J. Fred Kolhouse M.D.

Professor of Medicine

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Medical School:
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Postgraduate training:
1968-1971 Intern & Resident in Medicine, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
1971-1972 Fellow in Hematology & Instructor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Hospital & School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
1972-1974 U.S. Navy, Naval Hospital Memphis Millington, Tennessee
1974-1975 Fellow in Clinical Hematology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
1975-1977 Fellow in Research Hematology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
When arrived at UCD:
1977
Past and current professional positions:
1977-1982 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
1982-1988 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
1988-present Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
1999-present Director of the University of Colorado Clinical Cancer Center with reporting responsibility to the Dean of the School of Medicine and President of University Hospital
2003-present Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Clinical Cancer Center
Memberships and other information:
American Society of Hematology
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Association of American Physicians
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine - 1973
Hematology - 1980
Awards received:
1968 Alpha Omega Alpha
1982 Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award
1989 Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award
1991 President’s Teaching Award
2002 Outstanding Clinical Teacher Class of 2003
Major Scientific Interest:
Targeted cancer therapy and development of the Cancer Pharmacogenomics Program. Folate/methotrexate metabolism.
Major Clinical Interest:
Build out of cancer operations including: 1) improvement in patient services and throughput in clinics; 2) increase recruitment of patients into clinical trials; 3) recruitment of new faculty; 4) improvement in financial performance; 5) development of the statewide University of Colorado cancer network.
Representative Publications:
  1. Antony, A.C., Utley, C.S., Van Horne, K.C., and Kolhouse, J.F. Isolation and characterization of a folate receptor from human placenta. J Biol Chem 256:9684-9692, 1981.
  2. Kolhouse, J.F., Utley, C.S., and Rosenberg, L.E. Immunochemical studies on cultured fibroblasts from patients with inherited methylmalonic academia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A. 78:7737-7741, 1981.
  3. Antony, A.C., Kane, M.A., and Kolhouse, J.F. Studies of the role of a particulate folate-binding protein in the uptake of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate by cultured human KB cells. J Biol Chem 260:14911-14917, 1985.
  4. Deutsch, J.C., and Kolhouse, J.F. Folate and methotrexate interactions in the rat kidney. Cancer Res 49:5858-5862, 1989.
  5. Kolhouse, J.F., Deutsch, J.C., Hassell, K.L. and Santhosh-Kumar, C.R. Are neuropsychiatric manifestations of folate, cobalamin and pyridoxine deficiency mediated through imbalances in excitatory sulfur amino acids? Med hypotheses 43:239-244, 1994.
  6. Kolhouse, J.F., Kolhouse, N.M., Hassell, K.L., Deutsch, J.C., and Santhosh-Kumar, C.R. Quantitation of red blood cell folates by stable isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry utilizing a folate internal standard. Anal Biochem 225:1-9, 1995.
  7. Deutsch, J.C., Santhosh-Kumar, C.R., and Kolhouse, J.F. Glutathione oxidation in real time by thermospray liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 862:161-168, 1999.
  8. Santhosh-Kumar, C.R., Deutsch, J.C., Kick, S.D., Bisping, J.S., Hassell, K.L., Kolhouse, J.F., Analysis of Methods to Assess Subclinical Folate Deficiency. Am J Hematol submitted, 2002.
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