Andrew Stiehm, MD

Mentors:  Chris Wendt, M.D.,    Angela Mortari-Panoskaltsis, Ph.D. and    Gary Nelsesteun, Ph.D.

Education:     1990  - 1997, Undergrad Coursework,
                           University of Minnesota
                     1994 – 1997, B.S., University of Redlands,
                           Redlands, California
                     1998 – 2001, M.D., University of Southern
                           California, Los Angeles, California
                     2002 – 2005, Residency, Mayo Clinic,
                           Rochester, MN
                     2005 – Present, Pulmonary/Critical Care
                           Fellow, University of Minnesota
                      2006 – Present, MS graduate program in
                           Genetics, Cell Biology &  Development

Research Project:  "Proteomic Analysis of Murine Model For Obliterative Bronchiolitis To Study Pathogenesis and Possible Treatment"

Andrew was a National Merit Scholar who obtained his BS magna cum laude with Departmental and University Honors from the University of Redlands in 1997, majoring in Biology.  He then became a public school teacher before attending medical school at the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002.  He finished his Internal Medicine Residency at the Mayo Clinic – Rochester in 2005 before becoming a Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow on the NIH T32 Training Grant at the University of Minnesota.

His current research interest is chronic lung rejection as manifested by obliterative bronchiolitis (OB).  Using a novel murine model for OB developed at the University of Minnesota, he is performing proteomic analysis in the search for an understanding of the pathogenesis and possible treatment for OB – the number one killer of lung transplant recipients who survive their first year post-transplant. 

With the assistance of his Training Grant, he is also pursuing a Masters degree in Clinical Laboratory Science.

Grants Submitted:  American Lung Association Research Fellowship (national):                                       submitted 2007; score 1.4
                                American Lung Association Research Fellowship (regional);                                       submitted 2006

Publications:

Stiehm, AJ.  Book Review.  Pulmonary Medicine Review, 2^nd ed (Zevitz M, Lenhardt R) in Respiratory Care  February 2007.  202.

Stiehm, AJ.  Poster and Presentation:  Comparing protein expression in a novel model of obliterative bronchiolitis to findings in human obliterative bronchitis.  ATS Annual  Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 16-21, 2008.

Last updated 3/31/2008