Jeffrey J. Atkinson, M.D.

Research Fellow/Instructor in Medicine

CONTACT INFORMATION

Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8052
St. Louis, MO 63110
jjatkins@im.wustl.edu

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Loyola College, Baltimore, MD BS 1986-1990 Biology
Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA MD 1990-1994 Medicine
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Residency 1994-1997 Internal Medicine
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Chief Resident 1997-1998 Internal Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Fellow 1998-present Pulmonary Medicine

POSITIONS

2001 - present Instructor in Medicine, Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

ACADEMIC HONORS

American Lung Association, Research Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Robert M. Senior, 2001-2003.

PUBLICATIONS

Atkinson, J., Carayannopoulos, L., Senior, R.M., Yokoyama, Y.M.: Natural killer cell depletion does not prevent bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis. Amer. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 163:A425, 2001.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

American Lung Association 07/01/01 - 06/30/03
Gelatinase B in Airway Epithelial Injury and Repair
The goals of this grant are to develop mice that transgenically express gelatinase B in the lung and to examine lung epithelial response to injury in these mice.
Role: PI

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine