Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
James H. Dauber, MD
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine UPMC Montefiore Hospital - NW628 3459 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-647-3156 |
Bio
James H. Dauber, M.D., is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and former Medical Director of The Simmons Center. Dr. Dauber received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed an internship and residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dauber was the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh from 1986-2002, and Division Chief of Pulmonary Services at the Veterans Administration Medical Center from 1982-1995. He is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. He has published more than 280 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Dauber is the former the medical director of the Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease. He was in charge of all clinical research in the center was the PI on several drug studies. Dr. Dauber’s research focused on translational studies to identify unique biomarkers of disease activity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases, and studies of gene expression profiling in lung and peripheral blood in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Academic and Research Interests
Dr. Dauber enjoys teaching especially medical students at the University of Pittsburgh.
Key Publications
Dauber, JH, Gibson KF, Kaminski N. Interferon –γ-1B in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. What We Know and What Must We Learn. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 170: 107-108.
Iacono AT, CorcoranTE, Griffith BP, Grgurich WF, Smith DA, Zeevi A, Smaldone GC, McCurry KR, Johnson BA, Dauber JH. Aerosol Cyclosporine Therapy in Lung Transplant Recipients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans. Eur Respir J 2004:23:384-390
Nunley DR, Hattler B, Keenan RJ, Iacono AT, Yousem S, Ohori NP, Dauber JH. Lung Transplantation for End-Stage Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases 1999; 16; 93-100.