James Verbsky, MD, PhD
 Titles
Pediatric rheumatologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Pediatrics, (Rheumatology), Medical College of Wisconsin.
Division
Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Rheumatology
Research center/program
Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Research interests
Rheumatological disorders, infectious/immunological diseases
Study interests
Immune regulation, primary immunodeficiency.
Education
Medical degree, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 2000; pediatric residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2002; fellowship, Pediatric Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 2005.
Honors
David Gilstrap Fellow Award, 2004; Abbott Scholar Award in Rheumatology Research, 2004; National Resident Education Program travel grant from the AAAAI, 2001; Trainee Travel Grant from the AAP/ASCI/AFCR.
Representative publications
Verbsky JW, White AJ. Effective Use of the Recombinant IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Anakinra in Therapy Resistant Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2004; 31:2071-5.
Grossman WJ, Verbsky JW, Barchet W, Colonna M, Atkinson JP, Ley TJ. Human T-regulatory Cells can use the Perforin Pathway to Cause Autologous Target Cell Death. Immunity. 2004; 21:589-601.
Kemper C, Verbsky JW, Price JD, Atkinson JP. T-cell Stimulation and Regulation: With Complements from CD46. Immunology Research. 2005; 32:31-44.
Verbsky JW, Grossman WJ. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, Treatment and Future Perspectives. Annals of Medicine. 2006; 38:20-31.
Verbsky JW, Grossman WJ. Cellular and Genetic Basis of Primary Immune Deficiencies. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2006 Aug.; 53(4):649-84.
Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6700
E-mail: jverbsky@mcw.edu
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