Dr. Rice received MD and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago and has been on the faculty since 1983. He has been the director of the Neonatology Fellowship Training Program since 1990. During this time, he has supervised the clinical training of more than 100 fellows who currently hold academic appointments across the United States and around the world.

His past NIH supported research accomplishments included identification of novel G-protein coupled receptors on alveolar type II cells and studies of the interaction of the opportunistic pathogen P carinii with alveolar type II cells. He currently works in collaboration with Dr. Timothy Weaver to study biosynthesis of surfactant protein C.

Education and Training

Hide

PhD: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1972-76.

PhD: Biochemistry, Thesis Advisor: T.L. Steck, MD, Thesis: "Pyruvate Flux Across The Isolated Human Erythrocyte Membrane."

MD: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1972-78.

Internship: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1978-79.

Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1979-81.

Fellowship Neonatology: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1981-83.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1983; Sub-board Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1983.

Publications

Hide

View PubMed Publications

Conkright JJ, Apsley KS, Martin EP, Ridsdale R, Rice WR, Na CL, Yang B, Weaver TE. Nedd4-2-mediated ubiquitination facilitates processing of surfactant protein-C. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2010 Feb;42(2):181-9.

Nesslein LL, Melton KR, Ikegami M, Na CL, Wert SE, Rice WR, Whitsett JA, Weaver TE. Partial SP-B deficiency perturbs lung function and causes air space abnormalities. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2005 Jun;288(6):L1154-61.

Rice WR, Conkright JJ, Na CL, Ikegami M, Shannon JM, Weaver TE. Maintenance of the mouse type II cell phenotype in vitro. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002 Aug;283(2):L256-64.

Huffman Reed JA, Rice WR, Zsengellér ZK, Wert SE, Dranoff G, Whitsett JA. GM-CSF enhances lung growth and causes alveolar type II epithelial cell hyperplasia in transgenic mice. Am J Physiol. 1997 Oct;273(4 Pt 1):L715-25.

Rice W, Shannon JM, Burton F, Fiedeldey D. Expression of a brain-type cannabinoid receptor (CB1) in alveolar Type II cells in the lung: regulation by hydrocortisone. Eur J Pharmacol. 1997 May 30;327(2-3):227-32.

Linke MJ, Burton FM, Fiedeldey DT, Rice WR. Surfactant phospholipid secretion from rat alveolar type II cells: possible role of PKC isozymes. Am J Physiol. 1997 Feb;272(2 Pt 1):L171-7.

Chroneos ZC, Abdolrasulnia R, Whitsett JA, Rice WR, Shepherd VL. Purification of a cell-surface receptor for surfactant protein A. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jul 5;271(27):16375-83.

Haas M, Rice WR. Respiratory distress syndrome for the practicing pediatrician. Pediatr Ann. 1995 Nov;24(11):572-6, 579-80. Review.

Rice WR, Burton FM, Fiedeldey DT. Cloning and expression of the alveolar type II cell P2u-purinergic receptor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1995 Jan;12(1):27-32.

Rice WR, Singleton FM, Linke MJ, Walzer PD. Regulation of surfactant phosphatidylcholine secretion from alveolar type II cells during Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the rat. JClin Invest. 1993 Dec;92(6):2778-82.

Related Professionals

Find another Doctor or Researcher

Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Clinical

Research

Related Professionals

About Children's

Your Children's

Find Children's