-- Department of Environmental Medicine --
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Faculty Directory |
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Richard P. Phipps, Ph.D.
Director, Lung Biology & Disease Program Professor of Environmental Medicine Research: asthma, lung cancer, lung scarring (fibrosis), immunology and environmental lung injury Box 850; 585-275-8326 or 275-7836 richard_phipps@urmc.rochester.edu Kate G. Ackerman, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine) Research: development of the diaphragm and early lung, lung lobar development, mechanisms of development of diaphragmatic defects and associated pulmonary hypoplasia in humans Box 703; 585-276-4001 Kate_ackerman@urmc.rochester.edu Carolyn Baglole, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine Research: : lung scarring (fibrosis) and environmental lung injury Box 850; 585-275-7836 carolyn_baglole@urmc.rochester.edu Richard K. Barth, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology (Oncology) Research: lung scarring, genetics of lung disease Box 704; 585-275-2463 rick_barth@urmc.rochester.edu Lauren B. Bruckner, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation) Research: lung injury associated with total body irradiation and sub-clinical infection Box 850; 585-275-3352 lauren_bruckner@urmc.rochester.edu Patricia Chess, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury and repair Box 651; 585-273-4912 patricia_chess@urmc.rochester.edu David Dean, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics Research: gene delivery, intracellular trafficking, acute lung injury, asthma Box 850; 585-275-5948 david_dean@urmc.rochester.edu Alison C. P. Elder, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine Research: environmental and occupational lung injury Box 850; 585-275-2324 alison_elder@urmc.rochester.edu Richard H. Feins, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic) Research: lung cancer treatment Box SURG; 585-275-1509 richard_feins@urmc.rochester.edu Jacob N. Finkelstein, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury; radiation therapy-induced lung damage Box 850; 585-275-5220 (Fax: 585-756-7780) jacob_finkelstein@urmc.rochester.edu Mark W. Frampton, M.D. Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) Research: environmental and occupational lung injury Box 692; 585-275-4861 mark_frampton@urmc.rochester.edu Steve Georas, M.D. Professor of Medicine anad Director of Pulmonary & Critical Care Research: lung immunology, inflammation and asthma Box 692; 585-275-2222 steve_georas@urmc.rochester.edu Francis Gigliotti, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics (Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease) Research: P. carinii infection in HIV patients Box 690; 585-275-0588 francis_gigliotti@urmc.rochester.edu Wolfgang Haas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Research: innate immunity and the lung; environmental pollutants and immune dysregulation; translational pulmonary immunology Box 611; 585-275-7722 wolfgang_haas@urmc.rochester.edu Denise Hocking, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology Research: basic mechanisms of lung injury and matrix deposition; cigarette smoke and changes in extracellular matrix Box 711; 585-273-1770 denise_hocking@urmc.rochester.edu Carl J. Johnston, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury Box 850; 585-275-8323 carl_johnston@urmc.rochester.edu Damian J. Krysan, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: yeast cell wall biology Box 692; 585-275-9729 damian_krysan@urmc.rochester.edu |
F. Eun-Hyung Lee, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) Research: viral infection and lung injury Box 692; 585-275-2222 eunhyung_lee@urmc.rochester.edu B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Research: infection of the lung, pulmonary immunology, contribution of environmental factors to lung inflammation Box 692; 585-275-5948 paige_lawrence@urmc.rochester.edu William Maniscalco, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics (Director, Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury and inflammation Box 651; 585-275-5884 william_maniscalco@urmc.rochester.edu Robert Notter, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics Research: surfactant therapy for immature lungs Box 850; 585-275-5948 robert_nottero@urmc.rochester.edu Günter Oberdörster, Professor of Environmental Medicine Research: environmental and occupational lung injury Box 850; 585-275-3804 gunter_oberdorster@urmc.rochester.edu Michael A. O'Reilly Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury Box 850; 585-275-5948 michael_oreilly@urmc.rochester.edu Deborah Ossip-Klein, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Community & Preventive Medicine Research: smoking cessation Box 704; 585-273-3877 deborah_ossipklein@urmc.rochester.edu Gloria Pryhuber, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neonatal lung injury, inflammation and repair Box 850; 585-275-5948 gloria_pryhuber@urmc.rochester.edu Arshad Rahman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research: neutrophil-mediated lung injury Box 850; 585-275-5948 arshad_rahman@urmc.rochester.edu Irfan Rahman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine Research: tobacco smoke-induced lung inflammation and lung cancer Box 850; 585-275-5948 irfan_rahman@urmc.rochester.edu Clement Ren, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Director, Pediatric Pulmonology; Co-Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center) Research: cystic fibrosis treatments Box 667; 585-275-2464 clement_ren@urmc.rochester.edu Patricia J. Sime, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) Research: asthma; lung scarring (fibrosis); gene therapy for lung disease; chronic obstructive lung disease Box 692; 585-275-4861 patricia_sime@urmc.rochester.edu David Topham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Research: infection of the lung and lung immunology Box 609; 585-273-1403 david_topham@urmc.rochester.edu Mark J. Utell Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) Research: environmental and occupational lung injury Box 692; 585-275-4861 mark_utell@urmc.rochester.edu James White, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) Research: pulmonary hypertension Box 692; 585-275-4861 jim_white@urmc.rochester.edu Marc A. Williams, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care) and of Environmental Medicine Research: dendritic cells in allergic innate immunity. Immunobiology of septic shock. Hematopoietic stem cells and environmental pollutants. Box 692; 585-276-3274 marc_williams@urmc.rochester.edu Terry Wright, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious diseases) Research: P. carinii infection in HIV patients Box 690; 585-275-4246 terry_wright@urmc.rochester.edu |
**There are a number of other faculty, (not listed above) whose primary mission is patient care. The Pulmonary & Critical Care, and Hematology/Oncology Divisions of the Department of Medicine, and the Neonatology, Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Divisions of the Department of Pediatrics also have the capability to initiate and participate in the evaluation of promising new treatments for lung diseases. | |
Revised January 29 2008 (vgl/gbi)