Surfactant biology, lung immunity and acute lung injury

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1997.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1997-2000.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2001.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Feb 2001-July 2004.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2000, 2007; Pediatric Critical Care, 2004.

Wheeler DS, Dunsmore KE, Denenberg AG, Muething L, Poynter SE, Wong HR. Biological activity of truncated C-terminus human heat shock protein 72.Immunol Lett. 2011 Mar 30;135(1-2):173-9.

Wong HR, Wheeler DS, Tegtmeyer K, Poynter SE, Kaplan JM, Chima RS, Stalets E, Basu RK, Doughty LA. Toward a clinically feasible gene expression-based subclassification strategy for septic shock: proof of concept.Crit Care Med. 2010 Oct;38(10):1955-61.

Wheeler DS, Chase MA, Senft AP, Poynter SE, Wong HR, Page K. Extracellular Hsp72, an endogenous DAMP, is released by virally infected airway epithelial cells and activates neutrophils via Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4.Respir Res. 2009 Apr 30;10:31.

Wheeler DS, Lahni PM, Denenberg AG, Poynter SE, Wong HR, Cook JA, Zingarelli B. Induction of endotoxin tolerance enhances bacterial clearance and survival in murine polymicrobial sepsis.Shock. 2008 Sep;30(3):267-73.

Poynter SE, LeVine AM. Surfactant biology and clinical application. Crit Care Clin. 2003 Jul;19(3):459-72. Review.