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Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Nizar N. Jarjour’s clinical activities include staffing the University of Wisconsin Hospital Trauma and Life Center, outpatient and inpatient pulmonary consultations and directing the Pulmonary Diagnostics Laboratory.

 

 

 

Specialties

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

UW Health Clinics

UW Hospital and Clinics
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Hospital Affiliation(s)

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)

Languages Spoken

English
Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000.

UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Department of Medicine

Professional Certifications and Education

Board Certification Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Residency Cook County Hospital, Chicago
Internship Cook County Hospital, Chicago
Medical School Damascus University, Syria, 1980

Awards/Honors

Madison Magazine Top Docs 2012

Best Doctors® in America 2011

Procedures

Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.

Research

Dr. Jarjour's research program include mechanisms of allergic inflammation, role of eosinophil in airway disease, pathogenesis of viral induced asthma exacerbations, etiology and characteristics of severe asthma, mechanisms of action of anti-asthma medication, airway remodeling and clinical aspects of asthma.

PubMed Articles
Schiebler ML Bhalla S Runo J Jarjour N Roldan A Chesler N François CJ . Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography Imaging of the Structural and Functional Changes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Thorac Imaging. 2013 May;28(3):178-195
[PubMed ID: 23612440]
Niles DJ Kruger SJ Dardzinski BJ Harman A Jarjour NN Ruddy M Nagle SK François CJ Fain SB . Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: reproducibility of hyperpolarized 3He MR imaging. Radiology. 2013 Feb;266(2):618-25
[PubMed ID: 23169798]
Denlinger LC Manthei DM Seibold MA Ahn K Bleecker E Boushey HA Calhoun WJ Castro M Chinchili VM Fahy JV Hawkins GA Icitovic N Israel E Jarjour NN King T Kraft M Lazarus SC Lehman E Martin RJ Meyers DA Peters SP Sheerar D Shi L Sutherland ER Szefler SJ Wechsler ME Sorkness CA Lemanske RF Jr . P2X7-regulated protection from exacerbations and loss of control is independent of asthma maintenance therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan 1;187(1):28-33
[PubMed ID: 23144325]
Denlinger LC Kelly EA Dodge AM McCartney JG Meyer KC Cornwell RD Jackson MJ Evans MD Jarjour NN . Safety of and cellular response to segmental bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e51963
[PubMed ID: 23341886]
Teodorescu M Polomis DA Teodorescu MC Gangnon RE Peterson AG Consens FB Chervin RD Jarjour NN . Association of obstructive sleep apnea risk or diagnosis with daytime asthma in adults. J Asthma. 2012 Aug;49(6):620-8
[PubMed ID: 22742082]
Kelly EA Liu LY Esnault S Quinchia Johnson BH Jarjour NN . Potent synergistic effect of IL-3 and TNF on matrix metalloproteinase 9 generation by human eosinophils. Cytokine. 2012 May;58(2):199-206
[PubMed ID: 22321809]
Johansson MW Han ST Gunderson KA Busse WW Jarjour NN Mosher DF . Platelet activation, P-selectin, and eosinophil β1-integrin activation in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar 1;185(5):498-507
[PubMed ID: 22227382]
Jarjour NN Erzurum SC Bleecker ER Calhoun WJ Castro M Comhair SA Chung KF Curran-Everett D Dweik RA Fain SB Fitzpatrick AM Gaston BM Israel E Hastie A Hoffman EA Holguin F Levy BD Meyers DA Moore WC Peters SP Sorkness RL Teague WG Wenzel SE Busse WW . Severe asthma: lessons learned from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):356-62
