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Mark S. Pian, M.D.

Education:

1973-77

Revelle College, University of California, San Diego, CA.
B.A.,  Biology,  magna cum laude
1978-82 University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
M.D., Medicine
1982-83  University of Washington, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, WA.  Intern, Pediatrics
1983-85  University of Washington, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, WA.  Resident, Pediatrics
1985-88  Dept. of Pediatrics, University of California, Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, Pulmonology.
1985-88  Cardiovascular Research Institute.  University of California, Research Fellow Pediatric, San Francisco, CA.  Pulmonology

Licenses, Certifications, Etc:

1985  Medical license, California
1988 American Board of Pediatrics
1989 American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty in Pediatric Pulmonology

Principal Postitions Held:

1988-97 University of California, San Francisco, CA - Asst. Clinical Prof. of Pediatrics
1997- University of California, San Diego, CA - Assoc. Clinical Prof. of Pediatrics

Ancillary Positions Held Concurrently:

1984-1985 Airlift Northwest, Seattle, WA.  Emergency Transport  Physician
1985 University of Washington, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, WA. Assistant Chief Resident
1985-97 Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, CA   Staff Pediatrician
1989-97  Scenic General Hospital, Modesto, CA   Staff Pediatrician
1990-97  University of California, San Francisco, CA   
Director, Pediatric Bronchoscopy Service
1991-97  Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA    
Staff Pediatrician
1991-97  University of California, San Francisco, CA   Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Training Program
1997-2000  University of California, San Diego, CA   
Assoc. Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center
2000 University of California, San Diego, CA   
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center
2000 University of California, San Diego, CA   
Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Division

Honors and Awards:

1980 Medical Student Research Fellowship
1981 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
1982 Merck Book Award
1988-93  Clinical Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1994-96  American Lung Association Research Grant
1994-99 Program Project Grant, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Project Co-leader
1997-99  California Lung Association Research Grant

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

1990 American Thoracic Society; Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Assembly
1992 Western Society for Pediatric Research
1992 American Association for the Advancement of Science
1992 American Society for Cell Biology
1993-97 Pediatric Pulmonary Training Director's Association (PEPTDA)

Professional Organization Activities:

1990 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Development Program ad hoc reviewer
1993 Pediatric Pulmonary Training Director's Association  Curriculum Committee
1995 American Society for Cell Biology Congressional Liaison Committee
2001 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, San Diego Chapter Board of Directors

Service to Professional Publications:

1990 American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Biology reviewer
1991 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
1992 Biochimica et Biophysica, Acta
1994 American Journal of Medical Sciences
1994 Pediatric Pulmonology

Invited Papers, Lectures, Presentations:

1985 UCSF School of Nursing, "Upper Airway Obstruction"
1987 Scenic General Hospital, Modesto, CA, "Cystic Fibrosis"
1988 San Francisco General Hospital, Pediatric Grand Rounds, "SIDS and Apnea"
1988 UCSF Pediatric Bronchoscopy Course, "Special Techniques for High Risk Patients"
1989 UCSF Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Update on Surfactant"
1990 University of Washington Pulmonary Biology Research Seminar, "Control of Surfactant Secretion in Isolated Alveolar Type II cells"
1990 Cardiovascular Research Institute Pulmonary Biology Research Conference, "G Protein- Mediated Regulation of Surfactant Secretion"
1991 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pulmonary Research Seminar, "G Protein-Mediated Inhibition of Surfactant Secretion in Alveolar Type II Cells From Adult Rats". 
1991 Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA, "Airway Emergencies"
1992 American Thoracic Society Symposium "Exocytosis: Control at Multiple Levels" (invited speaker)
1992 Fourth International Symposium on Surfactant, "Surfactant secretion is tonically inhibited by a G protein-mediated process in rat alveolar type II cells." Marburg, Germany 1992 (scheduled speaker)
1993  Cardiovascular Research Institute Pulmonary Biology Research Conference, "bg Potentiates a Gs-Stimulated Increase in Adenylyl Cyclase Activity in Primary Cultures of Pulmonary Alveolar Type II Cells"
1994 UCSF Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Acute Lung Injury"
1994 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Research Lecture Series, "Cross Talk Between Adenylyl Cyclase-Regulating Signal Transduction Pathways"
1995 American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Neonatal Pulmonology Platform Presentation, "Evidence that G Proteins Regulate Apolipoprotein-stimulated Phospholipid Secretion in Alveolar Type II Cells"
1995 UCSF Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Pediatric Patients"
1995 University of California San Diego Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Pediatric Patients"
1996 Children's Hosptal Oakland Research Institute Research Seminar, "Secretion and Uptake of Surfactant in Pulmonary Alveolar Type II Cells"; Modulation by Lipoproteins"
1996 UCSF Pulmonary Research Group Scientific Meeting at Asilomar featured speaker, "Lipoprotein-Stimulated Secretion in Pulmonary Alveolar Type II Cells"
1997 National Sickle Cell Foundation, Acute Chest Study Group invited speaker, "Surfactant Dysfunction and Lung Injury: Possible Implications for Sickle Cell Acute Chest Syndrome"
1998 Current Concepts in Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Course Faculty Speaker, "Flexible Bronchoscopy"
1998 Fifth International Symposium on Surfactant, "Scavenger receptor (SR-BI) expression in alveolar type II cells; potential role in lipoprotein-stimulated surfactant secretion." Marburg, Germany
2000 Visiting Professor, "Cystic Fibrosis; Current Practice and Future Directions", Children's Hospital of Munich; Munich, Germany
2001 Invited Speaker, "Inhaled Antibiotics in Cystic Fibrosis; the American Experience" Symposium on Cystic Fibrosis, Berlin, Germany
2001 Current Concepts in Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Course Faculty, "Lung abscess and empyema" & "Bronchoscopy in immunocompromised children"

