UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

Jeffrey Smith, M.D.

Specialty:

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

General Information:

Gender:	Male
Languagues:	English

Affiliation(s):

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neonatology

Member, JCCC Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program Area

Hospital Affiliation(s):

Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital

Education:

Fellowship:	Pediatrics/Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1985 - 1987
Residency:	Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1983 - 1985
Internship:	Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1982 - 1983
Medical Degree:	M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1982

Certification(s):

Medical Board Certification(s):	Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, 1987 Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 1986

Contact Information:

Pediatrics:	(310) 825-6185 Information and referral (310) 825-0867 Outpatient appointments (310) 206-5737 Admissions
Pediatric Neonatology:	(310) 825-9436 Information (310) 825-0867 Patient appointments (310) 825-9135 Urgent consults, emergencies, transfer requests (NICU) (310) 825-6185 Information and referral for Pediatricians
Phone:	(310) 794-9991 Neonatology office
Email:	jeffreysmith@mednet.ucla.edu

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Jeffrey Smith's research focuses on lung inflammation, chemokines and gene discovery.

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

Yu JJ, Ruddy MJ, Wong GC, Sfintescu C, Baker PJ, Smith JB, Evans RT, Gaffen SL. An essential role for IL-17 in preventing pathogen-initiated bone destruction: recruitment of neutrophils to inflamed bone requires IL-17 receptor-dependent signals. Blood. 2007 May 1;109(9):3794-802. Epub 2007 Jan 3.

Hu Y, Nguyen TT, Bui KC, Demello DE, Smith JB. A novel inflammation-induced ubiquitin E3 ligase in alveolar type II cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jul 22;333(1):253-63.

Widney DP, Breen EC, Boscardin WJ, Kitchen SG, Alcantar JM, Smith JB, Zack JA, Detels R, Martínez-Maza O. Serum levels of the homeostatic B cell chemokine, CXCL13, are elevated during HIV infection. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2005 Nov;25(11):702-6.

Widney DP, Hu Y, Foreman-Wykert AK, Bui KC, Nguyen TT, Lu B, Gerard C, Miller JF, Smith JB. CXCR3 and its ligands participate in the host response to Bordetella bronchiseptica infection of the mouse respiratory tract but are not required for clearance of bacteria from the lung. Infect Immun. 2005 Jan;73(1):485-93.

Smith JB, Herschman HR. Targeted identification of glucocorticoid-attenuated response genes: in vitro and in vivo models. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2004;1(3):275-81.