Mike Quasney, MD, PhD

Critical Care 

Title(s): Professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin; associate director, PICU, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, University of Illinois, 1988; PhD, University of Michigan, 1985; residency, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, 1988-1990 and Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1990-1991; fellowship, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1991-1994.

Certification(s): American Board of Pediatrics, and American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Subspecialty.

Research interests: Genetic variation in critical illness, acute lung injury, sepsis and pharmacogenetics.

Representative publications:

• Waterer GW, EIbahlawan L, Quasney MW, Zhang Q, Kessler LA, Wunderink, RG. Heal Shock Protein-2+1267 AA Homozygotes have an Increased Risk of Septic Shock in Adults with Community Acquired Pneumonia. Critical Care Medicine, 31:1367-1372, 2003.
• Yende S, Quasney MW, Tolley EA, Wunderink, RG. Clinical Relevance of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Gene Polymorphisms to Predict Risk of Mechanical Ventilation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Critical Care Medicine, 32:922-927, 2004.
• Quasney MW, Waterer GW, Dahmer MK, Kron GK, Zhang Q, Kessler LA, Wunderink RG. Association between Surfactant Protein B Polymorphism and the Risk of Respiratory Failure in Adults with Community Acquired Pneumonia. Critical Care Medicine, 32:1115-1119, 2004.
• Dahmer MK, Randolf A, Vitali S, Quasney MW. Genetic Polymorphisms in Sepsis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 6:S61-S73, 2005.
• Kazzi SNJ, Quasney MW. Deletion Allele of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme is Associated with Increased Risk and Severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of Pediatrics, 147:818-822, 2005.
• Elbahlawan L, Binaei S, Christensen M, Zhang Q, Quasney MW, Dahmer MK. B2-adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms in African American Children with Asthma. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 7:15-18, 2006.

Current grants:

• Vascular Reactivity in Black Youth, National Instiutes of Health, co-investigator.
• Genetic Polymorphisms in Pediatric Lung Injury, National Institutes of Health, principal investigator.

Contact information: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, PO Box 1997, MS 681, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone: (414) 266-3360. Fax: (414) 266-3563. E-mail: mquasney@mcw.edu.