James Verbsky, MD, PhD

Titles
Pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist, 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
Recipient of the Arthritis Foundation Wisconsin Chapter Research Award, 2010; recipient of the Department of Pediatrics Clinical Research Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2009; listed in Best Doctors in America, 2009;  recipient of the Dream Makers Award, Jeffrey Modell Foundation, 2009; recipient of the ACR/REF Career Development Bridge Funding Award, 2008; 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

  • Caudy AA, Reddy ST, Chatila T, Atkinson JP, Verbsky JW. CD25 Deficiency causes an Immune Dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked-like Syndrome, and Defective IL-10 Expression from CD4 Lymphocytes.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2007; 119(2):482-487.
  • Verbsky JW. Therapeutic use of T Regulatory Cells.  Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 2007; 19:252-258.
  • Reddy S, Lorier R, Geoffrey R, Jia S, Suchi M, Broeckel U, Hessner M, Verbsky J. A Novel Autoinflammatory Disease due to Homozgous Deletion of the IL-1RN Locus; Effective Treatment with Anakinra. New England Journal of Medicine.  2009; 360(23): 2438-2444.
  • Routes JM, Grossman WJ, Verbsky J, Laessig RH, Hoffman GL, Brokopp CD, Baker MW. Statewide Newborn Screening for Severe T-cell Lymphopenia.  JAMA. 2009; Dec. 9;302(22):2465-70.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6700
E-mail: jverbsky@mcw.edu