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Donald Y M Leung
MD, PhD
- Department of Pediatrics
- Head, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Professor
- Asstistant
- 303-398-1379
- Fax
- 303-270-2182
- Email
- leungd@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Pediatrics
Allergic and Immunologic Conditions
Anaphylaxis, Animal Dander Sensitivity, Atopic Dermatitis (eczema), Food Allergy, Rhinitis & Sinusitis (allergic and non-allergic), Urticaria (acute & chronic)
Asthma
Allergic Asthma, Exercise-Induced Asthma, Non-Allergic Asthma
Pharmacology
Steroid Adverse Effects, Steroid Sensitivity and Resistance
Pulmonary/Lung Conditions
Chronic Cough, Wheezing infants
Research
Allergy, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis, Basic Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Food Allergy, Infectious Diseases, Inflammation
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Professor of Pediatrics
Teaching & Professional Positions
2007: National Allergy and Infectious Disease Advisory Council, Ad Hoc Member
2006: Research Advisory Committee, University of Colorado Denver
1998: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1994: Director, NIH Clinical Research Center, National Jewish Health
1991: Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver
1990-91: Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver
1989: Head, Division of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology, National Jewish Health
1989: Senior Staff Physician, National Jewish Health
1987-89: Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
1987-89: Director of Allergy Program, Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA)
1983-87: Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics,Harvard Medical School
1981-83: Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Professional Memberships/Societies
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, American Association of Immunologists, American Federation of Clinical Research, Collegium International Allergologicum, Society for Pediatric Research, Society for Investigative Dermatology, American Society for Clinical Investigation
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Board Certified
American Board of Pediatrics(#28313)
American Board of Allergy-Immunology (#2420)
Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners (License #29944)
Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (American Board of Allergy and Immunology: Certificate #0127)
Research Interests
My research focuses on mechanisms by which bacteria and viruses contribute to skin inflammation of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. I am interested in why patients with atopic dermatitis are prone to microbial infection. As well, I have an interest in mechanisms resulting steroid resistance and the treatment of peanut allergy.
Service
Education & Training
Education
- University of Chicago
- MD, 1977
- University of Chicago
- PhD, Biochemistry, 1975
Residencies
- Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Resident in Pediatrics, 1978-1979
- Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Intern in Pediatrics, 1977-1978
Fellowships
- Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Fellow in Allergy and Immunology, 1979-1981
- Harvard Medical School
- Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, 1977-1979
Awards & Recognition
2008: Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Research Award, NJH
2007: Soc of Investigative Dermatology, Julius Stone Lectureship
2007: Chair, Medical Advisory Board, Food Allergy Initiative
2007: NIH/NIAID Res Advisory Council
2006-09: SPR E Mead Johnson Award Selection Comm
2006: ISI Most Highly Cited Authors in Immunology
2005: Robert Cooke Mem Lectureship at AAAAI
2004: Edelstein Chr in Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, NJH
2004-08: Board of Dir, AAAAI
2004: Amer Skin Assoc Annual Psoriasis Achievement Award
2004: Pfizer Visiting Professorship, Univ Chicago
2004: Erich Hoffmann Mem Lecturership, Bonn
2004: 17th James N. Gilliam Mem Lectureship, Univ Texas SW Med Ctr, Dallas
2003: Leung Peanut Allergy NEJM Article named one of Top Science Stories by Sci Am
2003: Ghoury Mem Lectureship at Univ Cincinnati Med Ctr
2003: WAO Scientific Achievement Award, Vancouver.
2003: Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, NJH
2003: Pfizer visiting Professorship, St Christopher’s Hosp Children, Philadelphia.
2002: Listed in International Biographical Ctr, Cambridge Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century
2002: Stanislaus Jaros Lectureship at ACAAI Annual Mtg
2002: Burton Zweiman Lectureship at 2002 AAAAI Mtg
Recent or Important Publications
Howell MD, Gallo RL, Boguniewicz M, Jones JF, Wong C, Streib JE, Leung DY. Cytokine milieu of atopic dermatitis skin subverts the innate immune response to vaccinia virus. Immunity 2006;24:341-8.
Goleva E, Li L, Eves PT, Strand MJ, Martin RJ, Leung DY. Increased glucocorticoid receptor beta alters steroid response in glucocorticoid insensitive asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:607-16.
Leung DY, Boguniewicz M, Howell MD, Nomura I, Hamid Q. New insights into atopic dermatitis. J Clin Invest 2004;113:651-7.
Leung DY, Sampson HA, Yunginger JW, Burks AW Jr, Schneider LC, Wortel CH, Davis FM, Hyun JD, Shanahan WR Jr, for the TNX-901 Peanut Allergy Study Group. Effect of anti-IgE therapy (TNX-901) in patients with peanut allergy. N Engl J Med 2003;348:986-93.
Ong PY, Ohtake T, Brandt C, Strickland I, Boguniewicz M, Ganz T, Gallo RL, Leung DY. Endogenous antimicrobial peptides and skin infections in atopic dermatitis. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1151-60.
Curriculum Vitae
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