chapters:
Richard J. Martin, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Michele C. Walsh (Eds.). (2014). Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant. (10th ed). Watanabe M, Wikenheiser J. Cardiac Embryology. Elsevier Mosby, St Louis, Missouri.
Dan T. Simionescu (Ed.). (2011) Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis-from Embryonic Development to Regenerative Medicine Cardiac Vasculature: Development and Pathology. Watanabe M, Wikenheiser J, Ramirez-Bergeron D, Flores S, Dangol A, Karunamuni G, Thomas A, Montana A, Ashwath R. Cardiac Vasculature: Development and Pathology. InTech (Online).
Richard J. Martin, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Michele C. Walsh (Eds.). (2010). Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant. (9th ed). Watanabe M, Schaefer KS, Wikenheiser J, Rothenberg F, Karunamuni G. Cardiac Embryology. Elsevier Mosby, St Louis, Missouri.
Journal Articles, Peer Reviewed:
Jefferson FA, Okhunov Z, Veneziano D, Rivas JG, Meneses AD, Cacciamani GE, Socarras MR, Wikenhiezer J, Landman J. (2019). Precise characterization of the urinary tract innervation using three-dimensional reconstruction: A contemporary review. Actas Urol Esp
Vernez S, Okhunov Z, Wikenheiser J, Khoyilar C, Alkashgari HR, Yoon R, Dutta R, Osann K, Kaler K, Youssef RF, Lee T, Clayman R, Landman J. (2017) Precise characterization and three-dimensional reconstruction of the autonomic nerve distribution of the human ureter. Journal of Urology 197(3 Pt 1):723-729.
Santos R, Kawauchi S, Jacobs RE, Lopez-Burks ME, Choi H, Wikenheiser J, Hallgrimsson B, Jamniczky HA, Fraser SE, Lander AD, Calof A. (2016). Conditional creation and rescue of Nipbl-deficiency in mice reveals multiple determinants of risk for congenital heart defects. PLOS Biology 8;14(9):e2000197.
Ben-Chaim J, Hidas G, Wikenheiser J, Landau EH, Wehbi E, Kelly MS, McLorie GA, Khoury AE. (2016). Kelly procedure for exstrophy or epispadias patients: anatomical description of the pudendal neurovasculature. Journal of Pediatric Urology 12(3):173.e1-6.
Spradling K, Khoyilar C, Abedi G, Okhunov, Z, Wikenheiser J, Yoon R, Huang J, Youssef RF, Ghoniem G, Landman J. (2015) Redefining the autonomic nerve distribution of the urinary bladder using 3-dimensional image reconstruction. Journal of Urology 194(6):1661-1667.
Lusch A, Leary R, Heidari E, Liss MA, Okhunov Z, Perez-Lanzac De Lorca A, Huang J, Wikenheiser J, Landman J. (2014) Intra and extra-renal autonomic nervous system redefined. Journal of Urology 191(4):1060-1065.
Wikenheiser J, Karunamuni G, Sloter E, Walker MK, Roy D, Wilson DL, Watanabe M. (2013). Altering HIF-1alpha through 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure affects coronary vessel development. Cardiovascular Toxicology 13: 161-167.
Karunamuni G, Yang K, Doughman YQ, Wikenheiser J, Bader D, Barnett J, Austin A, Parsons-Wingerter P, Watanabe M. (2010). Expression of lymphatic markers during avian and mouse cardiogenesis. Anatomical Record (Hoboken) 293: 259-270.
Wikenheiser JC, Wolfram J, Gargesha M, Yang K, Karunamuni G, Wilson DL, Semenza GL, Agani F, Fisher SA, Ward N, Watanabe M. (2009). Altered hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha levels correlate with coronary artery anomalies. Developmental Dynamics 238: 2688-2700.
Newbern J, Zhong J, Wickramasinghe SR, Li X, Wu Y, Samuels I, Cherosky N, Karlo JC, O’Loughlin B, Wikenheiser JC, Gargesha M, Doughman YQ, Charron J, Ginty DD, Watanabe M, Saitta S, Snider WD, Landreth GE. (2008). Mouse and human phenotypes indicate a critical conserved role for the ERK2 signaling pathway in neural crest development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 17115-17120.
Wikenheiser JC, Doughman Y-Q, Fisher SA, Watanabe M. (2006). Differential levels of tissue hypoxia in the developing chicken heart. Developmental Dynamics 235: 115-123.
Barbosky L, Lawrence DK, Karunamuni G, Wikenheiser JC, Doughman YQ, Visconti RP, Burch JB, Watanabe M. (2006). Apoptosis in the developing mouse heart. Developmental Dynamics 235: 2592-2602.
Wikenheiser J. Clinical Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, and Neuroanatomy: An Integrated Textbook. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. (2021).
