Ronina A Covar
MD
- Department of Pediatrics
- Associate Professor
- Phone
- 303-398-1245
- Fax
- 303-270-2101
- Gender
- Female
Specialties
Pediatrics
Pharmacology
Teaching & Professional Positions
Staff Physician at National Jewish Health; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver
Professional Memberships/Societies
AAAAI
ACAAI
AAP
AMA
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Clinical Interests
Evaluation and treatment of pediatric asthma. Steroid response.
Board Certified
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Service
Education & Training
Education
- University of the Philippines College of Medicine
- MD, 1989
Residencies
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Pediatrics, 1997
- University of the Philippines College of Medicine – Philippine General Hospital
- Pediatrics, 1992
Fellowships
- National Jewish Health/University of Colorado Denver
- 2000
Recent or Important Publications
Federico MJ, Covar RA, Brown EE, Leung DY, Spahn JD. Racial differences in T-lymphocyte response to glucocorticoids. Chest. 2005 Feb;127(2):571-8.
Paull K, Covar RA, Jain N, Gelfand EW, Spahn JDDo NHLBI lung function criteria apply to children? A cross-sectional evaluation of childhood asthma at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1999-2002. Pediatr Pulmonol 2005 Feb.
Group. Progression of asthma measured by lung function in the Childhood Asthma Management Program. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004;170(3):234-41.
Covar RA, Spahn J, Murphy JR, Martin RJ, Silkoff P, Sundstrom DA, Szefler SJ. Safety and application of induced sputum analysis in childhood asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004;114(3):575-82.
Covar RA, Spahn JD. Treating the wheezing infant. Pediatr Clin North Am 2003, 50:631-654.