Faculty


Todd J. Grazia, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Boston University Residency Program in Internal Medicine
1999 Internal Medicine

The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL
1996M.D.Medicine

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1992 B.S. Biology and Anthropology


UCD
4200 E. Ninth Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
Tel: 303.724.6822
Todd.Grazia@uchsc.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 - Present
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

2003-2004,
NRSA F-32 Grant Recipient

2003 - 2005
Instructor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

2001-2003
Sub-Fellowship in Lung Transplantation, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

2000 - 2003
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

1999-2000
Research Fellow, Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, MA

1997 - 1999
Internal Medicine Categorical Residency, Boston University Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Boston, MA

1996 - 1997
Internal Medicine Internship, Boston University Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Boston, MA

HONORS AND AWARDS

2005 – present
NIH KO8 Career Development Award Recipient

2004 – present
NIH LRP Award

2004
The American Transplant Congress Young Investigator Award Recipient

2003
The Transplantation Society Basic Science Symposium Award Recipient

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Grazia TJ, Gill RG, Gelhaus HC Jr, Doan AN, Sleater ML, Pietra BA. Perturbation of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1/intercellular adhesion molecule-1 results in differential outcomes in cardiac vs islet allograft survival. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Sep;24(9):1410-4. PMID: 16143264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  2. Zamora MR, Nicolls MR, Hodges TN, Marquesen J, Astor T, Grazia T, Weill D. Following universal prophylaxis with intravenous ganciclovir and cytomegalovirus immune globulin, valganciclovir is safe and effective for prevention of CMV infection following lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2004 Oct;4(10):1635-42. PMID: 15367218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  3. Grazia TJ, Pietra BA, Johnson ZA, Kelly BP, Plenter RJ, Gill RG. A two-step model of acute CD4 T-cell mediated cardiac allograft rejection. J Immunol. 2004 Jun 15;172(12):7451-8. PMID: 15187123 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  4. Grazia TJ, Hodges TN, Cleveland JC Jr, Sheridan BC, Zamora MR. Lobar torsion complicating bilateral lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Jan;22(1):102-6. PMID: 12531421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  5. Zoeller RA, Grazia TJ, LaCamera P, Park J, Gaposchkin DP, Farber HW. Increasing plasmalogen levels protects human endothelial cells during hypoxia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2002 Aug;283(2):H671-9. PMID: 12124215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]