Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

BARRY JUSTIN CUSACK MD
Associate Professor
University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Medicine
Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy
Idaho State University, Boise ID

Co-Director
VA Fellowship Program in Geriatrics/Gerontology
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Boise ID

Chief, Geriatrics Section
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Boise ID

Assistant Medical Director
Nursing Home Care Unit
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Boise ID

Adjunctive Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Health Science, Boise State University, Boise ID

Veterans Administration Medical Center
500 W Fort St
Boise ID 83702

Phone (208) 422-1152
Fax (208) 422-1155
Email barry.cusack@med.va.gov

Licensure	States of Washington and Idaho
Board Certification	Internal Medicine (Irish) Geriatrics Board (UK) Clinical Pharmacology Boards

1972	MB Bch BAO University College, Dublin Ireland
1973	DCH (Diploma in Child’s Health)University College, Dublin Ireland
1980	MD University College, Dublin Ireland

1972-1973	Internship, Cardiothoracic surgery and general medicine, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Ireland
1973-1974	Senior House Officer, Paediatric surgery and medicine, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin Ireland
1974-1975	Senior House Officer, Rotation in general medicine, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Ireland
1975-1976	Registrar, General medicine and hepatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Ireland
1976-1977	Registrar, Neurology, St Laurence’s Hospital, Dublin Ireland
1977-1979	Registrar, General medicine/clinical pharmacology, St Laurence’s Hospital, Dublin Ireland
1977-1979	Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin Ireland
1979-1980	Registrar, Geriatric Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Chapelizod, Dublin Ireland
1980-1982	Senior Registrar, Geriatric Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, England

Vestal RE, Cusack BJ, Mercer GD, Dawson GW, Park BK. Aging and drug interactions: I. Effect of cimetidine and smoking on the oxidation of theophylline and cortisol in healthy men. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 488-500, 1987

Olson RD, Mushlin PS, Brenner DE, Fleischer S, Cusack BJ, Chang BK, Boucek RJ Jr. Doxorubicin cardiotoxicity may be due to its metabolite. Doxorubinicol Proceed Nat’l Acad Sci (USA) 3585-3589, 1988

Dodd DA, Atkinson JB, Olson RD, Buck S, Cusack BJ, Fleischer S, Boucek RJ Jr. Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy is associated with decrease in calcium release channel of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in a chronic rabbit model. J Clin Invest 1697-1705, 1993

Cusack BJ, Mushlin PS, Voulelis LDD, Le X, Boucek RJ Jr, Olson RD. Daunorubicin-induced cardiac injury in vivo in the rabbit: a role for daunorubicinol? Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 177-185, 1993

Cusack BJ, Mushlin PS, Johnson CJ, Vestal RE, Olson RD. Aging increases cardiotoxicity of daunorubicin and daunorubicinol in the rat. J Gerontol B376-B384, 1996