Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Occupational Medicine Faculty
Medical School:
University of Texas Southwestern
Residency:
Washington University
Barnes Jewish Hosp, St. Louis
Fellowship:
Washington University
Julia Klesney-Tait, M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Klesney-Tait’s research focuses on the role of the innate immune system in the regulation of inflammation as it impacts on the evolution of sepsis and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans following lung transplantation. Her area of clinical interest is lung transplantation.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate, Amercian Board of Pulmonary Diseases
- American Thoracic Society
- International Society for Heart and Lung Tranplantation
- Fellow to Faculty Award, Amercian Heart Association, 2006-2011
- GlaxoSmithKline Pulmonary Research Fellowship, 2005-2006
Recent Publications
- Klesney-Tait, J., Turnbull, I.R., Colonna, M. The TREM family and Signal Integration. Nature Immunology. 7(12):1266-73, Dec 2006.
- Lewis, D., Klesney-Tait, J., Lumbley, S., Ward, C., Latimer, J., Ison, C., Hansen, E.J. Identification of the znuA-encoded Periplasmic Zinc Transport Protein of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity. 67(10):5060-5068, 1999.