Jonathan M. Klein, MD
Research Profile

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner Program in the Special Care Nurseries

Contact Information:

Office: 319-356-3340
Fax: 319-356-4685
Lab: 319-335-7737
E-mail: jonathan-klein@uiowa.edu

Education and Training

1976-1980; Johns Hopkins University; BA
1980-1984; Medical College of Virginia; MD
1984-1987; Children's Medical Center of Dallas; Residency (Pediatrics); Univ. Texas SW Medical Center
1987-1990; Division of Newborn Medicine; Fellowship (Neonatology); Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University

Jonathan M. Klein, MD

Research Interests:
  • Epidermal growth factor regulation of fetal lung development
  • The effect of androgens on epidermal growth factor receptor binding and gene expression during fetal lung development
  • Sex-specific gene expression during human fetal lung development
  • High Frequency Ventilation
  • Surfactant replacement therapy for Post-Surfactant Slump
  • Oxygen Saturation Targeting
  • Genetic variation responsible for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Research Team /Lab Members:
Troy McCarthy (Pediatrics/Neonatology)

Research Affiliations:

Model System:

  • Explant culture model, translational research, human trials

Recent Publications:

  1. Ellsbury DL, Klein JM. Oxygen-saturation targets in extremely preterm infants. N Engl J Med 2003;349:24.
  2. Ellsbury DL, Acarregui MJ, McGuinness GA, Eastman DL, Klein JM. Controversy surrounding the use of home oxygen for premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol, 2004;24:36-40.1.
  3. Garbrecht MR, Klein JM, Schmidt TJ, Snyder JM. Glucocorticoid metabolism in the human fetal lung: Implications for lung development and the pulmonary surfactant system. Biol Neonate, 2006;89:109-119.1.
  4. Katz LA, Klein JM. Repeat surfactant therapy for post-surfactant slump. J Perinatol, 2006; 26:414-422.

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