Jordan Fink, MD

Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Title(s): Program director, Immunology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatrics, Medical college of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959; residency, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, 1960-1963; fellowship, Northwestern University Medical School, 1963-1965.

Certification(s): Medicine, 1966; Allergy-Immunology, 1967.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Omega Alpha; Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology.

Research interests: Occupational immunologic lung disease and latex allergy.

Representative publications:

• Banerjee B, Johnson BD, Naik P, Fink JN, Kelly KJ, Kurup VP. Involvement of CD4 + CD25+ T‑Regulatory Cells in Immune Responses of Latex Sensitized Mice. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 11: S I 11, 2003.
• Kelly KJ, Klancnik M, Kurup VP, Barrios‑Janko C, Fink JN, Petsonk EL. A Four‑Year Prospective Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Glove Interventions in Preventing Natural Latex Sensitization in Health Care Workers at Two Hospitals. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 11: S 175, 2003.
• Barrio CS, Kurup VP, Banerjee B, Henderson JD, Vlascova IA, Fink JN, Kelly KJ. Intragastric Sensitization of Latex Allergens Results in Systemic Allergic Responses in a Murine Model. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 11: S 175, 2003.
• Chiu AM, Zeiss CR, Gomaa A, Weissman DA, Murphy FM, Hodgson M, Foster D, Rejativongse S, Colella K, Kestenberg K, Kurup VP, Burk RK, Fink JN. Latex Hypersensitivity in VA Health Care Workers. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 11: S 193, 2003.
• Kurup VP, Knutsen AP, Greenberger PA, Castillo LJ, Elms N, Levy MB, Kelly KJ, Fink JN. IgE Responses to Recombinant Allergens in Patients Sensitized to Aspergillus in Asthmatics and Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 11: S204, 2003.
• Edmondson DA, Nordness ME, Zacharisen MC, Fink JN. An Evaluation of the "Toxic Mold Syndrome." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology I I: S240, 2003.

Current grants:

• Ansell International, $50,000, principle investigator.
• Various drug studies, $50,000, principle investigator.

Contact information: Pediatric Allergy, PO Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone: (414) 266-6940. Fax: (414) 266-6437. E-mail: jfink@mcw.edu.