Pulmonology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh


Division of Pediatric Pulmonology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3750 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-5630
412-692-6645 Fax
jonathan.spahr@chp.edu
Patient Appointment Information

Medical School:

1998 Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Residency:

2002 Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Fellowship:

2006 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

• American Thoracic Society
• American College of Chest Physicians

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

• Dickinson College Alumni Grant Award
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Fraternity

• Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. The early origins of asthma: nature, nurture, or parturition? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005;94(2):228-33.
• Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. Leukotriene receptor antagonists--risks and benefits for use in paediatric asthma. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2004; 3(3):173-85.

View Dr. Spahr's full list of publications from PubMed.

• Cystic Fibrosis Center Grant
• NIH: Host factors in fungal allergy and fibrosis, Core B

• Exhaled breath condensate for the detection of inflammation and infection in patients with cystic fibrosis
  
• Improved delivery of inpatient and outpatient care for adolescents with cystic fibrosis
  
• Gene testing for idiopathic pneumothorax