Jack A Elias MD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology; Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Cancer Immunology
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Immunobiology
Internal Medicine: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Winchester Chest Clinic; Asthma and Airways Disease, Yale Center for; COPD Center; Research - Asthma; Research - COPD; Research; Elias LabPrimary Care Residency Program | Traditional Residency Program
T32 Mentors
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Biography
Jack A. Elias, M.D. is the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, Professor of Immunobiology, Chair, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and Chief, Beeson Medical Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital. Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas USA and raised in Philadelphia, he received his undergrad and medical degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He did his Internship and Junior Residency at Tufts-New England Medical Center and a Senior Residency and Fellowships in Allergy and Immunology and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He subsequently became an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In 1990 he moved to Connecticut to head the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. In 2000 he was named the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor at Yale University, in October of 2006 he became Chairman of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and the Physician-in-Chief at Yale New Haven Hospital and in October of 2007 he became Professor of Immunobiology. Dr Elias was a Councilor of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) from 2003-2010 and was the President of the AAP in 2010-2011. Throughout his career, he has been active at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he has served on the Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section, numerous advisory boards, was an ad-hoc participant in the Council of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In 2009 was selected to Council of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and in 2010 became a Member of the Councils of Councils NIH. His research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung injury and repair have resulted in continuous funding from the NIH since 1982. He is presently the Principal Investigator for 2 R01 grants, a UO1 grant and a training grant.
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Education
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania , 1973
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania , 1976
Selected Publication
- Chupp, G.L., Lee, C.G., Jarjour, N., Shim, Y.M., Holm, C.T., He, S., Dziura, J.D., Reed, J., Coyle, A.J., Kiener, P., Cullen, M., Grandsaigne, M., Dombret-M-C., Aubier, M., Pretolani, M. and Elias, J.A. (2007). A chitinase-like protein in the lung and circulation of patients with severe asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 357:2016-2027.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Recognition Award for Scientific Achievement(05/2003) , American Thoracic Society
Articles
Spring 1999
Asthma model was a group effort
To the Editor:Your article on asthma [Mapping the Landscape of Asthma, Winter 1999] explained very nicely the...
Spring 2007
Training physicians—new ways of teaching in a changing medical landscape
For the past 32 years, Yale faculty from the Department of Internal Medicine have taught at 10 hospitals throughout...
Winter 2007
New chairs named at School of Medicine
Several new appointments at the medical school were announced last summer and fall, with new leadership in the...
Winter 2008
Lyme disease expert to lead ID section
Erol Fikrig, M.D., FW ’91, an expert in vector-borne diseases and a pioneer in the development of a vaccine for Lyme...
Fall 2000 | Winter 2001
Asthma specialist Jack Elias named a Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine
Jack A. Elias, M.D., newly named as Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, is a noted specialist in asthma and...
Autumn 2008
Jack A. Elias, M.D., Andrew D. Hamilton, Ph.D., Diane S. Krause, M.D., Ph.D., Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., Nancy H. Ruddle, Ph.D., Michael P. Snyder, Ph.D., Mary E. Tinetti, M.D.
Seven faculty members of the School of Medicine were elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering....
Summer 2003
Jack A. Elias, M.D
Jack A. Elias, M.D., the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, received the Recognition Award for Scientific...
Autumn 2012
Jack Elias
Jack Elias, M.D., professor of medicine and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, delivered the J. Burns...
Fall 1999 | Winter 2000
The mouse that roared
Once the stuff of myth and science fiction, the transgenic mouse, first created at Yale, has conquered the world of...
Spring 2001
Probing the genetic basis of emphysema
In separate studies, Yale researchers have demonstrated that the genes that code for interleuken-13 (IL-13) and...
Spring 2008
Scientists report link between high levels of a protein and severe asthma
Late last year two Yale researchers reported a link between severe asthma and a certain protein, YKL-40, which appeared...
Autumn 2007
As budding researchers, students reveal a talent for ‘mind-boggling’ science
From a study of a transgenic mouse with Alzheimer’s disease to an analysis of the effects of clinic attendance on...
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