Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo

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Education:

M.D., University G. D’Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Residency, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

Fellowship, University of Colorado - National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Biology of RSV Infection
  2. Animal models of asthma
  3. Gene-environment interactions and development of childhood asthma
  4. Wheezing, asthma and chronic lung disease in infancy
Models of Airway Dysfunction

Publications (selected):

  • Colasurdo GN, Fullmer JJ, Elidemir O, Atkins C, Khan AM, Stark JM. (2006) Respiratory syncytial virus infection in a murine model of cystic fibrosis. J Med Virol. May; 78(5):651-8.
  • Castro SM, Guerrero-Plata A, Suarez-Real G, Adegboyega PA, Colasurdo GN, Khan AM, Garofalo RP, Casola A. (2006) Antioxidant Treatment Ameliorates Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Disease and Lung Inflammation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Sep 28; [Epub ahead of print]
  • Zhou W, Hashimoto K, Moore ML, Elias JA, Zhu Z, Durbin J, Colasurdo GN, Rutigliano JA, Chiappetta CL, Goleniewska K, O'Neal JF, Graham BS, Peebles RS. (2006) IL-13 is associated with reduced illness and replication in primary respiratory syncytial virus infection in the mouse. Microbes Infect 8(14-15):2880-9.
  • Larsen GL, Loader JE, Fratelli C, Brian Kang JK, Dakhama A, Colasurdo GN. (2006) Phosphodiesterase IV and neutral endopeptidase in airways from developing and allergen sensitized rabbits. Pulm Pharmacol Ther.19(5):335-42.
  • Stark JM, Stark MA, Colasurdo GN, LeVine AM. (2006) Decreased bacterial clearance from the lungs of mice following primary respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Med Virol. Jun;78(6):829-38.
  • Collins RA, Gualano RC, Zosky GR, Atkins CL, Turner DJ, Colasurdo GN, Sly PD. (2005) Hyperresponsiveness to inhaled but not intravenous methacholine during acute respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice. Respir Res. Dec 5;6:142.
  • Alcorn JL, Stark JM, Chiappetta CL, Jenkins G, Colasurdo GN. (2005) Effects of RSV infection on pulmonary surfactant protein SP-A in cultured human type II cells: contrasting consequences on SP-A mRNA and protein. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. Dec; 289(6):L1113-22.
  • Stark JM, Khan AM, Chiappetta CL, Xue H, Alcorn JL, Colasurdo GN. (2005) Immune and functional role of nitric oxide in a mouse model of respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Infect Dis. Feb 1; 191(3):387-95.
  • Fullmer JJ, Khan AM, Elidemir O, Chiappetta C, Stark JM, Colasurdo GN. Role of cysteinyl leukotrienes in airway inflammation and responsiveness following RSV infection in BALB/c mice. (2005) Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 16(7):593-601.
  • Archer AJ, Cramton JL, Pfau JC, Colasurdo GN, Holian A. (2004) Airway responsiveness after acute exposure to urban particulate matter 1648 in a DO11.10 murine model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Feb;286(2):L337-43.
  • Khan AM, Elidemir O, Epstein CE, Lally KP, Xue H, Blackburn M, Larsen GL, Colasurdo GN. (2002) Meconium aspiration produces airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophilic inflammation in a murine model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. Oct; 283(4):L785-90.
  • Chunn JL, Young HW, Banerjee SK, Colasurdo GN, Blackburn MR. (2001) Adenosine-dependent airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in partially adenosine deaminase-deficient mice. J Immunol. Oct 15; 167(8):4676-85.
  • Kao YJ, Piedra PA, Larsen GL, Colasurdo GN. (2001) Induction and regulation of nitric oxide synthase in airway epithelial cells by respiratory syncytial virus. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Feb; 163(2):532-9.
  • Elidemir O, Fan LL, Colasurdo GN. (2000) A novel diagnostic method for pulmonary aspiration in a murine model. Immunocytochemical staining of milk proteins in alveolar macrophages. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Feb; 161(2 Pt 1):622-6.

 

Faculty Biography

Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
  • Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
    Dean, Medical School
    Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
  • Division of Pulmonary, Rheumatology & Allergy-Immunology Medicine
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.020
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5757
    fax: (713) 500-5711
    e-mail: Giuseppe.N.Colasurdo@ uth.tmc.edu
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