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John Zaia, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Duarte, CA, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

JohnZaiaMD

Pediatric Infectious Disease Duarte, CA

Director, Center for Gene Therapy, Hematologic Institute, City of Hope

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  • Office

    Department of Pediatrics
    1500 East Duarte Road
    Duarte, CA 91010
    Phone+1 626-256-4673
    Fax+1 626-301-8458
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Education & Training

  • Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1970 - 1971
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 1968 - 1970
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumInternship, Pediatrics, 1968 - 1969
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1968
  • Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth CollegeB.M.Sc., 1966
  • Holy Cross College
    Holy Cross CollegeA.B., 1964

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1970 - 2017
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1972 - 1975
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Scientific Research Portrait Gallery COH, 2010
  • Chairman NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, 2010
  • Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair in Gene Therapy City of Hope, 2009
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Practical Considerations in Gene Therapy for HIV Cure  
    Stan R, Zaia J, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 1/1/2014
  • In Vivi Evidence Insufficient to Conclude that "KIR/HLA Incompatibility Between Sexual Partners Confers Protection Against HIV-1 Transmission"  
    Behrendt CE, Zaia JA, Blood, 9/12/2013
  • Donor killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genes and reactivation of cytomegalovirus after HLA-matched hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: HLA-C allotype is an ess...  
    Behrendt CE, Nakamura R, Forman SJ, Zaia JA, Frontiers in Immunology, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Updated Analysis: Novel Machine-Learning-Based Sepsis Prediction Model for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Early Sepsis Prediction/Identif...
    John Zaia, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
  • Large-Scale Manufacturing of CMV-CD19CAR T Cells and Characterization of Their Biologic and Immunologic Properties
    John Zaia, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
  • Enhanced antitumor efficacy of adoptively transferred CD19-redirected CMV specific central memory T cells by CMV vaccine.
    Xiuli Wang, Winnie Wong, Wen-Chung Chang, Don Diamond, Michael C. Jensen, Christine E. Brown, John A Zaia, Stephen J. Forman, ASH, Atlanta, GA, 12/8/2012
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Other

  • Isolation and characterization of a 64,000 dalton polypeptide of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). 
    Zaia JA, Clark B, Eberle R and Ting Y-P
    Cold Springs Harbor, NY - 1/1/1982
  • Immunoglobulin in the prevention and treatment of viral disease. Workshop on immunological and pathological aspects of immunoglobulin prophylaxis and therapy. 
    Levin MJ, Zaia JA, Preblud SR and Arbeit RA
    Interlaken, Switzerland - 8/24/1981
  • Successful immunoprophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after marrow transplant with CMV immune globin (CMVig) 
    Meyers JD, Leszczynski J, Zaia JA, Levin MJ, Snydman DR, Wright GG and Thomas ED
    1/1/1981

Press Mentions

  • Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant from Donor with Rare Gene Mutation
    Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant from Donor with Rare Gene MutationJuly 26th, 2022
  • CDC Advisers Vote in Favor of Recommending Third Vaccine Dose for Immune-Impaired
    CDC Advisers Vote in Favor of Recommending Third Vaccine Dose for Immune-ImpairedAugust 14th, 2021
  • FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for the Immunocompromised
    FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for the ImmunocompromisedAugust 12th, 2021
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Hospital Affiliations