Jonathan P. Kushner, MD

Bachelor's Degree: Columbia College, Columbia University 1976

Medical Degree: George Washington University 1981

Intern : Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1982 (Internal Medicine)

Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1984 (Internal Medicine )

Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1988 (Endocrinology-Metabolism )

Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1999 (Gastroenterology )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism) (Certification Date: 11-10-1987 )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) (Certification Date: 11-03-1999 ) - (Recertification Date: to 12-31-2009 )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 09-12-1984 )

• Nutritional assessment and recognition by primary care providers
• Gastroesophageal reflux and laryngeal symptoms
• Eosinophils and (gastrointestinal) inflammation in adults
• Nutritional status and deficiencies in bariatric surgery patients

2002 -To Present Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

2004 -To Present Medical Director (GI), Diagnostic Center, University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

1999 -2002 Assistant Chief, Gastroenterology; Director, Nutrition Support, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA

1991 -2002 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1991 -1996 Director, Nutrition Support and Staff, Endocrinology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,

1988 -1991 Director, Nutrition Support and Staff, Endocrinology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA

1984 -1985 Staff, Internal Medicine, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, CO

Peer Reviewed Publications

Blanchard, Carine; Stucke, Emily M; Rodriguez-Jimenez, Beatriz; Burwinkel, Karen; Collins, Margaret H; Ahrens, Annette; Alexander, Eileen S; Butz, Bridget K Buckmeier; Jameson, Sean C; Kaul, Ajay; Franciosi, James P; Kushner, Jonathan P; Putnam, Philip E; Abonia, J Pablo; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2011). A striking local esophageal cytokine expression profile in eosinophilic esophagitis. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 127 (1) , 208-17, 217.e1-7More Information

Sherrill, Joseph D; Gao, Pei-Song; Stucke, Emily M; Blanchard, Carine; Collins, Margaret H; Putnam, Phil E; Franciosi, James P; Kushner, Jonathan P; Abonia, J Pablo; Assa'ad, Amal H; Kovacic, Melinda Butsch; Biagini Myers, Jocelyn M; Bochner, Bruce S; He, Hua; Hershey, Gurjit Khurana; Martin, Lisa J; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2010). Variants of thymic stromal lymphopoietin and its receptor associate with eosinophilic esophagitis. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 126 (1) , 160-5.e3More Information

Blanchard, Carine; Stucke, Emily M; Burwinkel, Karen; Caldwell, Julie M; Collins, Margaret H; Ahrens, Annette; Buckmeier, Bridget K; Jameson, Sean C; Greenberg, Allison; Kaul, Ajay; Franciosi, James P; Kushner, Jonathan P; Martin, Lisa J; Putnam, Philip E; Abonia, J Pablo; Wells, Suzanne I; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2010). Coordinate interaction between IL-13 and epithelial differentiation cluster genes in eosinophilic esophagitis. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 184 (7) , 4033-41More Information

Suurna, Maria V; Welge, Jeff; Surdulescu, Victoria; Kushner, Jonathan; Steward, David L  (2008). Randomized placebo-controlled trial of pantoprazole for daytime sleepiness in GERD and obstructive sleep disordered breathing. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 139 (2) , 286-90More Information

Stein, Miguel L; Collins, Margaret H; Villanueva, Joyce M; Kushner, Jonathan P; Putnam, Philip E; Buckmeier, Bridget K; Filipovich, Alexandra H; Assa'ad, Amal H; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2006). Anti-IL-5 (mepolizumab) therapy for eosinophilic esophagitis. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 118 (6) , 1312-9More Information

Kushner, Jonathan P; Lacy, Joseph A; Gay, Steven R  (2016). Nutritional Support on the Medical Wards--Thought for Food. JAMA internal medicine, 176 (1) , 53-4More Information

Caldwell, Julie M; Collins, Margaret H; Stucke, Emily M; Putnam, Philip E; Franciosi, James P; Kushner, Jonathan P; Abonia, J Pablo; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2014). Histologic eosinophilic gastritis is a systemic disorder associated with blood and extragastric eosinophilia, TH2 immunity, and a unique gastric transcriptome. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 134 (5) , 1114-24More Information

Sherrill, J D; Kiran, K C; Blanchard, C; Stucke, E M; Kemme, K A; Collins, M H; Abonia, J P; Putnam, P E; Mukkada, V A; Kaul, A; Kocoshis, S A; Kushner, J P; Plassard, A J; Karns, R A; Dexheimer, P J; Aronow, B J; Rothenberg, M E  (2014). Analysis and expansion of the eosinophilic esophagitis transcriptome by RNA sequencing. Genes and immunity, 15 (6) , 361-9More Information

Wen, Ting; Stucke, Emily M; Grotjan, Tommie M; Kemme, Katherine A; Abonia, J Pablo; Putnam, Philip E; Franciosi, James P; Garza, Jose M; Kaul, Ajay; King, Eileen C; Collins, Margaret H; Kushner, Jonathan P; Rothenberg, Marc E  (2013). Molecular diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis by gene expression profiling. Gastroenterology, 145 (6) , 1289-99More Information

Raza, Ali; Hernandez, Maria; Ahmed, Kashif; Kushner, Jonathan  (2012). Hemorrhagic bullous esophagitis complicating a rare skin disorder. Annals of gastroenterology : quarterly publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology, 25 (1) , 61

1981 Alpha Omega Alpha

2005 Ralph Giannella GI Fellows Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

nutrition assessment, H pylori, nutrition, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenterology

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