Jeffrey Kahn, MD, PhD

Professor
Endowed Title: Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Microbiology
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

jeffrey.kahn@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Dr. Jeffrey S. Kahn is a pediatrician board ceritfied in both general pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. His major areas of interests are viral infections, respiratory infections and newly emerging viral pathogens.

Education

FellowshipYale University School of Medicine - Postdoc (1997)
Other Post Graduate TrainingYale University School of Medicine, Pediatrics (1995)
ResidencyYale-New Haven Hospital (1995)
Medical SchoolSUNY Downstate College of Medicine (1991)

Research Interests

Coronavirusus, influenza viruses, parinfluenza viruses
Emerging pathogens
Respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus
Rhabdoviral vectors and vaccines
Rhinoviruses, human parvoviruses, human polyomaviruses

Publications

Rhinoviruses are a major cause of wheezing and hospitalization in children less than 2 years of age.

Piotrowska Z, Vazquez M, Shapiro ED, Weibel, C. Ferguson, D. Landry, M. L. Kahn, J. S. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal , 2009; (28):25-9

Seroepidemiology of human bocavirus defined using recombinant virus-like particles.

Kahn JS, Kesebir D, Cotmore S, et al. , Journal of Infectious Diseases , 2008; (198):41-50

Role of human polyomaviruses in respiratory tract disease in young children.

Wattier RL, Vazquez M, Weibel C, Shapiro ED, Ferguson D, Landry ML, Kahn JS. , Emerging Infectious Diseases , 2008; (14):1766-8

Seroepidemiology of Group I Human Coronaviruses in Children.

Shao X, Guo X, Esper F, Weibel C, Kahn JS. , Journal of Clinical Virology , 2007; (40(3)):207-13

Newly discovered respiratory viruses

Kahn JS , Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal , 2007; (26(8)):745-6

Honors/Awards

Pediatric Chair’s Award, Yale University School of Medicine

(2005)

Mae Gailani Junior Faculty Award, Yale University School of Medicine

(2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Society of Microbiology

American Society of Virology

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Society of Pediatric Research