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Erwin W. Gelfand, MD
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
Erwin W. Gelfand, MD is Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. He is Professor and Vice-Chairman of Pediatrics and Immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, also in Denver.
Dr. Gelfand's research interests include signal transduction in lymphocytes and mast cells, a murine model of asthma and immunodeficiency diseases. His research is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. He has authored more than 700 articles. He is the recipient of the Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics, the McLaughlin Foundation Edward Gallie Visiting Professorship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Lifetime Achievement Award from National Jewish, and the Honorary Fellow Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Dr. Gelfand is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the American Association of Immunologists, the Clinical Immunology Society, the Society of Pediatric Research, and the Society for Clinical Investigation. He serves on several editorial boards.
Dr. Gelfand received his medial degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He completed his internship training at Montreal General Hospital, and his senior residency training and fellowship in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Moreover, he completed his research fellowship in Immunology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
