Faculty, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Nizar N. JarjourMD

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Nizar N. Jarjour, MD

About

Nizar Jarjour, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Academic Integration Officer for UW Health and President of the UW Medical Foundation. Dr. Jarjour's clinical activities include staffing the outpatient  pulmonary clinic and directing the pulmonary diagnostics laboratory.

Languages spoken
  • English
University affiliation
  • Department of Medicine

Practice locations

  • University HospitalPulmonary Medicine Clinic
    • 600 Highland Ave. / Madison, WI
    • (608) 263-7203
    • Open now
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Education & credentials

Board certifications
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
Medical School
  • Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Fellowships
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Residencies
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
Internships
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

Specialties

Conditions
Additional conditions and treatments
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Chronic Cough
  • Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
  • Pulmonary Function Test
  • Pulmonary Stress Test

Research and publications

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.