Alan J. Rosenbloom

Adjunct. Asst. Prof. Of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Research Biologist, Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology and Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University. Phone: 412-647-8410, Fax: 412-647-8060, email: ajr3@pitt.edu

Research Area:

Cytokines, protein mediators and cell surface molecules in human disease, microdialysis, implantable microchip biosensors

Education:

B.A. Biological Sciences, University of Maryland at Baltimore County (1975)
M.D. University of Maryland at Baltimore (1980)

Professional Affiliations:

American College of Physicians
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Selected Professional Activities:

Member, Working Group, "Dynamically Tasked Electroanalytic Chip (DTEC)", Microelectromechanical Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University

Professional Experience:

Attending Physician, Liver Transplantation Intensive Care at the University of Pittsburgh, (1989 – present), Immunology Research, Clinical Trials at the University of Pittsburgh (1993 – 1999), Research Biologist at Carnegie Mellon University, (2000 – present)

Research Grants:

Kinetics of Leukocyte Surface Molecule Response to TNF-a in Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and the Effect of Treatment with Granulocyte-Monocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF). Immunex, Inc. and the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine. 6/1/96 - 7/1/00

Selected Publications:

Rosenbloom AJ. Massive ST-Segment Elevation Without Myocardial Injury in a Patient with Fulminant Hepatic Failure and Cerebral Edema. Chest 100: 870, 1991.

Rosenbloom AJ, Pinsky MR, Bryant JL, Shin A, Tran T, Whiteside T. Leukocyte Activation in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Cirrhosis of the Liver and SIRS. Correlation with Serum Interleukin-6 Levels and Organ Dysfunction. JAMA- Journal of the American Medical Society 1995;274:58-65.

Rosenbloom AJ, Pinsky MR, Napolitano C, Nguyen TS, Levann D, Ray B, Whiteside TL. Suppression of Cytokine Mediated b2-integrin Activation on Circulating Neutrophils in Critically Ill Patients Journal of Leukocyte Biology 1999;66:83-89.