Alicia Gerke, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
Current Positions
- Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
- Director, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Education
- MD, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- MBA, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
- Fellow, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Selected Publications
- Vargas Buonfiglio, L. G., Borcherding, J. A., Frommelt, M., Parker, G. J., Duchman, B., Vanegas Calderón, O. G., Fernandez-Ruiz, R., Noriega, J. E., Stone, E. A., Gerke, A. K., Zabner, J. & Comellas, A. P. (2018). Airway surface liquid from smokers promotes bacterial growth and biofilm formation via iron-lactoferrin imbalance. Respiratory research 19 (1) 42. DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0743-x. PMID: 29524964. PMCID: PMC5845328.
- Gerke, A. K., Judson, M. A., Cozier, Y. C., Culver, D. A. & Koth, L. L. (2017). Disease Burden and Variability in Sarcoidosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 14 (Supplement_6) S421-S428. DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201707-564OT. PMID: 29087725. PMCID: PMC5802572.
- Vargas Buonfiglio, L. G., Mudunkotuwa, I. A., Abou Alaiwa, M. H., Vanegas Calderón, O. G., Borcherding, J. A., Gerke, A. K., Zabner, J., Grassian, V. H. & Comellas, A. P. (2017). Effects of Coal Fly Ash Particulate Matter on the Antimicrobial Activity of Airway Surface Liquid. Environmental health perspectives 125 (7) 077003. DOI: 10.1289/EHP876. PMID: 28696208. PMCID: PMC5744695.
- Vargas Buonfiglio, L. G., Cano, M., Pezzulo, A. A., Vanegas Calderon, O. G., Zabner, J., Gerke, A. K. & Comellas, A. P. (2017). Effect of vitamin D3 on the antimicrobial activity of human airway surface liquid: preliminary results of a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trial. BMJ open respiratory research 4 (1) e000211. DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000211. PMID: 28883932. PMCID: PMC5531307.
- Jain, S., Khera, R., Girotra, S., Badesch, D., Wang, Z., Murad, M. H., Blevins, A., Schmidt, G. A., Singh, S. & Gerke, A. K. (2017). Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Interventions for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Chest 151 (1) 90-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.08.1461. PMID: 27615023.
- Gerke, A. K., Tang, F., Cozier, Y. C., Lash, M. T., Schappet, J., Phillips, E. & Polgreen, P. M. (2017). A web-based registry for patients with sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG 34 (1) 26-34. PMID: 30613131. PMCID: PMC6319670.
- Mikulski, M. A., Gerke, A. K., Newell, Jr, J. D., Murray, A. M., Smith, C. J. & Fuortes, L. J. (2016). Lower limit of normal based spirometric abnormalities associated with radiographic abnormality in an elderly cohort at low risk for exposure. International journal of occupational and environmental health 22 (2) 121-7. DOI: 10.1080/10773525.2016.1176328. PMID: 27142581.
- Gerke, A. K., Tang, F., Cavanaugh, J. E., Doerschug, K. C. & Polgreen, P. M. (2015). Increased trend in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use by adults in the United States since 2007. BMC research notes 8 686. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1678-7. PMID: 26581610.
- Sanmaneechai, O., Swenson, A., Gerke, A. K., Moore, S. A. & Shy, M. E. (2015). Inclusion body myositis and sarcoid myopathy: coincidental occurrence or associated diseases. Neuromuscular disorders : NMD 25 (4) 297-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2014.12.005. PMID: 25599912.
- Gerke, A. K., Tang, F., Pendergast, J., Cavanaugh, J. E. & Polgreen, P. M. (2014). The high frequency of healthcare use in patients one year prior to a sarcoidosis diagnosis. Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG / World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders 31 (3) 256-61. PMID: 25363229.