Julio Perez Fontan, MD Physician-in-Chief at Children's Health Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Education and Training

Medical School

Residency

Fellowship

Departments & Programs

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• airway smooth muscle
• autonomic nervous system
• neurogenic inflammation

Selected Publications

• Bone marrow transplantation reveals an essential synergy between neuronal and hemopoietic cell neurokinin production in pulmonary inflammation., Chavolla-Calderón M, Bayer MK, Fontán JJ J. Clin. Invest. 2003 Apr 111 7 973-80
• On lung nerves and neurogenic injury., Pérez Fontan JJ Ann. Med. 2002 34 4 226-40
• Labeling of vagal motoneurons and central afferents after injection of cholera toxin B into the airway lumen., Pérez Fontán JJ, Velloff CR Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 2001 Jan 280 1 L152-64
• Bilateral distribution of vagal motor and sensory nerve fibers in the rat's lungs and airways., Fontán JJ, Diec CT, Velloff CR Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 2000 Aug 279 2 R713-28
• Substance P and neurokinin-1 receptor expression by intrinsic airway neurons in the rat., Fontán JJ, Cortright DN, Krause JE, Velloff CR, Karpitskyi VV, Carver TW, Shapiro SD, Mora BN Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 2000 Feb 278 2 L344-55

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• American Pediatric Society
• American Physiological Society
• American Thoracic Society
• Society for Pediatric Research

Awards & Honors

• Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics - Washington University School of Medicine (2001)
• Teaching Award - Yale University School of Medicine (1992)
• San Nicolas Prize, Royal National Academy of Medicine, Spain - Scholastic achievement in Medicine (1978)
• Summa cum Laude, First in 1977 graduating class - Medical School Graduation (1977)

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