H. Ari Jaffe, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Director University of Illinois Hospital Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Director University of Illinois at Chicago, Outpatient Pulmonary Services
Acting Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Hospital


Campus Address
Rm 2171 University of Illinois Hospital
1740 West Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612


Clinical & Research Interests
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in homozygotes and symptomatic heterozygotes,
COPD,
interstitial lung disease  including novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and anti-TNF antibody strategies in Sarcoidosis
Alternate strategies for sedation in ventilated patients

Clinical Services
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including argon-plasma and cryo intraluminal ablation, stent placements
Pulmonary function testing
Bronchoprovocational testing
Outpatient Pulmonary diagnostic and therapeutic clinics
Critical Care Medicine

Special Interests
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, COPD, interstitial lung disease, critical care medicine, interventional bronchoscopy

Clinic Schedule
Tues:  1-5 (Arlington Heights)
Wednesday 1-5 (Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Hospital)
Thursday 8-12 UIMC Outpatient Care Center

Contact Info for Appointments
Call
Arlington Heights: (847) 690-0727
Jesse Brown VAH: (312) 569-6906
UIMC Outpatient Care Center (312) 996-1682

Professional Background

2000-Present              Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois  at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL

1993-2000                  Assistant Professor, Section of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, UIC, Chicago, IL

1986-1993                  Senior Staff Fellow, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

 

1977-1979                  National Cancer Institute Summer Research Associate and Toxicology Technician and Phlebotomist, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

1976-1977                                    Research Technician, Department of Immunoparasitology, Naval Medical Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Uniformed University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1975-1976                  Tissue Culture Technician, Department of Pharmacology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1984-1986     Postdoctoral  Fellow, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1981-1984     Intern, Junior and Senior Resident, Osler Medical Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

1977-1981    Medical Student, Georgetown University Medical School

1969-1975     BA Biology: Undergraduate Student, University of Rochester, Rochester NY

Personal Interests and accomplishments
Active in Congregation Beth Shalom

Married and father of 2 sons
Active member of Congregation Beth Shalom
Avid reader

Clinical Research interests include:
anti-neutrophil elastase screen in alpha-1 antitrypsin heterozogotes
Prevalence of alpha-1 antitrypsin in the Veterans Administration Hospital Population
Novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Anti-TNF alpha strategies in Sarcoidosis
The efficacy of anti-IgE strategies in severe, steroid-dependent asthma
The role of atopy and immunoglobin E in COPD
Alternate strategies for sedation in ventilated patients

Representative Publications

Panepinto J, Liu, L Ramos J, Xhu X, Valyi-Nagy T, Eksi S, Fu J, Jaffe HA, Wickes B, Williamson PR. 1,5 The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vad1 regulates multiple virulence-associated genes in Cryptococcus neoformans. J. Clin. Invest. 115(3):632-641, 2005.

Ramirez AM, Takagawa S, Sekosan M. Jaffe HA, Varga J, Roman J. Smad3 deficiency ameliorates experimental obliterative bronchiolitis in a heterotopic tracheal transplantation model. American Journal of Pathology. 165(4):1223-32, 2004.

Pechkovsky DV, Zissel G, Jaffe HA, Stamme C, Einhaus M, Taube C, Magnussen H, Schlaak M, Müller-Quernheim J Human alveolar epithelial cells type II induce nitric oxide synthase-2 expression in alveolar macrophages by an interferon-gamma-dependent pathway. European Respiratory Journal 19:672-83, 2002

Mack DG, Jaffe HA. Effect of admiminstration of a recombinant adenovirus expressing the genes for     interferon-g and interleukin-12 on acute murine toxoplasmosis. J Interferon & Cytokine Res     21:777-783, 2001.

Jaffe HA, Gao ZC, Mori Y, Li-Ye L, Varga J.  Selective inhibition of collagen gene expression in     fibroblasts by and interferon-g transgene.  Exp Lung Res 25:199-215, 1999

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