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Jean Elwing, MD

Professor of Clinical

Internal Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship : University of Cincinnati (Adult Pulmonary/Critical Care )
  • Chief Resident : St. Louis University (Internal Medicine )
  • Residency : St. Louis University (Internal Medicine/Pediatrics )
  • Medical Degree: St. Louis University (With Distinction in Community Service)
  • B.S.: St. Louis University (Biology)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) (Certification Date: 2006-11-07) - (Recertification Date: 2016-10-05)

Specialties

Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics

Contact Information
Research Interests

Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Thromboembolic Disease.

Clinical Interests

Critical Care Medicine

Internal Medicine

Lung Disease

Pulmonary Disease

Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Hypertension

Chronic Cough

Dyspnea

Histoplasmosis

Legionnaires' Disease (Legionellosis)

Pleurisy

Pneumonia

Pulmonary Atresia

Pulmonary Heart Disease

Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma

Pulmonary Stenosis

Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency

Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PVD)

Respiration Disorders

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Respiratory Tract Disease

Respiratory Tract Infections

Shortness of Breath

Thoracic Disease

Tuberculosis

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

Peer Reviewed Publications

DesJardin, Jacqueline T; Kolaitis, Nicholas A; Kime, Noah; Kronmal, Richard A; Benza, Raymond L; Elwing, Jean M; Lammi, Matthew R; McConnell, John W; Presberg, Kenneth W; Sager, Jeffrey S; Shlobin, Oksana A; De Marco, Teresa 2020. Age-related differences in hemodynamics and functional status in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Baseline results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, ,

Jose, Arun; Kher, Akhil; O'Donnell, Robert E; Elwing, Jean M 2020. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as a prognostic biomarker in treatment-naïve pulmonary hypertension. European journal of radiology, 123 , 108784

Rhodes, Christopher J; Batai, Ken; Bleda, Marta; Haimel, Matthias; Southgate, Laura; Germain, Marine; Pauciulo, Michael W; Hadinnapola, Charaka; Aman, Jurjan; Girerd, Barbara; Arora, Amit; Knight, Jo; Hanscombe, Ken B; Karnes, Jason H; Kaakinen, Marika; Gall, Henning; Ulrich, Anna; Harbaum, Lars; Cebola, Inês; Ferrer, Jorge; Lutz, Katie; Swietlik, Emilia M; Ahmad, Ferhaan; Amouyel, Philippe; Archer, Stephen L; Argula, Rahul; Austin, Eric D; Badesch, David; Bakshi, Sahil; Barnett, Christopher; Benza, Raymond; Bhatt, Nitin; Bogaard, Harm J; Burger, Charles D; Chakinala, Murali; Church, Colin; Coghlan, John G; Condliffe, Robin; Corris, Paul A; Danesino, Cesare; Debette, Stéphanie; Elliott, C Gregory; Elwing, Jean; Eyries, Melanie; Fortin, Terry; Franke, Andre; Frantz, Robert P; Frost, Adaani; Garcia, Joe G N; Ghio, Stefano; Ghofrani, Hossein-Ardeschir; Gibbs, J Simon R; Harley, John; He, Hua; Hill, Nicholas S; Hirsch, Russel; Houweling, Arjan C; Howard, Luke S; Ivy, Dunbar; Kiely, David G; Klinger, James; Kovacs, Gabor; Lahm, Tim; Laudes, Matthias; Machado, Rajiv D; MacKenzie Ross, Robert V; Marsolo, Keith; Martin, Lisa J; Moledina, Shahin; Montani, David; Nathan, Steven D; Newnham, Michael; Olschewski, Andrea; Olschewski, Horst; Oudiz, Ronald J; Ouwehand, Willem H; Peacock, Andrew J; Pepke-Zaba, Joanna; Rehman, Zia; Robbins, Ivan; Roden, Dan M; Rosenzweig, Erika B; Saydain, Ghulam; Scelsi, Laura; Schilz, Robert; Seeger, Werner; Shaffer, Christian M; Simms, Robert W; Simon, Marc; Sitbon, Olivier; Suntharalingam, Jay; Tang, Haiyang; Tchourbanov, Alexander Y; Thenappan, Thenappan; Torres, Fernando; Toshner, Mark R; Treacy, Carmen M; Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton; Waisfisz, Quinten; Walsworth, Anna K; Walter, Robert E; Wharton, John; White, R James; Wilt, Jeffrey; Wort, Stephen J; Yung, Delphine; Lawrie, Allan; Humbert, Marc; Soubrier, Florent; Trégouët, David-Alexandre; Prokopenko, Inga; Kittles, Richard; Gräf, Stefan; Nichols, William C; Trembath, Richard C; Desai, Ankit A; Morrell, Nicholas W; Wilkins, Martin R 2019. Genetic determinants of risk in pulmonary arterial hypertension: international genome-wide association studies and meta-analysis. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, 7 3, 227-238

Vick, Eric; Sharma, Divya; Elwing, Jean 2019. Raynaud Phenomenon in Antisynthetase Syndrome Treated With Epoprostenol. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, ,

