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Office
1 Childrens Pl
Saint Louis, MO 63110Phone+1 800-862-9980Fax+1 314-362-1185- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 1995 - 1996
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1994 - 1996
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1992 - 1994
- Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalChief Residency, Pediatrics, 1990 - 1991
- Case Western Reserve Univ/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr/Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalInternship, Pediatrics, 1987 - 1990
- University of Mississippi School of MedicineClass of 1987
- University of DallasB.S., Biochemistry, 1979 - 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 1994 - 2025
- MO State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 1991 - 1996
- TN State Medical License 1990 - 1991
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best of Section Pulmonary, Immunity ACCM Research Day, Johns Hopkins, 2011
- Best of Section, Liver/Transplantation International Anesthesia Research Society, 2011
- William F. Rienhoff, Jr., M.D. Scholar Award 2011
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 84 citationsMast cells and innate cytokines are associated with susceptibility to autoimmune heart disease following coxsackievirus B3 infection.DeLisa Fairweather, Sylvia Frisancho-Kiss, Shannon J.L. Gatewood, Dolores B. Njoku, Ronelle Steele
Autoimmunity. 2004-03-01 - 36 citationsSex Bias in Experimental Immune-Mediated, Drug-Induced Liver Injury in BALB/c Mice: Suggested Roles for Tregs, Estrogen, and IL-6Joonhee Cho, Lina Kim, Zhaoxia Li, Noel R. Rose, Monica V. Talor
Plos One. 2013-04-05 - 138 citationsBiotransformation of halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and desflurane to trifluoroacetylated liver proteins: association between protein acylation and hepatic injury.Dolores B. Njoku, Michael J. Laster, Diane H. Gong, Edmond I. Eger, George F. Reed
Anesthesia and Analgesia. 1997-01-01
Journal Articles
- A prospective study of the incidence of drug-induced liver injury by the modern volatile anaesthetics sevoflurane and desfluraneBishop B, Hannah N, Doyle A, Amico F, Hockey B, Moore D, Sood S, Gorelik A, Liew D, Njoku D and Nicoll A, Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 1/13/2019
- In Drug-induced, Immune-Mediated Hepatitis, Interleukin-33 Reduces Hepatitis and improves Survival independently and as a consequence of Activity of FoxP3+T CellsCottagiri M, Nwandjo M, Stephens M, Mantilla JJ, Saito H, Mackay I, Rose NR and Njoku DB, Cell Mol Immunol, 1/20/2018
- Detection of a novel epitope of CYP2E1 in drug-induced and viral hepatitisMcCarthy EK, Vakos A, Cottagiri M, Mantila JJ, Santhanam L, Thomas DL, Amzel LM, Rose NR and Njoku DB, mSphere, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- IL-10 modulates IL-33 and Treg responses in a mouse model of drug-hapten, immune-mediated hepatitis.Cottagiri M, Mallory B, Chen G, Thomas D, Mantila J, Rose N, Njoku D, Eur J Immunol; International Congress of Immunology, Melbourne, Australia, 1/1/2016
- M ST2/IL-33 signaling worsens immune-mediated hepatitis from drug haptens.Njoku D, Goodman S, Cho J, Kim L, Haham, Front Immunol Conference; 15th International Congress of Immunology, 1/1/2013
- Sex Bias in experimental immune-mediated drug-induced liver injury in BALB/c mice: roles for estrogen and estrogen receptor alphaLi Z and Njoku DB, IARS Best of Section Liver/Transplantation, Vancouver, Canada, 1/21/2011
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Lectures
- Malignant Hyperthermia: The EssentialsPhoenix, AZ - 1/9/2019
- The Broad Impact of Robotic Surgery: The Importance of Anesthesiology TrainingPhoenix, AZ - 1/9/2019
- Sevoflurane and Desflurane HepatotoxicityPhoenix, AZ, 2018, 2019 - 1/9/2019
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Other
- Scientific Advisory Report: Role of IL-4 in Facilitating Translational Therapies for Drug-Induced Liver Injury.Njoku D, Association of University Anesthesiologists Newsletter Spring
1/1/2012 - Pediatric Anesthesiologists Risk Halothane-Related Liver InjuryNjoku D, Science Daily
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/06/980625144459
1/25/1998 - Anesthesiologists May be Exposed to Too Much Gas.Njoku D, Anesthesiology News
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Authored Content
- How the Virtual ASA Meeting Came TogetherOctober 2020
- Recognizing the History of ASA and Making Our Future StrongerOctober 2019
- Recognizing the History of ASA and Making Our Future StrongerOctober 2019
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Society for Pediatric AnesthesiaMember
External Links
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dolores-njoku
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