Tomas Ganz MD PhD
Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
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200 Le Conte Ave# 214Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Summary
- Tomas Ganz, MD, is a pulmonology specialist based in Los Angeles, CA, with subspecialties in Critical Care Medicine and Pleural Disease. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center from 1982 to 1983, following a residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. Dr. Ganz graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1978. His professional experience encompasses biomedical research on host defense, iron metabolism and anemias. He has authored more than 400 publications, including the discovery and characterization of hepcidin and erythroferrone and their role in iron metabolism, contributions to the understanding of the pathogenesis of iron overload in β-thalassemia, and recommendations for diagnosis and management of iron deficiency.
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1982 - 1983- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1981
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1979 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Transgenic augmentation of erythroferrone in mice ameliorates anemia in adenine-induced chronic kidney disease.Brian Czaya, Joseph D Olivera, Moya Zhang, Amber Lundin, Christian D Castro
JCI Insight. 2025-09-23 - Effects of hemodialysis on hemoglobin oxygen affinity and cardiac function.Shilpa Sharma, Kim-Lien Nguyen, Isidro B Salusky, Tomas Ganz, Joachim H Ix
Clinical Kidney Journal. 2025-08-01 - A case series of patients with β-thalassemia trait and iron overload: from multifactorial hepcidin suppression to treatment with mini-phlebotomies.Fabiana Busti, Annalisa Castagna, Giacomo Marchi, Alice Vianello, Fabio Chesini
Haematologica. 2025-05-01
Journal Articles
- New Thiazolidinones Reduce Iron Overload in Mouse Models of Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Β-thalassemiaTomas Ganz, MD, Haematologica
- Erythrocytes and Erythroblasts Give up IronTomas Ganz, MD, Blood
- Anemia of InflammationLawrence T Goodnough, Tomas Ganz, Blood
Abstracts/Posters
- A Novel Sandwich ELISA to Quantify Erythroferrone in Mouse SerumTomas Ganz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
- Normal Hemoglobin Concentrations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Associated Neocytolysis-Mediated Hemolysis and Inflammation Mediated Suppression of Expected Elevated H...Tomas Ganz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
- Calcium Is an Essential Cofactor for Metal Efflux by the Ferroportin Transporter FamilyTomas Ganz, MD, Nature, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Lectures
- When Bone Mineral Disease and Anemia Management CollideAmerican Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/8/2019
- Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) - Blood Cells` Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation Prevent Polycythemia2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Press Mentions
New Biovanta Study Shows Best Efficacy in Treating Common ColdDecember 2nd, 2024- Reader Responses: Should a Pregnant Patient with Hemochromatosis Receive Iron?September 1st, 2020
The Adult Murine Intestine Is Dependent on Constitutive Laminin-γ1 SynthesisDecember 17th, 2019- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- The UCLA Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Scientist Training Program (PCCM-STP)UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2003–2030
- KUH-ART: Advanced Research Training in Kidney disease, Urology and HematologyUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2021–2026
- MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ERYTHROFERRONE AND PATHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONSUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2020–2025
Other Languages
- Czech, Hungarian
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