Answers questions in the following forums:

• Asthma
• Lung Center

Education:

• University of California, San Diego, BA, 1978
• University of Texas Medical Branch, MD, 1982

Post Graduate Training:

• 1982-1985 Internship/Residency, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center
• 1985-1986 Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center
• 1986-1989 Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
• 1989-1994 Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine
• 1989-1990 Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
• 1990-1994 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
• 1994-1999; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Research:

• The structure/function relationships of the surfactant apoproteins, surfactant proteins A and D in host defense; regulation of surfactant secretion from alveolar type II cells; surfactant in interstital lung disease.

Grants:

• Merit Review Award, Department of Veteran's Affairs: SP-A structure/function analysis in transgenic mice.
• ALA Cancer Investigator Award: Surfactant protein A in P.carinii/macrophage interactions.
• NIH, RO1-Co-investigator: Surfactant proteins in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis.
• NIEHS: Center for Environmental Genetics: Effect of Genetic variability on the responses to environmental contaminants.
• NIH P30- Pilot Project Award: Role of SP-A in protection from ozone-induced lung injury.
• University of Cincinnati Research Challange Program: Molecular mechanisms of emphysema.