Peter D. Walzer, MD Professor Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati

Practice Address:

Infectious Disease Center - Homes Hospital
Eden and Bethesda Avenues
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0405

Education:

• Boston College: B.S.
• Albany Medical College: M.D.

Post Graduate Training:

• 1968-1969 Intern in Medicine, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• 1969-1970 Resident in Medicine, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• 1970-1972 Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Parasitic Diseases Brach, Epidemiology Program, Centers for Disease Control, USPHS, Atlanta, Georgia
• 1972-1974 Research Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Henry Kunkel, assistant Resident Physician, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
• 1974-1975 Resident in Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
• 1975-1976 Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Licensure or Certification:

• Ohio
• New York (inactive)
• Georgia (inactive)
• Kentucky (inactive)
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Diplomate, Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases

Associations:

• American College of Physicians
• Infectious Disease Society of America
• American Federation for Clinical Research
• Central Society for Clinical Research
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• American Society for Parasitologists
• American Thoracic Society
• Society of Protozoologists
• Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
• American Association of Immunologists

Partial List of Publications:

• Broomall, K.R., Morris, R.E., Walzer, P.D., Smulian, A.G. Zymolyase treatment exposes p55 antigen of Pneumocystis carinii. J. Euk. Microbio. (in press).
• De Stefano, J.A., Meyers, J.D., Du Pont, D., Foy, J.M., Theus., S.A., Walzer, P.D. Cell wall antigens of Pneumocystis carinii trophozoites and cysts: purification and carbohydrate analysis of these glycoproteins. J. Euk. Microbio. (in press).
• Theus, S.A., Smulian, A.G>, Steele, P., Linke, MJ, Walzer, P.D> Immunization with the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii elicits a protective response in the rat. Vaccine (in press).
• Sunkin, S.M., Linke, M.J., McCormack, F.X., Walzer, P.D., Stringer, J.R. Identification of a putative precursor to the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii. Infect. Immun. 1998; 66: 741-746.
• Linke, M.J., Andrews, R.A., Walzer, P.D. Expression, Structure, and location of epitomes of the major surface glycoprotein Pneumocystis carinii. Clin Diag Lav Immunol. 1998; 5: 50-57.
• Theus, S.A., Sawhney, N., Smulian, A.G., Walzer, P.D. Proliferation and cytokine responses of human T lymphocytes isolated from HIV patients the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii. J Infect. Dis. 1997; 177; 238-241.
• Theus, S.A., Walzer, P.D. In vitro cytolytic activity of lymphocytes against Pneumocystis carinii. J. Euk. Microbiol. (supple) 1997; 44: 25-27.
• Theus, S.A., Walzer, P.D. Adoptive transfer of specific lymphocyte populations sensitized to the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii decreases organism burden while increasing survival rate in the rat. J. Euk. Microbiol. (sup). 1997; 44: 23-324.
• McCormack, F.X., Festa, A.L., Andrew, R.P., Linke, M., Walzer, P.D. The carbohydrate binding domain of surfactant protein: A mediates binding to the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii. Biochemistry. 1997; 36: 8092-8099.
• Theus, S.A., Smulian, A.G., Sullivan, D.,Walzer, P.D. Cytokine responses to the native and recombinant forms of the major surface glycoprotein of Pneumocystis carinii. Clin Exper. Immuno. 1997; 109: 255-260.

Hospital Appointments:

• 1976-1980 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
• 1980-1981 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
• 1976-1981 Staff Physician, Infectious Diseases VA Center
• 1981-1985 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• 1981-1985 Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• 1981-1984 Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• 1984-present Associate Chief of Staff for Research, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• 1984-present Chief, Infectious Diseases, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• 1985-present Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• 1986-present Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• 1988-present Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• 1994-present Associate Chairman for Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Grants:

• Veterans Administration Research Grant, Studies of a Major Surface Glycoprotein of Pneumocystis Carinii, 1994-1999. (Principal Investigator)
• National Institutes of Health Contract AI-75319, 1997-2002. Pre-clinical Evaluation of Therapies for Pneumocystis carinii Infection. (Principal Investigator)
• National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grant AI-39315, Targeted Drug Therapy of Pneumocystis carinii Infection. 1996-1997-(Co-Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Contract AI-25139, 1992-1997. Evaluation of Therapies for Treatment of Pneumocystis carinii. (Principal Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Research Grant, RO1-AI-32899, 1992-1995. Surface carbohydrates of Pneumocystis carinii. (Co-Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Research Grant NCDDG UOI AI-31702. 1991-1995. Metabolic Studies of Opportunistic Fungi and Protozoa. (Principal Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Grant NIAID AI-25897, 1987-1995. University of Cincinnati AIDS Study Group. (CO-Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Research Grant, RO1-HL-46653, 1991-1994. Control of Type II Cell Function by Pneumocystis carinii. (Co-Investigator).
• National Institutes of Health Mycology Program Project Grant: Molecular and cell Biology of Fungal Pathogens. PO1-AI-28392. 1990-1994. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Pneumocystis. (Co-Investigator).
• Veterans Administration Research Grant, 1990-1994. Antigenic Studies of Pneumocystis carinii Infection. (Principal Investigator).