University Service:
1988 Pediatric housestaff selection, interviewer
1989-90 Search Committee for recruitment of junior faculty in pediatric pulmonary medicine
1992 Search Committee for recruitment of junior faculty in pediatric pulmonary medicine
1993 Search Committee for recruitment of junior faculty in pediatric allergy
1995-97 Divisional Representative, Department of Pediatrics Quality Assurance Committee
1997 ad hoc UCSD School of Medicine Committee on Academic Personnel
1998 UCSD Department of Pediatrics Housestaff Selection Committee
1999 UCSD Department of Pediatrics Training Program Curriculum Committee
1999 UCSD School of Medicine Recruitment and Admissions Committee (RAC)
1999 Ad Hoc UCSD School of Medicine Recruitment and Admissions Committee
2000 UCSD School of Medicine Electives Committee
2000 Mentor, UCSD School of Medicine Medical Scholars Program
2001 Chair, Ad Hoc UCSD School of Medicine Recruitment and Admissions Committee (for faculty)

Teaching:

Formal Teaching:

1985-97 UCSF Pediatric House Staff Noon Lecture Series
1991-97 Pediatric Pulmonary Core Curriculum (organize weekly course)
1992 Supervision of residents and medical students on Pediatric Pulmonary Elective
1992-1993  As director of fellowship training, completed accreditation process for the Pulmonary Training Program through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
1993-97 Pediatric Bronchoscopy Review Conference
1994-97  Lecturer: Pediatrics 140.22H, Developmental Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
1999 Lecturer: UCSD Pediatrics Training Program, monthly lectures on pulmonary topics
2000 Course Co-Director and Founder, New 4th Year School of Medicine Core Course "Bridging Principles and Practice".

Informal Teaching:

1985 - Pediatric Pulmonary Attending
1991-97 - Ukiah and Salinas Outreach Clinics
1992 - General Pediatric Attending UCSF
1998 - Teaching Attending, Children's Hospital of San Diego
1998 - General Pediatric Attending UCSD

Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised:

1988-89 - Deborah K. Froh, M.D.
1988-94 - Debra Iannuzzi, M.D.
1988-93 - Frederick H. Royce, M.D.
1990-93 - Alan J. Adler, M.D.
1990-94 - Marsha Thompson, M.D., Ph.D.
1993-96 - Joseph Rosenecker, M.D.
1995-97 - Claudia Ordoñez, M.D.

Original Articles:

1988 Pian, M.S., Dobbs, L.G. and Duzgunes, N. Positive correlation between cytosolic free calcium and surfactant secretion in cultured alveolar type II Cells.  Biochim., Biophys., Acta, 860 (1), 43-53

1988 Teague, W.G., Pian, M.S., Heldt, G.P., and Tooley, W.H.,  Acute reduction in Fi02 increases airways constriction in infants with chronic lung disease.  Am. Rev. Respir. Dis., l37, 861-865

1992 Debs, R., Pian, M., Gaensler, K., Clements J., Friend, D., and Dobbs, L. Prolonged transgene expression in rodent lung cells.  Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 7, 406-413

1994 Pian, M.S., Dobbs, L.G.  Activation of G proteins may inhibit or stimulate surfactant secretion in rat alveolar type II cells.  Am. J. Physiol. 266 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 10):      L375-L381

