Conditions Treated
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Allergy
- Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Respiratory Infections
- Emphysema
- Fungal Infections
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Interstitial Lung Diseases
- Lung Cancer
- Occupational Asthma
- Osteoarthritis
- Pleural Effusions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sinusitis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Sleep Disorders
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy
- Gender:
- Male
Education & Training
Education
- 1971-1975
- University of Rochester (Rochester, NY), BA
- 1975-1979
- University of California, San Diego, MD
- 1984-1985
- Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
Residency
- 1980-1984
- Boston City Hospital, Internal Medicine
- 1984-1985
- Harvard School of Public Health, Occupational Medicine
Fellowship
- 1985-1987
- University of Washington, Robert Woods Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
- 1985-1988
- University of Washington, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Special Interests
Research Interests
Innate immunity and host defense. Genetics of interstitial lung disease. Epigenetics of asthma. Gene–environment interactions.
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Teaching or 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
American Thoracic Society
American Society of Human Genetics
American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
Association of the American Physician (AAP)
Awards & Recognition
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
Publications
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.
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