Dr. Granger is the Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Associate Dean for Research, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport. Dr. Granger earned a PhD degree in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1977. His areas of research expertise include the microcirculation, oxygen radical biology, and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Dr. Granger has served on the editorial board of 12 scientific journals, and as associate editor for the American Journal of Physiology, and Pathophysiology. He is presently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Microcirculation. His accomplishments as a researcher have been recognized through awards presented by several scientific organizations, including the American Physiological Society (Bowditch Award & Distinguished Research Award in GI Physiology), Microcirculatory Society (Landis Award), and Society for Critical Care Medicine (Laerdal Award).