1995 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Evidence for Gbg-mediated cross talk in primary cultures of  lung alveolar cells: Pertussis toxin-sensitive production of cAMP.  J. Biol.  Chem., 270 (13) 7427-7430

1996 Pittet, J.F., Hashimoto, S, Pian, M., McElroy, M.C., Nitenberg, G, and Wiener-Kronish, J. P.  Exotoxin A stimulates fluid reabsorption from distal airspaces of lung in anesthetized rats.  Am. J. Physiol. 270 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 14):  L232-L241

1997 Dobbs, L.G., Pian, M.S., Maglio, M., Dumars, S., and Allen, L.  Maintenance of the differentiated type II cell phenotype by culture with an apical air surface.  Am. J. Physiol.  273 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 17):  L347-L354

1997 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Lipoprotein-stimulated surfactant secretion in alveolar type II cells: mediation by heterotrimeric G proteins.  Am. J. Physiol. 273 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 17):  L634-L639

1999 McElhinney, D.B., Reddy, V.M., Pian, M.S., Moore, P., Hanley, F.L.  Compression of the central airways by a dilated aorta in infants and children with congenital disease.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 67(4) 1130-1136

Book Chapters:

1990 Dobbs, L.G., Wïrtz, H., Pian, M.S.  Regulation of surfactant secretion in cultured type-II  cells. Proceedings of Third International Conference on Surfactant. Prog. Respir.  Research, 25, 115-121. 

1994 Pian, M.S., Dobbs, L.G.  Surfactant Secretion is tonically inhibited by a G protein- mediated process in rat alveolar type II cells. Lung Surfactant: Basic Research in the  Pathogenesis of Lung Disorders. Prog. Respir. Research, 27, 113-116.

Abstracts:

1984 Pian, M.S., Redding, G., Sanders, J., and Springmeyer S.  Effects of bone marrow  transplantation upon lung growth in adolescents with aplastic anemia.  Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. l29: a212

1986 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Cytosolic free calcium ion concentration increases in rat alveolar type II cells treated with the ionophore A23187.  Am. Rev. Respir, Dis. 133:  a392

1988 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Surfactant secretion stimulated in cultured rat alveolar type-II cells correlates with levels of cytosolic free calcium.  FASEB J. 2 (5): a957

1989 Pian, M.S., Dobbs L.G.  Inhibition of surfactant secretion by SP-A is not mediated by an  early effect on alveolar type II cell cAMP levels.  Pediat. Res. 25 (4): a322

1990 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Pertussis toxin (PT) inhibits terbutaline- and ionomycin- stimulated secretion and terbutaline-stimulated cAMP accumulation in alveolar type II cells.   Am. Rev. Respir, Dis. 141: a633

1990 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Evidence that a G protein-mediated process inhibits  surfactant secretion in alveolar type II cells from adult rats.  J. Cell Biol. 111 (5): 441a

1992 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Evidence for potentiation of terbutaline-stimulated cAMP  accumulation and adenylyl cyclase activity by Gbg in isolated pulmonary alveolar type II  cells.  Molecular Biology of the Cell (3): 243a

1993 Pian M. S. and Dobbs L. G.  Potentiation by bg of Gsa-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity in primary cultures of pulmonary alveolar type II cells. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis.  147:a937

1995 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Pertussis toxin (PTX) inhibits apolipoprotein-stimulated  phospholipid secretion in alveolar type II cells.  Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.  151 (4): a652

1995 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Evidence that G proteins regulate apolipoprotein-stimulated  phospholipid secretion in alveolar type II cells.  Pediat. Res.  37 (4) 396A

1995 Pian, M.S., and Dobbs, L.G.  Serum lipoproteins activate guanine nucleotide binding proteins to stimulate surfactant secretion in pulmonary alveolar type II cells.  Molecular Biology of the Cell (6): 61a

1996 Dobbs, L. G., Pian, M. S., Dumars, S., and Allen, L.  Apical Cell Surface Environment Modulates Phenotypic Expression of Alveolar Epithelial Cells. In Vitro, 32:  17a

1996 Pian, M.S., Dumars, S.M., and Dobbs, L.G.  Expression of mRNA for high density  lipoprotein binding protein increases in late gestation fetal lung.  Molecular Biology of the  Cell (7): 625a

1997 Pian, M.S., Allen, L., Dumars, S.M., and Dobbs, L.G.  High density lipoprotein binding  protein expression increases in late gestation fetal lung.  Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care  Med.  155 (4): A840

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