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Thomas Gross, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Introduction

Dr Gross's clinical and research interests focus on the diagnosis, staging, and multidisciplinary approach to treating lung cancer, the evaluation of the patient with dyspnea, and the management of a variety of chronic lung diseases. He is the Medical Director of Pulmonary Outpatient Services and is the faculty who directs the Pulmonary Fellows Teaching Clinic. He is an active participant in the curricular development for and teaching of Pulmonary Fellows and Internal Medicine Residents.

Current Positions

  • Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
  • Director, Pulmonary Outpatient Clinical Services, University of Iowa Health Care

Education

  • MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Licenses & Certifications

  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Meidcine, Pulmonary Diseases

Selected Publications

  • Adam, R. J., Hisert, K. B., Dodd, J. D., Grogan, B., Launspach, J. L., Barnes, J. K., Gallagher, C. G., Sieren, J. P., Gross, T. J., Fischer, A. J., Cavanaugh, J. E., Hoffman, E. A., Singh, P. K., Welsh, M. J., McKone, E. F. & Stoltz, D. A. (2016). Acute administration of ivacaftor to people with cystic fibrosis and a G551D-CFTR mutation reveals smooth muscle abnormalities. JCI insight 1 (4) e86183. DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.86183. PMID: 27158673.
  • Overstreet, S., Parekh, K. R. & Gross, T. J. (2015). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing after laryngectomy: A connection conundrum. Respiratory medicine case reports 16 11-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.004. PMID: 26744642.
  • Gross, T. J., Powers, L. S., Boudreau, R. L., Brink, B., Reisetter, A., Goel, K., Gerke, A. K., Hassan, I. H. & Monick, M. M. (2014). A microRNA processing defect in smokers' macrophages is linked to SUMOylation of the endonuclease DICER. The Journal of biological chemistry 289 (18) 12823-34. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.565473. PMID: 24668803.
  • Gross, T. J., Kremens, K., Powers, L. S., Brink, B., Knutson, T., Domann, F. E., Philibert, R. A., Milhem, M. M. & Monick, M. M. (2014). Epigenetic silencing of the human NOS2 gene: rethinking the role of nitric oxide in human macrophage inflammatory responses. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 192 (5) 2326-38. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301758. PMID: 24477906.
  • Adam, R. J., Michalski, A. S., Bauer, C., Abou Alaiwa, M. H., Gross, T. J., Awadalla, M. S., Bouzek, D. C., Gansemer, N. D., Taft, P. J., Hoegger, M. J., Diwakar, A., Ochs, M., Reinhardt, J. M., Beichel, R. R., Meyerholz, D. K., Stoltz, D. A. & Hoffman, E. A. (2013). Air trapping and airflow obstruction in newborn cystic fibrosis piglets. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 188 (12) 1434-41. PMID: 24168209. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201307-1268OC.
  • Jacob, A. G. & Gross, T. Effect of a quality improvement initiative in reducing duplicate respiratory viral panel testing in patients undergoing bronchoalveolar lavage at a University Hospital Center. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
  • Rafiullah, F., Vose, A., Mott, S., Jacob, G. A., Jethava, Y., Farooq, U., Silverman, M. & Gross, T. Utility of bronchoscopy and Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the management of post-stem cell transplant pulmonary complications in 100 days of transplant. ASBMT.
  • Rafiullah, F., Vose, A., Farooq, U., Mott, S. & Jacob, A. G. Utility of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the management of post-stem cell transplant pulmonary complications in 101 to 1000 days of transplant. ASBMT.
  • Vose, A., Jacob, A. G., Rafiullah, F. & Gross, T. Diagnostic utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage among post-Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant patients with abnormal HRCT Chest Imaging. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
  • Adam, R. J., Abou-Alaiwa, M. H., Bouzek, D. C., Gross, T. J., Hornick, D. B., Reznikov, L. R., Hoegger, M. J., McMenimen, J. D., Cook, D. P., Shah, V. S., Gansemer, N. D., Taft, P. J., Stroik, M. K., Li, X., Ostedgaard, L. S., Hoffman, E. A., Meyerholz, D. K., McCray, P. B., Zabner, J. & Stoltz, D. Air trapping and airway size reduction persist after birth in CF pigs. NACFC.