
Ray Peebles MD
Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease
Physician
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3601 21st Ave SNashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000
Fax+1 615-343-7448
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Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1991 - 1995
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1990
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1986
Davidson CollegeB.S., Pre-medicine, 1978 - 1982
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1988 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1993 - 1995
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Allergy & Immunology Faculty Teaching Award Vanderbilt fellows in Allergy & Immunology, 2015
- Harold Nelson Honorary Lectureship American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 2011
- Mentor of the Year Postdoctoral Association, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2010
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Ovarian hormones and obesity drive Th17-mediated airway inflammation through estrogen receptor-α signaling.Emely Henriquez Pilier, Jacqueline-Yvonne Cephus, Shelby N Kuehnle, Elie Tannous, Alessandra Tomasello
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2026-04-01 - Untangling obese asthma: Design of proof-of-concept study of semaglutide in poorly controlled asthma.Alessandra Tomasello, Leonard B Bacharier, Patrice M Becker, Caeden Dempsey, Pingsheng Wu
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Global. 2026-03-01 - 13 citationsThe emerging role of IL-23 in asthma and its clinical implications.Ashley Y Wu, R Stokes Peebles
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 2023-01-01
Journal Articles
- The Morphology and Assembly of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Revealed by Cryo-Electron TomographyKe, Z., Dillard, R.S., Chirkova, T., Leon, F., Stobart, C.C., Hampton, C.M., Strauss, J.D., Rajan, D., Rostad, C.A., Taylor, J.V., Yi, H., Shah, R., Jin, M., Hartert, ..., Viruses, 1/20/2018
- Testosterone Decreases House Dust Mite-Induced Type 2 and IL-17A-Mediated Airway InflammationFuseini, H., Yung, J.A., Cephus, J.Y., Zhang, J., Goleniewska, K., Polosukhin, V.V., Peebles, R.S. Jr, Newcomb, D.C., J. Immunol., 1/20/2018
- The PGI2�Analog Cicaprost Inhibits IL-33-Induced Th2 Responses, IL-2 Production, and CD25 Expression in Mouse CD4+�T CellsZhou, W., Zhang, J., Toki, S., Goleniewska, K., Johnson, M.O., Bloodworth, M.H., Newcomb, D.C., Peebles, R.S. Jr., J. Immunol., 1/20/2018
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- The mediating role of the upper airway and gut microbiomes in the association of common early-life exposures with childhood wheezing illnessesRosas-Salazar C, Tang Z, Shilts MH, Gebretsadik T, Moore ML, Peebles R.S., Das RS, Hartert TV, Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med, 1/1/2018
- Testosterone decreases and ovarian hormones increase house dust mite-induced dual type 2 and IL-17A-mediated airway inflammationFuseini, H., Cephus, J., Yung, J.A., Goleinewska, K., Peebles, R.S. Jr., Newcomb, D.C., J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 1/1/2018
- TSLP and IL-33 reciprocally regulate each other�s lung protein expression and receptor expression in ILC2 following aeroallergen challenge in miceToki, S., Zhou, B., Peebles, R.S. Jr., J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 1/1/2018
Lectures
- GLP-1R signaling inhibits of allergic airway inflammationResearch Triangle Park, NC, 2017; Chicago, IL, 2017; - 1/26/2018
- Respiratory syncytial virus-induced mucus expressionLucerne, Switzerland - 1/19/2018
- Allergy Skin Testing and Rhinitis1/13/2018
Other
- PLoS One. Prostaglandin I2 signaling drives Th17 differentiation and exacerbates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisZhou, W., Dowell, D.R., Huckabee, M.M., Newcomb, D.C., Boswell, M.G., Goleniewska, K., Lotz, M.T., Toki, S., Yin, H., Yao, S., Natarajan, C., Wu, P., Sriram, S., Breye...
1/1/2012
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