Mike Quasney, MD, PhD

Titles
Pediatric critical care specialist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Critical Care

Research interests
Critical illnesses, genetic diseases/genomics, medications in children, respiratory diseases

Study interests
Acute lung injury, genetic variation in critical illness, pharmacogenetics, sepsis.

Education
Medical degree, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1988; doctorate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985; residencies, Children's Memorial Hospital Northwestern University, Chicago, 1988-1990, and Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 1990-1991; fellowship, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 1991-1994.

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, and American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Subspecialty.

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. 2003; 31:1367-1372.
• 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. 2004; 32:922-927.
• 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. 2004; 32:1115-1119.
• Dahmer MK, Randolf A, Vitali S, Quasney MW. Genetic Polymorphisms in Sepsis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2005; 6:S61-S73.
• Kazzi SNJ, Quasney MW. Deletion Allele of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme is Associated with Increased Risk and Severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of Pediatrics. 2005; 147:818-822.
• 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. 2006; 7:15-18.

Grants

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

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