Constantine and Joyce Hampers Professor of Physiology, Emeritus and Andrew C. Vail Professor of Physiology, Emeritus
Dr. Valtin is a graduate of Swarthmore College, 1949, and of Cornell University Medical College, 1953. Following residency training in internal medicine/nephrology, he joined the Department of Physiology at Dartmouth as an Instructor in 1957. He became Professor of Physiology in 1967, Andrew C. Vail Professor in 1973, and Constantine and Joyce Hampers Professor in 1989. For 12 years, beginning in 1977, he was Chair of the Department.
Dr. Valtin developed two animal models of hereditary diabetes insipidus, the Brattleboro rat, where the disease results from an inability to make the antidiuretic hormone (ADH or vasopressin), and the DI +/+ Severe mouse, where the kidneys cannot respond to the hormone. Dr. Valtin retired in 1994, and is no longer involved actively in research. However, he continues to participate in activites of the Epithelial Biology Group, which focuses on Cystic Fibrosis.
Valtin, H. Genetic models of diabetes insipidus. In E.E. Windhager (Ed.), Handbook of Physiology. Section 8: Renal Physiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Vol. II, Chap. 28, pp. 1281-1316.
Valtin, H., and Schafer, J.A. Renal Function: Mechanisms Preserving Fluid and Solute Balance in Health (3rd ed.). Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
Valtin, H. Teaching pathophysiology to medical students: Emphasis on scientific principles. J. Pathophysiol. 2:87-89, 1995.
Valtin, H., and R.W. Schrier. Milestones in Nephrology. Facsimile of the original report on the Brattleboro Rat by H. Valtin and H.A. Schroeder, with commentaries by H. Valtin and R.W. Schrier. J. Am. Soc. Nephrology 9:1333-1341, 1997.Valtin, H. On the importance of research on a medical sciences campus. Puerto Rican Health Sci. J. 16:105-107, 1997.
Valtin, H. "Drink at least eight glasses of water a day." Really? Is there scientific evidence for "8 x 8"? Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 283:R993-R1004, 2002.