Zhu, Na; Pauciulo, Michael W; Welch, Carrie L; Lutz, Katie A; Coleman, Anna W; Gonzaga-Jauregui, Claudia; Wang, Jiayao; Grimes, Joseph M; Martin, Lisa J; He, Hua ; Shen, Yufeng; Chung, Wendy K; Nichols, William C 2019. Novel risk genes and mechanisms implicated by exome sequencing of 2572 individuals with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Genome medicine, 11 1, 69

Elwing, Jean M; Vaidya, Anjali; Auger, William R 2018. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update. Clinics in chest medicine, 39 3, 605-620

Lee, Cody; Elwing, Jean 2017. Pulse dose steroids in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus. SAGE open medical case reports, 5 , 2050313X17707153

Rahaghi, Franck F; Feldman, Jeremy P; Allen, Roblee P; Tapson, Victor; Safdar, Zeenat; Balasubramanian, Vijay P; Shapiro, Shelley; Mathier, Michael A; Elwing, Jean M; Chakinala, Murali M; White, R James 2017. Recommendations for the use of oral treprostinil in clinical practice: a Delphi consensus project pulmonary circulation. Pulmonary circulation, 7 1, 167-174

Lee, Cody M; Girnita, Diana; Sharma, Arundhati; Khanna, Surabhi; Elwing, Jean M 2016. A Unique Presentation of Anti-RNA Polymerase III Positive Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma. Case reports in rheumatology, 2016 , 8536341

Maron, Bradley A; Hess, Edward; Maddox, Thomas M; Opotowsky, Alexander R; Tedford, Ryan J; Lahm, Tim; Joynt, Karen E; Kass, Daniel J; Stephens, Thomas; Stanislawski, Maggie A; Swenson, Erik R; Goldstein, Ronald H; Leopold, Jane A; Zamanian, Roham T; Elwing, Jean M; Plomondon, Mary E; Grunwald, Gary K; Barón, Anna E; Rumsfeld, John S; Choudhary, Gaurav 2016. Association of Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension With Mortality and Hospitalization in a Large Patient Cohort: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program. Circulation, 133 13, 1240-8

Medepalli, Kantha; Lee, Cody M; Benninger, Lauryn A; Elwing, Jean M 2016. Psychosis: call a surgeon? A rare etiology of psychosis requiring resection. SAGE open medical case reports, 4 , 2050313X16670084

Anjak, Ahmad; López-Candales, Angel; Lopez, Francisco R; Harris, David; Elwing, Jean 2014. Objective measures of right ventricular function during exercise: results of a pilot study. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 31 4, 508-15

López-Candales, Angel; Lopez, Francisco R; Trivedi, Setu; Elwing, Jean 2014. Right ventricular ejection efficiency: a new echocardiographic measure of mechanical performance in chronic pulmonary hypertension. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 31 4, 516-23

Kingrey, John F; Panos, Ralph J; Ying, Jun; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Vandivier, Robin; Elwing, Jean M 2013. Provider recognition and response to echocardiographic findings indicating pulmonary hypertension in the Veterans affairs medical center population. Pulmonary circulation, 3 2, 389-95

Zafar, Muhammad A; McCormack, Francis X; Rahman, Shahid; Tencza, Christian; Wikenheiser-Brokamp, Kathryn A; Young, Lisa R; Shizukuda, Yukitaka; Elwing, Jean M 2013. Pulmonary vascular shunts in exercise-intolerant patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 188 9, 1167-70

Kelly, Stephanie J; Singhal, Shalabh; Elwing, Jean M; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2010. Characteristics of exercise-induced intrapulmonary arteriovenous fistula in patients with unexplained exertional dyspnea. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 27 8, 908-13

Kelly, Stephanie J; Singhal, Shalabh; Elwing, Jean M; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2010. Characteristics of Exercise-Induced Intrapulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in Patients with Unexplained Exertional Dyspnea. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), ,

Bissler, John J; McCormack, Francis X; Young, Lisa R; Elwing, Jean M; Chuck, Gail; Leonard, Jennifer M; Schmithorst, Vincent J; Laor, Tal; Brody, Alan S; Bean, Judy; Salisbury, Shelia; Franz, David N 2008. Sirolimus for angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis complex or lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The New England journal of medicine, 358 2, 140-51

Elwing, Jean; Panos, Ralph J 2008. Pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 3 1, 55-70

Knight, Jennifer; Elwing, Jean M; Milstone, Aaron 2008. Bronchovascular fistula formation: a rare airway complication after lung transplantation. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 27 10, 1179-85

McGraw, Dennis W; Elwing, Jean M; Fogel, Kevin M; Wang, Wayne C H; Glinka, Clare B; Mihlbachler, Kathryn A; Rothenberg, Marc E; Liggett, Stephen B 2007. Crosstalk between Gi and Gq/Gs pathways in airway smooth muscle regulates bronchial contractility and relaxation. The Journal of clinical investigation, 117 5, 1391-8

Jose, Arun; Eckman, Mark H; Elwing, Jean M . Anticoagulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a decision analysis. Pulmonary circulation, 9 4, 2045894019895451