Jack A Elias, MD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology; Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Cancer Immunology
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Immunobiology
Internal Medicine: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Winchester Chest Clinic; Asthma and Airways Disease, Yale Center for; COPD Center; Research - Asthma; Research - COPD
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Cell and Molecular biology of lung injury and repair; Asthma; COPD; Pulmonary fibrosis; acute lung injury; Cytokines; Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Transgenic mice, genetically modified mice; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Inflammation
Clinical Interests
Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); emphysema; pulmonary vasculitis; interstitial lung diseases; pulmonary fibrosis; cancer; acute lung injury
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Education
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1973
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Selected Publication
- Chupp, G.L., Lee, C.G., Jarjour, N., Shim, Y.M., Holm, C.T., He, S., Dziura, J.D., Reed, J., Coyle, A.J., Kiener, P., Cullen, M., Grandsaigne, M., Dombret-M-C., Aubier, M., Pretolani, M. and Elias, J.A. (2007). A chitinase-like protein in the lung and circulation of patients with severe asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 357:2016-2027.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Recognition Award for Scientific Achievement (05/2003), American Thoracic Society
Articles
May/June 2011
A new alternative for asthma patients
Asthma can be difficult to treat, so physicians at the Yale Center for Asthma and Airway Disease (YCAAD) are always...
November 2010
Lung expert is president of venerable medical society
Jack A. Elias, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine and a leading authority on the molecular basis of asthma and...
May/June 2010
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
FederalSerap Aksoy, NIH, Tsetse Fecundity Reduction for Tryopanosomiasis Control, 5 years, $2,064,820Karen Anderson,...
Nov/Dec 2009
If you rent timpani …
Lynn T. Tanoue, M.D., studied the violin through childhood, high school, and college. She played as a student at the...
Sept/Oct 2008
Vessel researcher is appointed as new cardiovascular chief
The medical school has appointed Michael Simons, M.D., as chief of the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of...
Nov/Dec 2008
Asthma: from mouse to man and back again
It all started with a mouse, says Jack A. Elias, M.D., chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and an expert on...
Sept/Oct 2007
Lyme disease expert is new section chief and Hughes investigator
In June, Erol Fikrig, M.D., an expert in vector-borne diseases and a pioneer in the development of a Lyme disease...
Nov/Dec 2007
Of bugs, bivalves and breathing
Chitin, a tough natural polymer, is an important component of fungal cell walls and the bodies and eggs of parasitic...
Sept/Oct 2006
Top asthma researcher is new leader of internal medicine
Jack A. Elias, M.D., the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and chief of the Section of Pulmonary and Critical...
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