Gilroy AM, MacPherson BR, Wikenheiser J. Atlas of Anatomy, 4th ed, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. (2020)
Book Chapters:
Richard J. Martin, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Michele C. Walsh (Eds.). (2014). Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant. (10th ed). Watanabe M, Wikenheiser J. Cardiac Embryology. Elsevier Mosby, St Louis, Missouri.
Dan T. Simionescu (Ed.). (2011) Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis-from Embryonic Development to Regenerative Medicine Cardiac Vasculature: Development and Pathology. Watanabe M, Wikenheiser J, Ramirez-Bergeron D, Flores S, Dangol A, Karunamuni G, Thomas A, Montana A, Ashwath R. Cardiac Vasculature: Development and Pathology. InTech (Online).
Richard J. Martin, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Michele C. Walsh (Eds.). (2010). Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant. (9th ed). Watanabe M, Schaefer KS, Wikenheiser J, Rothenberg F, Karunamuni G. Cardiac Embryology. Elsevier Mosby, St Louis, Missouri.
Journal Articles, Peer Reviewed:
Jefferson FA, Okhunov Z, Veneziano D, Rivas JG, Meneses AD, Cacciamani GE, Socarras MR, Wikenhiezer J, Landman J. (2019). Precise characterization of the urinary tract innervation using three-dimensional reconstruction: A contemporary review. Actas Urol Esp
Vernez S, Okhunov Z, Wikenheiser J, Khoyilar C, Alkashgari HR, Yoon R, Dutta R, Osann K, Kaler K, Youssef RF, Lee T, Clayman R, Landman J. (2017) Precise characterization and three-dimensional reconstruction of the autonomic nerve distribution of the human ureter. Journal of Urology 197(3 Pt 1):723-729.
Santos R, Kawauchi S, Jacobs RE, Lopez-Burks ME, Choi H, Wikenheiser J, Hallgrimsson B, Jamniczky HA, Fraser SE, Lander AD, Calof A. (2016). Conditional creation and rescue of Nipbl-deficiency in mice reveals multiple determinants of risk for congenital heart defects. PLOS Biology 8;14(9):e2000197.
Ben-Chaim J, Hidas G, Wikenheiser J, Landau EH, Wehbi E, Kelly MS, McLorie GA, Khoury AE. (2016). Kelly procedure for exstrophy or epispadias patients: anatomical description of the pudendal neurovasculature. Journal of Pediatric Urology 12(3):173.e1-6.
Spradling K, Khoyilar C, Abedi G, Okhunov, Z, Wikenheiser J, Yoon R, Huang J, Youssef RF, Ghoniem G, Landman J. (2015) Redefining the autonomic nerve distribution of the urinary bladder using 3-dimensional image reconstruction. Journal of Urology 194(6):1661-1667.
Lusch A, Leary R, Heidari E, Liss MA, Okhunov Z, Perez-Lanzac De Lorca A, Huang J, Wikenheiser J, Landman J. (2014) Intra and extra-renal autonomic nervous system redefined. Journal of Urology 191(4):1060-1065.
Wikenheiser J, Karunamuni G, Sloter E, Walker MK, Roy D, Wilson DL, Watanabe M. (2013). Altering HIF-1alpha through 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure affects coronary vessel development. Cardiovascular Toxicology 13: 161-167.
Karunamuni G, Yang K, Doughman YQ, Wikenheiser J, Bader D, Barnett J, Austin A, Parsons-Wingerter P, Watanabe M. (2010). Expression of lymphatic markers during avian and mouse cardiogenesis. Anatomical Record (Hoboken) 293: 259-270.
Wikenheiser JC, Wolfram J, Gargesha M, Yang K, Karunamuni G, Wilson DL, Semenza GL, Agani F, Fisher SA, Ward N, Watanabe M. (2009). Altered hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha levels correlate with coronary artery anomalies. Developmental Dynamics 238: 2688-2700.
Newbern J, Zhong J, Wickramasinghe SR, Li X, Wu Y, Samuels I, Cherosky N, Karlo JC, O’Loughlin B, Wikenheiser JC, Gargesha M, Doughman YQ, Charron J, Ginty DD, Watanabe M, Saitta S, Snider WD, Landreth GE. (2008). Mouse and human phenotypes indicate a critical conserved role for the ERK2 signaling pathway in neural crest development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 17115-17120.
Wikenheiser JC, Doughman Y-Q, Fisher SA, Watanabe M. (2006). Differential levels of tissue hypoxia in the developing chicken heart. Developmental Dynamics 235: 115-123.
Barbosky L, Lawrence DK, Karunamuni G, Wikenheiser JC, Doughman YQ, Visconti RP, Burch JB, Watanabe M. (2006). Apoptosis in the developing mouse heart. Developmental Dynamics 235: 2592-2602.
Professional Societies
American Association of Anatomists
American Association of Clinical Anatomists
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Last updated
10/03/2023
10/03/2023