[PubMed ID: 22095547]
Denlinger LC Sorkness RL Lee WM Evans MD Wolff MJ Mathur SK Crisafi GM Gaworski KL Pappas TE Vrtis RF Kelly EA Gern JE Jarjour NN . Lower airway rhinovirus burden and the seasonal risk of asthma exacerbation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov 1;184(9):1007-14
[PubMed ID: 21816938]
Bochkov YA Palmenberg AC Lee WM Rathe JA Amineva SP Sun X Pasic TR Jarjour NN Liggett SB Gern JE . Molecular modeling, organ culture and reverse genetics for a newly identified human rhinovirus C. Nat Med. 2011 May;17(5):627-32
[PubMed ID: 21483405]
Busse WW Peters SP Fenton MJ Mitchell H Bleecker ER Castro M Wenzel S Erzurum SC Fitzpatrick AM Teague WG Jarjour N Moore WC Sumino K Simeone S Ratanamaneechat S Penugonda M Gaston B Ross TM Sigelman S Schiepan JR Zaccaro DJ Crevar CJ Carter DM Togias A . Vaccination of patients with mild and severe asthma with a 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus vaccine. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan;127(1):130-7, 137.e1-3
[PubMed ID: 21145578]
Teodorescu M Polomis DA Hall SV Teodorescu MC Gangnon RE Peterson AG Xie A Sorkness CA Jarjour NN . Association of obstructive sleep apnea risk with asthma control in adults. Chest. 2010 Sep;138(3):543-50
[PubMed ID: 20495105]
Bates ME Sedgwick JB Zhu Y Liu LY Heuser RG Jarjour NN Kita H Bertics PJ . Human airway eosinophils respond to chemoattractants with greater eosinophil-derived neurotoxin release, adherence to fibronectin, and activation of the Ras-ERK pathway when compared with blood eosinophils. J Immunol. 2010 Jun 15;184(12):7125-33
[PubMed ID: 20495064]
Kelly EA Koziol-White CJ Clay KJ Liu LY Bates ME Bertics PJ Jarjour NN . Potential contribution of IL-7 to allergen-induced eosinophilic airway inflammation in asthma. J Immunol. 2009 Feb 1;182(3):1404-10
[PubMed ID: 19155487]
Fain SB Gonzalez-Fernandez G Peterson ET Evans MD Sorkness RL Jarjour NN Busse WW Kuhlman JE . Evaluation of structure-function relationships in asthma using multidetector CT and hyperpolarized He-3 MRI. Acad Radiol. 2008 Jun;15(6):753-62
[PubMed ID: 18486011]
Johansson MW Kelly EA Busse WW Jarjour NN Mosher DF . Up-regulation and activation of eosinophil integrins in blood and airway after segmental lung antigen challenge. J Immunol. 2008 Jun 1;180(11):7622-35
[PubMed ID: 18490765]
Mathur SK Schwantes EA Jarjour NN Busse WW . Age-related changes in eosinophil function in human subjects. Chest. 2008 Feb;133(2):412-9
[PubMed ID: 18252914]
Sorkness RL Bleecker ER Busse WW Calhoun WJ Castro M Chung KF Curran-Everett D Erzurum SC Gaston BM Israel E Jarjour NN Moore WC Peters SP Teague WG Wenzel SE . Lung function in adults with stable but severe asthma: air trapping and incomplete reversal of obstruction with bronchodilation. J Appl Physiol. 2008 Feb;104(2):394-403
[PubMed ID: 17991792]
Liu LY Bates ME Jarjour NN Busse WW Bertics PJ Kelly EA . Generation of Th1 and Th2 chemokines by human eosinophils: evidence for a critical role of TNF-alpha. J Immunol. 2007 Oct 1;179(7):4840-8
[PubMed ID: 17878383]
Esnault S Fang Y Kelly EA Sedgwick JB Fine J Malter JS Jarjour NN . Circadian changes in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor message in circulating eosinophils. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 Jan;98(1):75-82
[PubMed ID: 17225724]
Brooks AM Bates ME Vrtis RF Jarjour NN Bertics PJ Sedgwick JB . Urokinase-type plasminogen activator modulates airway eosinophil adhesion in asthma. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2006 Oct;35(4):503-11
[PubMed ID: 16728704]