Specialties
Adults
Allergic and Immunologic Conditions
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Hay Fever/Rhinitis (Allergic & Non-allergic)
Asthma
Allergic Asthma, Exercise-Induced Asthma, Non-Allergic Asthma, Occupational Asthma
Autoimmune Diseases and Rheumatoid Conditions
Connective Tissue Disorder, Osteoporosis, Primary & Secondary Immune Deficiencies, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Sjögren's Disease
COPD/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Cough, Emphysema
Mycobacterial (TB/nontuberculous) and Respiratory Infections
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis, Fungal Lung Disease, Infectious Diseases (Chronic Respiratory Infections), Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, Sinusitis
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary/Lung Conditions
Autoimmune Lung Diseases, Interstitial & Fibrotic Lung Disease, Heart Problems Secondary to Lung Diseases, Lung Cancer, Malignant Pleural Effusions, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Disorders
Teaching & Professional Positions
2008-Present: National Jewish Health, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Immunology; Director, Center for Genes, Environment, and Health;
Provost National Jewish Health
2008-2009: Head, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
2005-2008: National Institutes of Health, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program
2000-2005: Duke University, Walter Kempner Professor of Medicine, Director of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine
1988-2000: University of Iowa, Assistant to Full Professor, Director of Occupational Medicine; and Associate Chairman of Medicine
Professional Memberships/Societies
American Thoracic Society
American Society of Human Genetics
American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
Association of the American Physician (AAP)
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Internal Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Innate immunity and host defense.
Genetics of interstitial lung disease.
Epigenetics of asthma.
Gene–environment interactions.
Phi Beta Kappa
Robert Woods Johnson Clinical Scholar
American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
Association of the American Physician (AAP)
American Thoracic Society Scientific Accomplishment Award
Numerous study sections and editorial boards
Best Doctors in America
Castle Connolly American Top Doctor
Alper S, Laws R, Lackford B, Boyd WA, Dunlap P, Freedman JH, Schwartz DA. Identification of novel innate immunity genes and pathways using a comparative genomics approach. Proc Nat Acad Sciences (in press).
Hollingsworth JW, Maruoka S, Li Z, Potts EN, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. Ozone enhances both pulmonary and systemic innate immunity. J Immunology 2007; 179:4367-4375.
Steele MP, Speer MC, Loyd JE, Brown KK, Herron A, Slifer SH, Burch LH, Phillips JA, Sporn TA, McAdams HP, Schwarz MI, Schwartz DA. Clinical and pathologic features of familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP). Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2005; 172:1146-1152.
Kiechl S, Lorenz E, Reindl M, Wiedermann CJ, Oberhollenzer F, Willeit J, Schwartz DA. Toll-like receptor 4 mutations and atherogenesis in humans. N Engl J Med 2002; 347(3):185-192.
Arbour NC, Lorenz E, Schutte BC, Zabner J, Kline JN, Jones M, Frees K, Watt JL, Schwartz DA. TLR4 mutation is associated with endotoxin hyporesponsiveness in humans. Nature Genetics 2000; 25:187-191.
