Julio Perez-Fontan, MD

Associate Dean
Professor
Endowed Title: Joel B. Steinberg, M.D., Chair in Pediatrics
Pediatrics

Contact Information

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

julio.perez-fontan@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Education

FellowshipUniversity of California at San Francisco (1985)
ResidencyUniversidad Autonoma De Barcelona Facultad de Medi (1981)
Medical SchoolUniversidad Santiago De Compostela (1977)

Research Interests

airway smooth muscle
autonomic nervous system
neurogenic inflammation

Publications

Bone marrow transplantation reveals an essential synergy between neuronal and hemopoietic cell neurokinin production in pulmonary inflammation.

Chavolla-Calderon, M., M.K. Bayer, and J.J. Perez Fontan , J. Clin. Invest. , 2003; (111):973-980

Localization of vagal motoneurons and central afferents after application of cholera toxin B-subunit to the airway mucosa

Perez Fontan, J.J. and C.R. Velloff , Am. J. Physiol. , 2001; (280):L152-164

Bilateral distribution of vagal motor and sensory nerve fibers in the rat?s lungs and airways

Perez Fontan, J.J., C.T. Diec, and C.R. Velloff , Am. J. Physiol. , 2000; (279):713-728

Substance P and neurokinin-1 receptor expression by intrinsic airway neurons in the rat

Perez Fontan, J.J., D.N. Cortright, J.E. Krause, C.R. Velloff, V.V. Karpitskyi, T.W. Carver, Jr., S.D. Shapiro, and B.N. Mora , Am. J. Physiol. , 2000; (278):L344-355

Honors/Awards

Alumni Endowed Professor of Pediatrics

Washington University School of Medicine (2001)

Teaching Award

Yale University School of Medicine (1992)

San Nicolas Prize, Royal National Academy of Medicine, Spain

Scholastic achievement in Medicine (1978)

Summa cum Laude, First in 1977 graduating class

Medical School Graduation (1977)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Pediatric Society

American Physiological Society

American Thoracic Society

Society for Pediatric Research